According to reports, over 20 tons of Nutella and chocolate eggs were stolen from a refrigerated trailer in the town of Neustadt.

France's Ecology Minister Segolene Royal urges people to stop eating Nutella because it is made with palm oil and damages the environment.

Ségolène Royal says Nutella is made using palm oil, which is contributing to deforestation, and urged Ferrero to make the spread with ‘other ingredients’

Michele Ferrero, Italy's richest man and the owner of a global chocolate and confectionery empire, died on Saturday, two workers within the company said. He was 89. His death is likely to spur talk of succession and potential tie-ups at the family-controlled Ferrero group, which has continued to grow even through Italy's longest recession since World War Two.

The decorative nuts are dipped in caramelized sugar and hung in bat fashion -- upside down -- so the sugar streams and hardens into the best candy on the block.

If you're about to pull a slice of bread out of the toaster and slather on some sweetness, you might want to ease up on the Nutella. A spike in the price of hazelnuts due to bad weather and disease means the cost of the spread could be about to skyrocket. Hazelnuts are more popular than ever — high in protein, fibre, vitamins and folate — and many people say they taste delicious when combined with chocolate in a breakfast spread.

Nutella, the nutty chocolate spread, is turning 50. Last year some 365 million kilos were consumed - roughly the weight of the Empire State Building - in 160 countries around the world. Half a century ago, in a small town in northern Italy, this would have been unimaginable.

Just when you thought it couldn't get any more delicious...

Ever since cookie butter hit shelves, the spotlight has shone a little less brightly on its hazelnut-chocolate predecessor, Nutella. We're bringing the focus on this longtime favorite back with this roundup of 24 mouthwatering recipes, so settle in with your personal jar of the good stuff in one hand, spoon in the other and scroll away!