There's a pretty solid argument that Nutella was created a result of a naval blockade by Napolean against the English leading to a cocoa shortage in continental Europe in the early 1800s. /csb
Have never tried it but am just about to spend the summer in North and South Tyrol so I'm going to do my damndest to seek some out. I think a lot of it is made not too far away.
There's a pretty solid argument that Nutella was created a result of a naval blockade by Napolean against the English leading to a cocoa shortage in continental Europe in the early 1800s. /csb