Homemade dark chocolate nutella

Homemade nutella in a jar, spoon being extracted.

A homemade hazelnut spread that features dark chocolate, for a deeper and more adult twist to nutella.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Italian

Keyword dark chocolate, hazelnut paste, hazelnut spread, nutella

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooling time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Servings people

Calories 190kcal

Author Eva | Electric Blue Food

Ingredients

80 g hazelnuts
30 g powdered sugar
40 ml vegetable oil
15 g cocoa powder
150 g dark chocolate

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Toast the hazelnuts in a pan on medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring continuously to evenly distribute the heat.
Melt the dark chocolate either in a double boiler or in the microwave. Stir every 30 seconds to distribute the heat if using the microwave.
Add the warm hazelnuts to a food processor and start the machine. Process the hazelnuts until they turn into a paste and release their oil. This may take up to 15 minutes. Stop the food processor from time to time to scrape the sides of the bowl and to prevent the machine from overheating.
When the hazelnuts have turned into a paste, mix in the powdered sugar and then pour in the oil while processing.
Add the cocoa powder and mix to incorporate.
Lastly, pour in the melted chocolate. Give it a final blitz to incorporate.
Transfer the mixture to a jar and let set in the fridge for 1 hour.

Notes

Store at room temperature for best spreadabilty. This hazelnut spread is made with shelf-stable ingredients that do not require refrigerating.

Room temperature can play a major role as this homemade chocolate spread is quite sensitive and may be much softer in a hotter climate and not so spreadable in a colder one. Some chilling will firm up a runny spread, while some quick microwaving will make a hard homemade nutella spreadable.

Dark chocolate comes at various percentages of cocoa. The higher the cocoa percent, the lower the cocoa butter. More cocoa butter in your chocolate of choice will provide extra creaminess, which will lack, instead, if using a very dark chocolate with a high cocoa percent.

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