A delicious vegan nutella made with hazelnut flour in 5 minutes with 4 ingredients. A creamy, healthier vegan chocolate hazelnut spread that is dairy-free, gluten-free, and naturally sweetened.
This vegan nutella chocolate spread is devoid of the commercial Nutella's preservatives and additives. There are many healthy nutella recipes out there, but this vegan nutella recipe includes a shortcut - instead of roasting expensive hazelnuts, this recipe uses hazelnut flour. A shortcut that will provide you with a delicious chocolate spread in minutes.
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You'll Love This Chocolate Spread
- Uses flour instead of roasted hazelnuts for a shortcut recipe to nutella
- It is made with very few ingredients
- It's deeply chocolatey
- It resembles commercial Nutella yet will help you feel great
- It is dairy-free, vegan and even paleo
Ingredients
- Cocoa - Dutch processed cocoa has a better flavor but unsweetened cocoa is healthier. Dutch process cocoa has only half the healthy phytonutrients chocolate gives us because it is unsweetened cocoa that has been treated with an alkali to make it pH neutral. But that process makes it milder and tastier.
- Hazelnut flour - Use a quality brand such as Bob's Red Mill. I provide instructions on how to use fresh hazelnuts instead of flour below.
- Maple Syrup - Or your favorite liquid sweetener, such as date syrup.
- Nut Butter - Cashew butter or almond butter provide the mildest flavor.
- Flavorings - Vanilla, Salt
Pro tip: Don't use peanut butter or any other nut butter with a powerful flavor of its own or you'll wipe out the taste of hazelnuts.
See the recipe card at the bottom for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Steps to Make Homemade Nutella
For more detail, visit the complete and printable recipe at the bottom of this post, but here are general steps.
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- Prep. Spread the hazelnut flour on a cookie sheet and heat in an oven for 5 minutes at 350 F.
- Step 1: Add the hot flour to a high speed blender and blend for a minute or more until the nutty flour breaks down into a paste. It might be a bit grainy.
- Step 2. Add all the other ingredients, except half the maple syrup. You can microwave the nut butter for 30 seconds first to make it smoother if yours is on the dry side.
- Step 2. Stir until creamy. Taste-test the chocolate spread for sweetness, and add the remaining maple syrup if it needs it for flavor.
Pro tip: To use fresh hazelnuts instead of flour, roast 2 ½ cups of hazelnuts in a 400 F oven for 5 minutes. Roll in a cloth or paper towels to remove skins. Blend the hot hazelnuts alone in a blender about 2 minutes until you have a butter. Then proceed with recipe, removing the nut butter addition.
How to Store
Store this vegan nutella in a sealed container or jar in the refrigerator for 5 days. Microwave it for 15 or more seconds to make it easier to spread. The chocolate spread doesn't freeze well as it becomes grainy.
Recipe Tips & Substitutions
- Swap maple syrup for another liquid sweetener if you choose. Agave syrup and date syrup also work.
- For a creamier milk chocolate look and flavor, use dairy free milk instead of water.
- Add 1 teaspoon of instant coffee granules for a mocha flavor chocolate spread
FAQS
It's easy to make homemade vegan nutella, just blend up hazelnut flour with cocoa, nut butter and maple syrup. Or roast hazelnuts, grind them into flour and use instead of hazelnut flour.
Store-bought nutella is not vegan because it contains powdered milk.
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What Can You Do With Vegan Nutella?
- Use as a dip with sprinkle cookie sticks or fruit
- Spread on healthy pumpkin bread, pancakes, waffles
- Top on blender choclate ice cream
- Mix into yogurt, protein overnight oats or chia pudding
- Eat from the jar with a spoon
- Use a filling or frosting for vegan vanilla cupcakes, chocolate cupcakes, chocolate mini donuts, or more
- Use as a filling in other chocolate recipes, such as making Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles
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Vegan Nutella | Homemade Chocolate Spread
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups hazelnut flour Use a quality brand
- ⅓ cup cocoa
- ¼ cup nut butter cashew or almond
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- pinch of salt
Optional
- 1 teaspoon cold brewed coffee (optional, deepens chocolate flavor)
- ½ tablespoon maca powder (optional for positive hormone-balancing effects)
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Instructions
Prep
- Microwave the nut butter for 30 seconds and stir to soften and loosen it.
- Spread the hazelnut flour on a cookie sheet and heat in an oven for 5 minutes at 350 F.
Make Vegan Nutella
- Add hot flour to a blender and process until the flour breaks down into a paste - maybe 1 minute or more.
- To the pasty flour in the blender, add only HALF the maple syrup, the nut butter, cocoa, vanilla and salt to a blender and process until smooth. I used a small twister jar by Blendtec which has agitation arms.
- Taste. If you want it sweeter or creamier, add the remaining ⅛ cup of maple syrup. Stir again.
Store
- Store your new healthy nutella in a covered glass jar in the refrigerator. It lasts a week. This nutella doesn't freeze well, it becomes grainy.
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