Nutella and Go!

by Tracy

Or, you better hope this never makes it to America, Handi-Snacks!

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It’s a refreshing change to have something delicious to taste and write about. Although one worries that all one can say is “Yum, that were goo-ood” which isn’t really what my readers have come to expect from me.

Nutella Fullhohe

Nutella Fullhohe

Luckily the package provided at least one thing to snicker at. I think Nutella Füllhöhe makes a delicious sounding euphemism. “Cody-Bob you make sure you wash your hands after you wipe your Nutella Füllhöhe, you don’t want to be spreading the dysentery all over the neighborhood again!” Oh yeah, the label is wet because I had to dig it out of the trash because I forgot to make sure to get a picture of that part of the package the first time. See what I do for you people?

Snicker.

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Here are the ingredients, nutrition information and manufacturer’s information. Does anyone really care what Nutella & Go! is made of? I am intrigued by “Emulgator” but I’m sure it just means “emulsifier”.

“Herr Professor Doktor, Ve haf vays of persuading you to us the Emulgator giving. Alles Klar?”

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As you see, it looks much like our friend Yan Yan, only I suppose it’s more hoity toity because it’s European and probably thinks it is fancy. Ha! I can get Yan Yans for a dollar at my local Asian store. One dollar! Or $10.17 for 10 and eligible for free shipping at Amazon (that’s totally a cue for you to buy some from Amazon and make me rich). Nutella & Go appears to be available at GermanDeli.com for $3.79 for one, plus shipping! Plus they are out of stock!

So, clearly Yan Yan kicks Nutella & Go’s Teutonic Füllhöhe.

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I will say Nutella & Go was delicious. The breadsticks were well, breadsticks and the Nutella was, well Nutella. I suppose technically speaking it was a bit higher quality than Yan Yan, but on the other hand, it does not come in the wide variety of flavors, each costing only a dollar, and easily available at the Vietnamese/Mexican grocery just a bit up the road from me.

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In case you were curious the Nutella Füllhöhe is not completely full of Nutella. It’s a pretty wasteful and expensive way to eat Nutella and breadsticks, but I could see buying it at a train station to eat on the train, if I lived in Europe and forgot to bring a snack from home for the train. Well, actually no, I’d get an Exquisa Snack, but if I were the kind of person who liked Nutella more than an Exquisa Snack and I wasn’t really clumsy and prone to accidentally getting my fingers in the dip, I could see getting Nutella & Go then, if it weren’t too expensive. Maybe. Depends on if the train station had sandwiches or not.

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Tagged as: euphemisms, Exquisa Snack, museum of snack foods, Nutella & Go, Yan Yans

  • paxsarah

    Your Yan Yan intrigues me. Best part of clicking through to Amazon?

    “yan yan”
    Did you mean: man bag

    Heh.

  • paxsarah

    Your Yan Yan intrigues me. Best part of clicking through to Amazon?

    “yan yan”
    Did you mean: man bag

    Heh.

  • http://anxietypanichealth.com/ Mike Nichols

    My daughter, aged 20, is a Nutella fiend. Her preferred bait is a peanut butter and Nutella sandwich, which probably tastes like a big Reese’s cup with a hazelnut whang. I don’t know. She won’t share.

    Personally, though I love chocolate, the hazelnut in Nutella is just too much for me. I haven’t tried it on ice cream, or with breadsticks, but I’m relatively certain that my opinion would be the same.

    I’m curious what these “Yan-Yan’s” are. They are snacks, assuredly, but what kind? Wait, don’t answer that! I’m diabetic, so I don’t need something else to feel deprived of!

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  • http://anxietypanichealth.com/ Mike Nichols

    My daughter, aged 20, is a Nutella fiend. Her preferred bait is a peanut butter and Nutella sandwich, which probably tastes like a big Reese’s cup with a hazelnut whang. I don’t know. She won’t share.

    Personally, though I love chocolate, the hazelnut in Nutella is just too much for me. I haven’t tried it on ice cream, or with breadsticks, but I’m relatively certain that my opinion would be the same.

    I’m curious what these “Yan-Yan’s” are. They are snacks, assuredly, but what kind? Wait, don’t answer that! I’m diabetic, so I don’t need something else to feel deprived of!

    Mike Nichols´s last blog post..Conquering Your Panic: Dave’s Success Story

  • http://comeoneileen.net/wordpress Eileen

    I’ve never had a YanYan either. Hmm…I love stuff like this and nutella is defnitely a weakness of mine. When I first visited Europe (in my earlier 20′s) I had some of the best chocolate hazelnut combos. Ever since I’ve been hooked.

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  • http://comeoneileen.net/wordpress Eileen

    I’ve never had a YanYan either. Hmm…I love stuff like this and nutella is defnitely a weakness of mine. When I first visited Europe (in my earlier 20′s) I had some of the best chocolate hazelnut combos. Ever since I’ve been hooked.

    Eileen´s last blog post..Murray the Penguin

  • http://www.projecthappilyeverafter.com/ Alisa Bowman

    You know, I never really knew what nutella was. I’ve never tried it because the name alone just sounds gross. But it looks really yummy. Thanks for dispelling the “gross” myth here. Now I can add yet another food to the “it will make me fat but I will love it anyway” list.

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  • http://www.projecthappilyeverafter.com Alisa Bowman

    You know, I never really knew what nutella was. I’ve never tried it because the name alone just sounds gross. But it looks really yummy. Thanks for dispelling the “gross” myth here. Now I can add yet another food to the “it will make me fat but I will love it anyway” list.

    Alisa Bowman´s last blog post..Ask the marriage expert

  • http://www.ihmmblifeandstyle.com/ Tracy

    @Paxsarah, was that not cute? I thought about pointing it out, but then I thought nah, that will be my bloggy version of an Easter Egg.

    Mr. B would probably enjoy Yan Yans, if you ever have need to bribe him.

    @Mike, I can only eat a small bit of Nutella at a time, it’s too rich! When we were growing up in Frankfurt, Germany, my sister would always get crepes just stuffed with the stuff. I don’t know how she ate them! What I loved were the potato pancakes with applesauce.

    Yan Yans are cookie sticks with a frosting like substance for dipping. They are probably gross to people with mature palates.

    @Eileen don’t they have some great chocolate and hazelnut combos in Europe? I like how even their cheap chocolate bars have hazelnuts in them instead of almonds like here. I’m not crazy about almonds unless they are candied. Speaking of, did you try the candied almonds in Europe? I love those.

    @Alisa Maybe you won’t love it, some people don’t. It does taste fairly strongly of hazelnut, so if you don’t like those, you won’t like this. I bet you could eat it with some sort of fruit, then it will be good for you.

  • http://www.ihmmblifeandstyle.com Tracy

    @Paxsarah, was that not cute? I thought about pointing it out, but then I thought nah, that will be my bloggy version of an Easter Egg.

    Mr. B would probably enjoy Yan Yans, if you ever have need to bribe him.

    @Mike, I can only eat a small bit of Nutella at a time, it’s too rich! When we were growing up in Frankfurt, Germany, my sister would always get crepes just stuffed with the stuff. I don’t know how she ate them! What I loved were the potato pancakes with applesauce.

    Yan Yans are cookie sticks with a frosting like substance for dipping. They are probably gross to people with mature palates.

    @Eileen don’t they have some great chocolate and hazelnut combos in Europe? I like how even their cheap chocolate bars have hazelnuts in them instead of almonds like here. I’m not crazy about almonds unless they are candied. Speaking of, did you try the candied almonds in Europe? I love those.

    @Alisa Maybe you won’t love it, some people don’t. It does taste fairly strongly of hazelnut, so if you don’t like those, you won’t like this. I bet you could eat it with some sort of fruit, then it will be good for you.

  • http://candydishblog.com/ Carl Weaver

    It’s like do-it-yourself gourmet Pocky. Looks good!

    Carl Weaver´s last blog post..Hello, Beautiful

  • http://candydishblog.com Carl Weaver

    It’s like do-it-yourself gourmet Pocky. Looks good!

    Carl Weaver´s last blog post..Hello, Beautiful

  • Chelsea

    HOW can you compare Yan Yan’s to Nutella?!? There is NO comparison. Nutella is completely different in texture, text, quantity… everything. Yan Yan’s have hard chocolate that end up breaking the breadstick when you go to scoop the chocolate, they give you too many breadsticks and not enough chocolate, and the chocolate just does NOT compare to nutella.

    Don’t listen people!

  • Chelsea

    HOW can you compare Yan Yan’s to Nutella?!? There is NO comparison. Nutella is completely different in texture, text, quantity… everything. Yan Yan’s have hard chocolate that end up breaking the breadstick when you go to scoop the chocolate, they give you too many breadsticks and not enough chocolate, and the chocolate just does NOT compare to nutella.

    Don’t listen people!

  • Stephanie

    If you have a craving for creamy, spreadable chocolate (and aren’t allergic to peanuts), instead of Nutella, try Peanut Butter & Co’s “Dark Chocolate Dreams,” a mix of PB and dark chocolate. Same great texture but much better taste than Nutella, which to me tastes too much of palm oil. Plus, PB&Co’s product is vegan!

  • Stephanie

    If you have a craving for creamy, spreadable chocolate (and aren’t allergic to peanuts), instead of Nutella, try Peanut Butter & Co’s “Dark Chocolate Dreams,” a mix of PB and dark chocolate. Same great texture but much better taste than Nutella, which to me tastes too much of palm oil. Plus, PB&Co’s product is vegan!

  • Jamesguz

    I love Nutella!!!
    it is tied with peanut butter as my favorite spread. i just wish i had the money for one jar of it now.

  • Jamesguz

    I love Nutella!!!
    it is tied with peanut butter as my favorite spread. i just wish i had the money for one jar of it now.

  • http://www.westwood.edu/ Online Colleges

    I picked up on Nutella from my Australian friends. That stuff is great.

  • http://www.westwood.edu Online Colleges

    I picked up on Nutella from my Australian friends. That stuff is great.

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  • Philipp (from Germany)

    I like your blog pretty much :)
    What I wanted to say is, that this product is called “Nutella & Go” and the word “Füllhöhe” simply means, that the Nutella is filled up to that line.
    I think that’s ment to prevent some people from complaining that theirs Nutella and Go wasn’t full.
    The price here in Germany is 0,99 Euro, what’s about 1,50$.

    • http://ihatemymessageboard.com/ Tracy

      Hi Phillip, it’s good to meet you! I miss Germany a lot, it was such a fun place to live.

      Although the whole time I was there, I did not come across the word “Schwartenmagen” which is my next food post. Oi. I do love leberknodel (sp?) soup though, it’s fun to say and delicious to eat!

  • Philipp (from Germany)

    I like your blog pretty much :)
    What I wanted to say is, that this product is called “Nutella & Go” and the word “Füllhöhe” simply means, that the Nutella is filled up to that line.
    I think that’s ment to prevent some people from complaining that theirs Nutella and Go wasn’t full.
    The price here in Germany is 0,99 Euro, what’s about 1,50$.

    • http://ihatemymessageboard.com Tracy

      Hi Phillip, it’s good to meet you! I miss Germany a lot, it was such a fun place to live.

      Although the whole time I was there, I did not come across the word “Schwartenmagen” which is my next food post. Oi. I do love leberknodel (sp?) soup though, it’s fun to say and delicious to eat!

  • Alan

    Hi my wife & I discovered these on our honeymoon to the Greek Islands, they were a great snack to stash in a bag for later in the day, or to munch on while getting ready for a night out.

    She liked them so much I want to suprise her with some on our anniversary! Unfortunately, the Nutella & Go are not available in Chicago, where we live, and I haven’t been able to find a site to order from. Does anybody know a website that ships these to the US?

    Thanks!

  • Alan

    Hi my wife & I discovered these on our honeymoon to the Greek Islands, they were a great snack to stash in a bag for later in the day, or to munch on while getting ready for a night out.

    She liked them so much I want to suprise her with some on our anniversary! Unfortunately, the Nutella & Go are not available in Chicago, where we live, and I haven’t been able to find a site to order from. Does anybody know a website that ships these to the US?

    Thanks!

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  • ek72

    It’s not German but Italian, like Kinder Eggs. I guess Ferrero had Germany as it’s biggest customer in the 50s so they renamed their products to sound more German. For instance, Nutella was initially called Supercrema. But not even the Germans know this today.

  • Agonzaleznj

    I found Nutella & Go in a deli in NYC bet 39th + 40th – Broadway.
    It was awesome indulgence at work – loved it.

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