Saturday, July 7, 2012

Puttin' Nutella on the Ritz



One night this week, after all the nearby stores had closed, I was hungry. Hungry for something sweet. After looking into my dorm's pantry, I came to the sad conclusion that there was hardly anything edible in there to eat. I had to experiment a bit.
I love the combination of sweet and salty (pretzel M&Ms, anyone?) so I spread some almost-expired Nutella on Ritz crackers. I topped them with either almonds, dried banana slices, walnuts or cashews from a trail-mix box.


I recommend the almonds. The dried banana slices didn't really taste like anything at all (but that could be because I bought them last November...) and the walnut takes away from the Nutella. With the almond you have the tastes of salty, sweet and buttery all wrapped into one little cracker!

And the whole snack would've looked much better if the Nutella hadn't been half-melted and watery. News flash: almost-expired Nutella isn't the greatest.


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P.S. This post's title was inspired by this awesome 20s song "Puttin' not the Ritz". I don't know why, but I feel the need to share this with all of you. I'm a sucker for anything from the 20s era.


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5 comments:

  1. I didn't know Nutella could expire. I guess we've never had a jar in the house last long enough to have to worry about that ;)

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    1. That's probably a good thing...trust me, you don't want to know what almost-expired Nutella looks like!

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  2. I love Nutella on just about everything :) I also remember raiding dorm pantry's in college when I had been studying all night. There was a lot of pop tarts and twinkies....

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    1. Pop-tarts are still a dorm pantry favorite. As for Twinkies, I heard they're going to stop making them, which is horrible! They're such a guilty pleasure.

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  3. Okay, the fact that you love the 20s makes me want to be a follower! That's my favorite era! My hubby says I should've been born in another time...lol...and the fact that you even know Puttin on the Ritz means we could probably get along in real life..lol...your newest follower...thanks for visiting me over at The Redheaded Princess :)

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