Nutella without Hazelnuts

5 from 3 votes

Make a small batch of homemade Nutella without hazelnuts and with any nut with this easy recipe.

Prep Time10

Cook Time5

Total Time15

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: Italian

Servings:

Calories: 40kcal

280 grams nuts or 250 mL (1 cup) nut butter or seed butter (the natural unsweetened kind that separates)
125 grams icing sugar
45 grams Cacao Barry extra brute cocoa powder
0.625 mL Diamond Crystal fine kosher salt
45 mL canola oil more or less depending on nut or nut butter used
2.5 mL pure vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 ºF. Place the nuts on a large rimmed sheet pan.
If using nut butters or seed butters like tahini, you can skip this step and go to the next. If you are using whole nuts: Place the sheet pan in the oven, and toast the nuts for about 10 minutes, being sure to open the oven door to shake the pan up to ensure they will toast evenly. When toasted, remove the pan from the heat and immediately pour out the nuts to cool. In the bowl of a food processor, pulverize the toasted nuts for several minutes. They should be as fine as you can get them. Scrape down the bowl as needed.
In a small bowl, whisk together the cocoa, sugar, and salt. Set aside.
Add the dry ingredients, and the vanilla to the food processor. Continue blending until you obtain a spread (this could take at least 5 minutes if you started with whole nuts). The more you blend, the more the oils of the nuts will be released, rendering the spread glossier. For a liquidier spread, add a little oil (up to 45 mL or 3 tablespoons) and blend. Continue to do this until you obtain the desired consistency.
The spread can be stored in the fridge. Just bring it to room temperature before using it (or it may be difficult to spread).

This recipe calls for Diamond Crystal fine Kosher salt. If using regular table salt, add half the amount or the recipe may be too salty!
If you want, you can replace the 280 grams of nuts with the same weight of unsweetened nut/seed butter (like natural peanut butter or tahini). This works out to using 1 cup of nut butter.
Calories calculated based on 1 tablespoon serving size.
The homemade Nutella recipe makes about 1.5 cups of chocolate spread, about 25 tablespoons.