World Nutella Day 2010: Nutella Marshmallow Cookies

Sara from Ms. Adventures in Italy and Michelle from Bleeding Espresso (and Shelley from At Home in Rome,in spirit) solemnly declare Friday, February 5th “World Nutella Day 2010″ – a day to celebrate, to get creative with, and most importantly, to EAT Nutella.

This is my second year of decreeing my love for the flavour marriage of chocolate and hazelnut - in spreadable form no less! First off I must confess that for this Nutella celebration, I did not use Nutella... I cheated a bit and used a scrumptious high brow version made by Italian chocolate gods, Amedei, a lovely souvenir from our trip to Italy last year. 

I came to Nutella late in life, so my taste buds might not be as honed to the real deal as some people. This Amedei stuff is the one to my heart however. No surprise it costs a small fortune. Champagne tastes... my mother always says. Amedei chocolate is one of my favourite bars in the world, one that makes my heart beat a little faster whenever I spot some, a rarity. This spread contains nothing but Amedei cocoa making it worth the cost of a jar alone. But the even better is the hazelnuts from the Piedmont region in Northwest Italy, considered to be the finest in the world. This is a jar with a bit of pedigree, and I'll admit I'm fairly smitten with it, but none of this is meant to be taken away from the reason a jar of this exists. And that's the original chocolate hazelnut spread - Nutella. So Happy World Nutella Day all! If there ever was a day to buy yourself a jar and spread it on thick, this is it!