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Natural Nutella- Raw Vegan Style

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May  4, 2012
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Natural Nutella- Raw Vegan Style
  • Serves 2 cups
Author Notes

Growing up in Canada, Nutella was a staple in our cupboard! Spreading the chocolate hazelnut spread on toast, onto apples, used like hot fudge on ice cream or sneaking it straight from the jar, are great memories! It has always been a favorite.

As good as Nutella is (and I will always love the original) it is nice to feel good about eating it in abundance and giving it to your kids for breakfast. This is a Natural’ and ‘Vegan’ Nutella making it an option for all- unless you are my brother- in- law Seth who is allergic to chocolate… his poor poor soul!
But for all those chocolate lovers/but want to be health conscious folk out there….. here is Homemade All Natural Vegan Nutella! I have to say I may like this better than the original.

Note: Mine is a little more chunky than it needs to be, I just like it that way!
You can use cocoa nibs to make it extra special and healthy in place of cocoa powder —CoconutsandCardamom

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups toasted hazelnuts
  • 1/2 cup unrefined sugar (coconut, Sucanat, or other)
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons good quality cocoa or cocoa nibs
  • 1/2 cup pure maple syrup (or agave, or honey but it will alter the taste)
  • 1/4 cup coconuts oil (you can use, hazelnut oil, vegetable oil or peanut oil but coconut oil is the healthiest option)
  • 2 tablespoons coconut milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla or hazelnut extract
Directions
  1. If you need to toast your hazelnuts, preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C).
  2. Put hazelnuts on a baking sheet and toast in oven for 12 minutes.
  3. Once the hazelnuts have cooled enough to handle, wrap into a kitchen towel and rub roughly to remove the hazelnut skins. There will be some skins that will just not come off with easy and that’s okay- use anyway. Let cool completely.
  4. Next, in a food processor (or a really good blender-vita mix good) blend the hazel nuts until creamy like nut butter.
  5. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth. Spread over toast, fill a crepe, on top of ice cream, or eat out straight out of the jar!
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Virginia
Virginia February 27, 2021
This recipie was my first attempt and inspiration to make a healthier Nutella spread. As the roasted hazelnuts become a puree, I cut the sugar dow. To one tablespoon and I just added maple syrup as I wanted to taste the hazelnuts and only added two tablespoons of cocoa (I had run out). The coconut oil did not fully emulsify and the end result felt overly-oily and the oil partially separated when it was refridgerated. Despite this it tasted divine...my husband ate almost the whole jar in a few days! With a rich warm overtone of natural hazelnut peeking through the subtle but deep cocoa elements...the taste is exceptional! This recipie has inspired me to perfect my approach to make it even better with less added oil and minimize the added sugar.