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Are you dreaming of a delicious, chocolatey spread? Make your own Homemade Nutella!
Chocolatey Homemade Hazelnut Spread
Homemade Nutella, a luscious and customizable version of the beloved chocolate-hazelnut spread, brings the joy of crafting a kitchen staple with fresh, quality ingredients. Unlike store-bought Nutella, which often contains palm oil and excessive sugar, homemade Nutella offers a healthier alternative without sacrificing the creamy, rich flavor that fans adore. This homemade version allows you to control the sweetness and flavor intensity, making it a perfect addition to your pantry for spreading on toast, adding to desserts, or enjoying straight from the jar.
Nutella, the world-famous Hazelnut Spread, was created by the Italian company Ferrero in 1964. The product’s roots, however, go back to the 1940s when Pietro Ferrero, a pastry maker, developed “Pasta Gianduja,” a mixture of hazelnuts and cocoa. This was a clever response to the cocoa shortages during World War II, utilizing the abundant hazelnuts from the Piedmont region. The creamy and delightful spread soon became a breakfast staple in Italy and eventually gained global popularity.
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Despite its delicious taste, Nutella’s commercial recipe has faced criticism for using palm oil, sugar, and artificial additives. These concerns have spurred a movement toward homemade versions, allowing consumers to enjoy the same delightful flavor with healthier ingredients. Homemade Nutella – Hazelnut Spread typically involves a blend of roasted hazelnuts, cocoa powder, and a sweetener of choice.
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Delicious Smooth and Creamy Homemade Hazelnut Spread (Nutella)
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 1 pot 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Moderate
- Cuisine: Italian
Description
Love chocolate hazelnut spread. Why not make your own at home?
Ingredients
- 1kg cleaned Hazelnuts
- 1 cup Icing Sugar
- 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
- 3 tablespoon Oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 500g milk Belcolade Couverture Chocolate
Instructions
- Place nuts in the oven at 120C for 25 minutes, remove, and cool.
- Place cooled nuts in a food processor and process until finely ground. Scrape the sides of the food processor bowl as needed.
- Process nuts until they start to liquefy. It can take up to ±5 minutes. Stop the food processor as needed to scrape the sides of the bowl.
- Add icing sugar and cocoa. Mix until well combined.
- Add in oil and continue to process until smooth.
- Add salt
- Melt the chocolate over simmering water and add to the processor.
- Pour the spread into a clean jar. Store in a refrigerator.
- This could last very long if kept well!
- Feel free to store them in 250g packages/ jars and place them in the freezer. Take out one at a time as I need!
Tips
- Make sure all dry ingredients are sifted.
- For a little crunch, you can use brown sugar instead of icing sugar
- For a smooth Nutella, use a NutriBullet Blender.
- If you don’t have Belcolade Couverture Chocolate, any good quality Coverture chocolate will do.
- To make a thicker Hazelnut Spread, add more Milk chocolate.
Equipment
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Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Quraisha from The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes from Home Chefs
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pot
- Calories: 10096
- Sugar: 345.1 g
- Sodium: 2386.1 mg
- Fat: 846.7 g
- Saturated Fat: 164.1 g
- Trans Fat: 0.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 573.9 g
- Fiber: 149.8 g
- Protein: 187.9 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
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Esme, this sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing your recipe at The Crazy Little Lovebirds link party #42. ♡
Thanks for popping in here Steph. I truly hope you will have a go at this and enjoy it.
I have never tried the Nutella. The recipe looks very good. I love chocolate!
Hope you will give it a try, yummyness
Oh I bet this is absolutely delicious!
Thank you, Joanne, Hope you will give it a go and enjoy it.
Now I know why my homemade Nutella didn’t work out; I haven’t baked the hazelnuts! I will be making this soon but with erythritol instead of sugar. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Thank you so much for inviting Miriama. I hope this will help and that you will enjoy the spread. Please let me know once done and how much erythirol used iso of sugar. I would love to add the modification to the recipe if you do not mind.