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    Home » Recipes » Easy Homemade Nutella

    Easy Homemade Nutella

    Published: Apr 22, 2014 · Modified: Dec 18, 2019 by Andrea Howe · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Homemade-NutellaSometime a couple years back, I decided to try Nutella, and we quickly grew more than a little hooked. Since it was “hazelnut” spread, I naively figured that since it was nut based, it was a delicious, too good to be true healthy treat. I never even bothered looking at the ingredients, and when I began paying closer attention to those ingredient labels, I was dumbfounded to find that hazelnuts, weren’t even the first or second ingredient, but instead, sugar and palm oil came first. Not only did it list sugar as its main ingredient, but Nutella also contained soy lecithin and vanillin, an artificial flavor. Turns out that chocolaty spread was indeed too good to be true. We finished our last jar and said good bye.

    I’d like to say we never looked back, but Syd has since longed for Nutella toast, and makes sure I know every so often, that he still really wishes we could eat Nutella. Sometimes making healthier choices leave me feeling like a real asshole of a parent.

    I looked into making my own, but the process of roasting and then peeling each individual hazelnut seemed like way more work that I could find time for. Somewhere along the line I found out about actual hazelnut meal, but wasn’t sure if it was sold in bulk or prepackaged. I was having a hard time finding it, but then finally came across it from Bob’s Red Mill, sold at Whole Foods, and whipped up my own batch today with relative ease. At first, the kids weren’t too keen on it, claiming to like the flavor but not the texture. I couldn’t blame them all that much considering it was still very mealy, so I added coconut oil, more almond milk, and blended for a few more minutes to get it nice and smooth. Worked like a charm.

    Homemade Nutella

    Make a healthier version of Nutella at home with this easy recipe.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 5 minutes
    Total Time: 15 minutes
    Servings: 1 .25 cups
    Author:Andrea

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup hazelnut meal
    • ⅔ cup raw cacao powder
    • ½ cup or slightly less, maple syrup
    • ⅓-1/2 cup almond milk depending on how thick/thin you want it
    • 1 heaping tbsp coconut oil softened
    • pinch of sea salt
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    Instructions

    • Place all ingredients in a powerful blender or food processor, and blend until a nice and smooth consistency is achieved.
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    Because this homemade version contains no preservatives and contains perishable ingredients, it is advised you store in the refrigerator. The yield for the following recipe is just over a cup, so you should have no problem going through this batch in a couple of weeks. Because Nutella is usually stored at room temperature though, try to allow some time for this version to warm up a bit before trying to spread on a nice piece of bread, but it would soften up nicely on warm toast. Let me know if you have any questions!

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    About Andrea Howe

    Andrea Howe is the recipe developer and photographer of Howe We Live. She is also a seasoned home cook of over 20 years, for her family of 5. Andrea has spent over 10 years in the food industry, writing for various publications including Babble and Disney. Her work has appeared in Real Simple, Taste of Home, Yahoo, Buzzfeed and ABC News.

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    1. Kim says

      June 04, 2014 at 9:18 am

      I just made some of this and it tastes really chocolatey to me and not much of the hazelnut taste. Do you think I could put in more hazelnut meal and less of the cacao powder?

      Thank you for the recipe! My girls and I had fun making it!

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    2. Stefanie says

      May 05, 2014 at 10:22 pm

      Where do you find hazelnut meal and raw cacao? Appreciate it and can’t wait to make!

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      • Kim says

        June 04, 2014 at 9:20 am

        I got them at Whole Foods but I also found them at Amazon.

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    3. Crystal Nell says

      April 24, 2014 at 8:33 pm

      Thank you so much for this recipe!! I love Nutella except for the fact that it is not healthy at all. I’m going to try this. Thank you so much!!

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    4. Nicole says

      April 23, 2014 at 6:49 am

      Thank you!!! Nutella is one of the major sticking points with my husband on our clean eating journey (surprisingly not my preschooler though! lol). So far any recipes I’d found online were more about being thrifty than healthy – can’t wait to try this.

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