do you know what today is??

It's a day to celebrate, that's for sure. And I'm not even talking about the Giganto-Storm-of-the-Season #2 that's beginning in our lovely DC metro area. I'll give you a hint. It's chocolatey, it's hazelnutty, and it can often be found on a spoon that's about to be shoved into my mouth.

YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM.

Yes, it just so happens to be World Nutella Day today, and we did our part at lunchtime by going for the old standard-- PB & Nutella sandwiches. Simple but unbelievably delicious. I owe many thanks to the creators of both of these amazing jarred treats. But, eating PB & Nutella sandwiches for lunch is really no different than any other Friday, so I knew that I had to step up my Nutella game for this holiday of holidays.

Thanks to the World Nutella Day website, (yup, they have a website... and a Facebook page, too!), I browsed through a ton of recipes, which was an exercise in self-control, because dear lord, I want to eat all of these things. Even the recipes whose names include words I don't even know! (brioche? mascarpone? ganache? tartufini?) If it's got Nutella in it, I'm guessing it's pretty darn good.

But, let's face it. I'm not a fancy girl, so I was looking for an easy recipe that included ingredients that are already on my shelves. (Because with 2 feet of snow coming in the next 24 hours, the grocery stores are devoid of anything even mildly edible at this point...) I'm happy to say that after naptime today, we'll be attempting a recipe for Nutella Crumb Cake, thanks to Kristen at Something Sweet. I'm hopeful that I will be almost entirely mistake-free in the process and that we'll be chowing on some pieces of cake tonight as we keep the fire going and watch the snow pile up. Seriously, could it get any better??


Encouraging you to eat your weight in Nutella today,