Homemade Nutella with Olive Oil and Dark Chocolate
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After trying countless homemade and jarred spreads, I’m finally ready to make my own. Instant coffee and olive oil may not be in the original, but they pump up the chocolate and hazelnut flavors and make for a nice spreadable consistency.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: 2 cups, or 16 servings of 2 tablespoons each 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups shelled and skinned hazelnuts (see notes below)
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 ounces dark chocolate (66% cacao) chips, discs or drops (about 1/3 cup)
- 7 tablespoons hazelnut milk, or other plant milk like soy or oat
- 1/4 cup good quality cocoa powder (I like Dagoba or TCHO)
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee powder or granules
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Roast hazelnuts for 9-11 minutes, shaking the pan once or twice during roasting, or until fragrant.
- Once cool, whiz nuts in the food processor, stopping occasionally to scrape down the sides. For me this takes anywhere from 3 to 7 minutes. Sometimes I get to the nut butter stage no problem, but other times I only get tiny pulverized crumbs of nuts. Ideally, it will let you know it’s ready for the next step by balling up and clinging together around the blade.
- Put olive oil and chocolate in a small bowl and microwave 15 seconds at a time until melted, stirring in between, for about 45-60 seconds altogether. Add this to hazelnuts and pulse a couple of times.
- Add remaining ingredients (hazelnut milk through salt) and pulse until incorporated and spreadable. You can try adding 3 to 4 tablespoons of milk first, and then adjusting as needed to get the texture you’d like. Once everything is blended in, it should be glossy and spreadable.
- Spread and scoop to your heart’s delight. Store in the refrigerator.
Notes
I followed Charlotte Ryan’s instructions for skinning the hazelnuts. You can watch the charming video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXKeK0yT4_I
To save yourself a step you can buy roasted unsalted hazelnuts. I find these most reliably at Trader Joe’s.
If you have a favorite dark chocolate bar on hand, just coarsely chop it and use as a replacement for the chocolate chips.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
- Calories: 170
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 40 mg
- Fat: 13 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg