Homemade Vegan Nutella Chocolate Bark (3-ingredients, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free)

Homemade vegan nutella chocolate bark that boosts your energy and thinking power, is creamy, crunchy, vegan, and incredibly easy to make. And this healthy chocolate treat recipe is free of dairy, gluten, refined-sugar and is only three ingredients!

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Homemade Vegan Nutella Chocolate Bark (3-ingredients, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free)

Ready for a fast-track to a nutritious vegan nutella chocolate bark?

Using only a measuring cup, loaf pan and spoon, this bark literally took me 5 minutes to mix up and set in the refrigerator (the waiting for it to harden is what takes time). So if you are short on cook time, but want a snack option later that day, this might be it!

The resulting bark is a nutritional power house that is a sweet-tooth satisfier, an afternoon-energy booster, and a sneaky route to more protein and magnesium. And a perfect recipe with potential. For instance you can add more things like quinoa, dried fruit or flaxseed or chia.

And it is probably gluten-free, depending on the hazelnut spread you use, and fits other diet options as well.

How healthy is Dark Chocolate?

Well, obviously you must start with a quality chocolate.

Typically quality dark chocolate has only a few ingredients, including cacao, cacao butter, vanilla and a bit of organic raw cane sugar or other plant-based sweetener. You don’t want to see the sugar listed first as that means that is the ingredient in highest quantity. Instead, you want cacao or cocoa listed first.

It is also best to not see lecithin, milk or artificial flavorings in the list. I provided a link to some of my favorite quality dark chocolate brands in my recipe ingredient list.

For more detail on quality dark chocolate, read here.

Quality dark chocolate provides energy, mood-boosting and hard-to-find magnesium, and cognitive support. But its biggest benefit is its amazing range of antioxidants. This study shows dark chocolate scored higher in antioxidants than any other food tested, including blueberries.

This vegan nutella chocolate bark is made creamier with vegan “nutella”. You probably know that is a chocolate version of hazelnut butter. You can either buy it or make it using my homemade quick recipe!.

My homemade recipe is super fast because it uses hazelnut flour instead of going through the time-consuming method of roasting and peeling hazelnuts.

However, if you don’t have time to make your own healthy nutella, you can buy it – it is not easy to find a gluten-free and vegan brand but Justin’s is a pretty good one.

Although they have recently begun to add almond butter to their nutella (my daughter is very upset by this change, haha). Still it’s vegan and yummy!

Let’s go make some vegan nutella chocolate bark!

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Homemade Vegan Nutella Chocolate Bark (3-ingredients, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free)

Homemade chocolate hazelnut bark that boosts your energy and thinking power, is creamy, crunchy, vegan, and incredibly easy to make. And this healthy chocolate treat recipe is free of dairy, gluten, refined-sugar and is only three ingredients!

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free

Keyword 3-ingredients, chocolate candy, chocolate protein snack, hazelnut butter, nutella bark, vegan chocolate

Does it keep? freezer-friendly

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Servings 12

Calories 42 kcal

Author Dee Dine

Ingredients

• 1 3.5oz dark chocolate bar (I also love quality chocolate by HU, Valrhona, Pascha, and Eating Evolved)
• 1/4 cup chocolate hazelnut butter (Either buy the vegan brand I linked to in ingredients or make my homemade vegan nutella recipe!)
• 1 tbsp coconut oil

My Equipment

• 1 9-inch by 5-inch loaf pan
• 1 2-cup glass pyrex measuring cup
• parchment paper
• 1 spoon

Potential Add-ins

• 1/2 cup chopped almonds
• 2 tbsp popped quinoa
• 2 tbsp chia or flaxseed

Instructions

Prep

1. Set a sauce pan of water on to boil with about 2 inches of water in it.

   Line a 5-inch by 9-inch loaf pan with parchment so it hangs over the sides.

Make the Bark

1. Set a 2-cup pyrex glass (heat-resistent) measuring cup into the boiling water.

2. Break up the chocolate bar, and put it in the measuring cup - don't let any water splash into the cup, you are just trying to melt the chocolate.

3. Add the chocolate "nutella" spread and coconut oil.

4. Continually stir and as the chocolate mixture begins to melt, turn off the stove and carefully remove the measuring cup from the water (don't let any water or moisture into the mix!) and keep stirring until the mixture is smooth and shiny.

5. Fold in your chosen mix-ins, or hold them back and sprinkle on top. We sprinkled popped quinoa in the mix and then chopped almonds on top.

6. Pour the melted mixture into the pan, and tap it gently on the counter to allow it to spread to the four corners. This will ensure the correct thickness of your bark.

7. Refrigerate lightly covered for 1 hour or until it hardens. Don't freeze at this stage or it will develop a haze. However, it can be frozen in an air-tight container for long-term storage.

8. Break into 12 pieces and enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

Homemade Vegan Nutella Chocolate Bark (3-ingredients, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 42 Calories from Fat 36

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 4g 6%

Saturated Fat 1g 5%

Cholesterol 1mg 0%

Sodium 1mg 0%

Potassium 39mg 1%

Total Carbohydrates 1g 0%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 1g

Protein 1g 2%

Calcium 1.8%

Iron 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.