Homemade Nutella

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 240 g hazelnuts
• 60 g erythritol (sugar substitute) or Xucker Light
• 40 g baking cocoa
• 100 ml almond milk (almond drink) or hazelnut milk
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract or vanilla flavoring

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 10 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

Delicious Nutella substitute, vegan, sugar-free and healthy, suitable for low-carb diets

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Spread the hazelnuts on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and briefly roast them in the oven using top heat. If your oven doesn’t have this feature, roast the hazelnuts for a few minutes longer. Caution! Be careful not to overcook them. Once the hazelnuts are roasted, the shells need to be removed. Some nuts will likely have flaked from the heat. I alternated between placing the nuts in a regular colander and a bowl and shaking them. The nuts don’t necessarily need to be completely shelled. A little bit of shell retains a pleasant roasted aroma. If you have blanched nuts without shells, you can skip this step; however, don’t forget to briefly roast blanched nuts in the oven as well. Once the shells are removed, place your nuts in a blender or similar food processor and process until the mixture becomes a light purée or “sticks” to the sides. After a while, the blender will no longer be able to chop the nuts. Now add the almond milk – it will now be easier for the blender to continue working – and all the remaining ingredients. Blend until the desired consistency is reached. The spread will never be as smooth and fine as real Nutella! If you prefer it a little more “runny,” add a little more almond milk. Use a sealable jar and fill it with the required amount. Notes: If needed, or if you don’t have erythritol on hand, you can of course use stevia, powdered sugar, or real sugar. I used erythritol to save calories (it has 0 calories) and because I didn’t want the nut spread to be too sweet. If you prefer it sweeter, you can also use xylitol. Xylitol tastes exactly like sugar but has only half the calories. Nutritional information: (complete) 1770 kcal | 160 g fat | 18 g carbohydrates | 44 g protein per serving: (one serving is about 30 g, so one spread) 148 kcal | 13 g fat | 1 g carbohydrates | 4 g protein A spread has a similar number of calories/fat as Nutella, but here you have good fat and not cheap, unhealthy fat combined with industrial sugar.