Homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Butter

his naturally sweetened chocolate hazelnut butter spread has just four ingredients and only takes minutes to make!

I already have a chocolate peanut butter spread recipe up, but this one is a little different (other than the whole nut type thing). This chocolate hazelnut spreaduses Dutch process cocoa powder for the chocolate flavor and coconut sugar to sweeten. (You know what’s lame? I just realized I threw some chocolate in the background of these pictures. Haha. Yeah. Ignore that! It’s just representative. ;))

The chocolate peanut butter uses a little cocoa powder, but mostly chocolate chips to flavor and sweeten it, meaning this hazelnut butter is technically a little healthier. Sugar is sugar but if you like to naturally sweeten stuff, this is your recipe! It also means that this version is naturally dairy-free and vegan. And like the peanut butter, naturally gluten-free!

I originally wanted to call this “Healthy Homemade Nutella” but Mr. Texanerin, the Nutella fiend that he is, heard of my plans and his response? “NO! Absolutely not!” Apparently this is just chocolate hazelnut butter. I hope you can cope. ;)

To be honest, he’s correct in that this chocolate hazelnut butter doesn’t taste much like Nutella. Or okay – at all. It’s not as smooth and not nearly as sweet, but it is chocolatey. And much more hazelnut-y. Chocolatey using cocoa powder and not that much sugar. I used a range of amounts for both of those ingredients, just because I have quite the sweet tooth and don’t like dark chocolate, so the amount of sugar I use might not (and hopefully won’t be!) what you need.

Chocolate Hazelnut Butter Spread

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Rated 5.0 by 7 readers

• Prep Time: 5 min
• Cook Time: 15 min
• Ready in: 20 min
• Yield: ~1½ cups

Ingredients

• 18 ounces (500 grams) hazelnuts
• 3 tablespoons – ¼ cup (22 – 29 grams) Dutch process cocoa powder
• ¼ – ½ cup (50 – 100 grams) coconut sugar or granulated sugar
• ⅛ teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C) and place the hazelnuts on a rimmed baking sheet. There should only be a single layer. Use more baking sheets, if necessary.
2. Roast the nuts for 15 minutes, stirring after every 5 minutes. The hazelnuts will be fragrant when ready and the skins will start to crack. Place the nuts in the center of a spread-out clean kitchen towel. Bundle it up and then rub the nuts together to remove the skin. This should remove about half of the skin and that's enough. The nuts should still be warm but not super hot at this point. If they are hot, wait for a few minutes, until they're just warm, before placing in the food processor. Also be sure not to let the nuts cool down completely – it'll process quicker if the nuts are still warm.
3. Transfer the roasted nuts, being careful to not include the skin, to a food processor and process until it’s very creamy like peanut butter. It’ll depend on your food processor, but it took mine about 3–5 minutes.
4. Add 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder, ¼ cup sugar, and the salt. Add more cocoa powder and sugar to taste.
5. Spoon the butter into a glass jar and refrigerate for up to 2 months.

Let me know what you guys think of this amazingly delicious homemade Nutella! Comment below your thoughts! Use wisely and again DON'T over-indulge. I hope you enjoy this healthier alternative to a sweet snack and keep going on your weight loss journeys'! your doing amazing!

Source
http://www.texanerin.com/2014/05/homemade-chocolate-hazelnut-butter.html