Hanuta Love

Nutella lovers, hear hear! This rich chocolate with hazelnut bits sandwiched between two chocolate wafer biscuits will surely make you drool.

I think this treat is under-rated. I'm still wondering why no one in the Philippines has imported this yet. And I'm seriously thinking of making this snack available in our grocery stores (if only it was that easy).

As far as I know, these are found only in Germany. I'm not even sure if the entire Germany carries this as I have only seen it in Frankfurt and Berlin. I got to first taste this from my colleagues since they travel to Germany for training. When they came back, they brought with them a lot of Haribo and Hanuta treats.

These are made by Ferrero Group from Italy, the same makers of Ferrero Rocher and Nutella among many others. But this particular product was made for the German market and is locally produced there.

This little treat is an instant pick-me-upper food. Since I can't understand the ingredients (all in German), I would assume that the cocoa butter is dark chocolate (because it sure tastes like one). Hanuta actually tastes a lot like Nutella, only that there's the texture of hazelnut bits which is a good thing. A suggestion though is that Ferrero should change the packaging of Hanuta. They should seal the biscuits one by one for the wafers not to loose its crispness. But for now, once you open a box, make sure to consume everything within a week (which is not really a hard thing to do :P)

I've seen this being sold in three versions. One comes in packs of 12 with a total weight of 250g (€1.99). Another comes in bags of 18 weighing 200g (Hanuta Minis - €1.99) and the other is being sold individually at I think around 40g each (€0.50).

A little trivia before I go. Hanuta is short cut for Hasel Nuss Tafel which means Hazel Nut Bar.