Did you know you can make your own, delicious, indulgent, and crave worthy Nutella From Scratch? It's surprisingly easy to make with raw hazelnuts and chocolate and it's incredibly delicious and close to the classic we all know and love!
Ok, you know what's the best / worst idea in the world? Making homemade Nutella, obviously the best. However, making homemade Nutella during Lent when you've given up sweets?! Worst. >sob< Back to the best idea in the world... making Nutella, the delicious delicious hazelnut chocolatey goodness, is actually incredibly easy!
Ingredients Needed
The ingredients that you need are all pretty common, the two big necessary ingredients being hazelnuts and chocolate.
- Raw Hazelnuts - You can find these in the bulk section of a grocery store. Most bulk hazelnuts still have their skins on and so after you toast them you can rub them off, but if you can find skinned hazelnuts, those are best!
- Cocoa Powder - Unsweetened
- Chocolate Chips - You can you use any brand or kind that you would like - just make sure it's something that'll melt nicely. I personally like milk chocolate chips, but you can also use semi-sweet.
Also, did you know you can make your own Vanilla Extract From Scratch??
Step-by-Step Instructions
It's a little added effort compared to twisting open a jar, but it's a fun project, especially with kids! Plus, as always, the benefit of making your own from scratch means you know exactly what's in your jar!
The first step is to toast the hazelnuts. This will help bring out their nutty flavor and it will also help you remove some of the skins if you were unable to find hazelnuts with the skins already removed.
Next, melt your chocolate in a double boiler or microwave and let it cool completely.
Then add your hazelnuts to a food processor (this is our favorite!) and grind until it starts to form a paste.
Add the rest of your ingredients and blend until smooth,
before finally adding the cooled melted chocolate and giving a good final blend.
Until you have this creamy dreamy chocolately hazelnut spread!
Into a jar and you have your very own Nutella From Scratch!
Enjoy, Friends! If you make this recipe tell me what you think! I love to hear from you on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram!
Happy Fiesta Friday!
Nutella from Scratch
Ingredients
- 1 cup hazelnuts
- 12 ounces chocolate chopped
- 2 tablespoons mild vegetable oil such as canola
- 3 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 teaspoon salt more or less depending upon your preference
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F
- Spread the hazelnuts in a single layer on a baking sheet and toast them in the oven for about 12 minutes, until they’ve browned a little and the skins are blistered a little. Wrap them in a kitchen towel and rub vigorously to remove as much loose skin as possible. (Some skin will cling to the nuts when you’re done. It’s okay—not to mention inevitable.) Let cool completely.
- Melt the chocolate in a saucepan over gently simmering water or in the microwave. Stir until smooth. Let cool completely.
- In a food processor, grind the hazelnuts until they form a paste. Add the oil, sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, and salt and continue processing until the mixture is as smooth as possible-or as smooth as you like. Add the melted chocolate, blend well, and then strain the mixture to remove any chunks of hazelnut that remain. The resulting homemade Nutella will be thin and somewhat runny and maybe even a little warm but it will thicken as it cools.
- Scrape your homemade nutella into a jar or other resealable container and let it cool to room temperature. Cover. The nutella will keep on the counter for up to 2 weeks.
Just don't use canola oil! It is not good for your health. Avocado oil is much better or sunflower one if you don't hear it..
I've never bought nutella because I 'm not a fan of all the sugar and other stuff in it. But this recipe looks really easy and really delicious. I'm going to make this so I don't have to miss out on all the nutella recipes out there. Thank you!
Exactly! Enjoy!
I have this crazy machine that makes nut milk and butters and I have been dying to try to make Nutella - this recipe is perfect - thank you!
Ooooh I am SO jealous!!! That sounds amazing!
That would be torture making this during Lent!! I love nutella and I can't wait to make my own - and I do so wish I could visit that town in Italy.
Total torture! I learned my lesson, for sure!
No way could I have made that when I had given up sweets. I am drooling through the screen!
you are living up to your "from scratch" name with this one! chocolate chips from scratch, and nutella homemade. nicely done!
Thanks, David!
I love Nutella! Pinning this for later!
looks great!
Thank you! 😀
Oh. Em. Gee! This is fabulous!! Thank you for sharing (I say before *I* gain 10 pounds)!
Haha thanks Patricia! Hey, homemade means healthier, right? 😉
Homemade nutella?? <3 <3 <3
Wait, what?!? You have this heavenly concoction on hand and you're NOT EATING IT?!?!?
hahaha I KNOW. It's crazy. Last night I blended it into some homemade banana ice cream (just frozen bananas and coconut milk) for friends we had over for dinner and silently sobbed to myself as they ate it 😉
Son of a! I just drooled on myself--- (like for real... not just saying it.) This looks SOOO good, your pictures are torturing me! (And are SOO good by the way, this is up their with your peanut butter pic, you're so good at picture taking! I'd have no idea how to photograph this and you nailed it)- I think this will be a verrrryyy popular from scratch item! 😉
hahaha thanks!!! 😀 You're so sweeettt bloggin' buddy beeeeeee!
I can still not get over the evilness of you starting this blog AFTER I moved 3 states away :_(
what about the evilness of you moving 3 states away?!!!? 🙁 🙁
touche
I love Nutella so much, Tracy. Would you please send me a jar? 😀
Lovely recipe and it's always so much better than the store-bought variety. I have a recipe with no added sugar - it works just as well and that much better for you.
Delicious!
we have a masochist on our hands here obviously 🙂 - luckily your husband has not given up chocolate for lent eh? 😉
Hahaha yes! Although he's training for ironman so he's cursing me too
Keep his energy levels up eh.:)
I agree with Julie, one spoon is all you need. Happy days 🙂
Amazing! This would come an addiction in my house!! 🙂
I would gladly take it off your hands and it will definitely go straight to my hips. But I will have some happy hips. 🙂
Oooh this looks amazing! It might be very dangerous for me to make it, I'd probably eat the whole batch in a day! I might just have to give it a go though
Hahaha that's why I'm kind of glad my first batch was during Lent!
Ohhhh myyyy the only thing that this jar needs is my spoon! Yum.
Delicious!
Thank you!
I would happily come over and have some! Though I am a wimp with sweet things and would probably only manage one slice of toast, but I can imagine how good it would be. Sorry you have the pain of having it there but not eating it! A good thing you shared it with Fiesta Friday, I suspect a few people will help take it off ypur hands 🙂
Delicious!!
Thanks for sharing! I can't have nutella due to a milk allergy, but I have a dairy free milk chocolate. With your recipe, I just might be able to adapt it! Happy FF, and have a wonderful weekend! (I hope you get to try this nutella once lent is over as it looks tasty.)
Thank you!! Oooh you could totally use 100% cacao / vegan chocolate chips!