All you need is hazelnuts, cocoa powder, icing / confectionary sugar, oil and vanilla extract to make your very own Homemade Nutella! It tastes incredible – smoother, softer, more hazelnutty, and most importantly, it tastes so incredibly pure, free of preservatives.
This tastes just like store bought Nutella – but better. This is a MUST TRY!!
I know this isn’t an every day type recipe. It’s a treat in my books. And with all the testing I did, I had no shortage of volunteers to take samples, that’s for sure. I had to get it out of the house immediately. It was seriously dangerous for me to have this in the house.
Because….Homemade Nutella. I’ll tell you something. Even if you don’t love Nutella, I really think you’re going to love this. Because even my mother, who doesn’t have a sweet tooth at all, could not stop eating it. I swear!
It really is incredible. There are just no words, the flavour is outta this world. I know I’ve already said this, but the best way I can describe it is to say that it taste pure. Real. You can actually taste the hazelnuts. You can actually taste the chocolate.
You’re going to be amazed how easy this is to make. It’s as easy as 1-2-3:
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Roast hazelnuts;
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Whizz until smooth (in my Vitamix!!!❤️); and
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Add cocoa powder, icing sugar, vanilla and oil. Whizz until smooth.
Want to see for yourself? 🙂 I roped my mother into being my hand model for this video!
This is one of many creations I’ve been whizzing up in my glorious Vitamix blender. I swear, the Vitamix was made for making Homemade Nutella. It’s so ridiculously powerful, it makes the Nutella gorgeously smooth in less than 2 minutes. With a less powerful blender, you may need to whizz it for up to 5 minutes. 🙂
I made this Nutella for Nutella Crepes that I also shared today!!! Double blender action – I made the crepe batter in the blender then while the batter was resting, made this Nutella!
That moment when I opened the lid of my Vitamix to be greeted with this sight…..
KNEES. WEAK.
Of course, applications don’t have to stop at Nutella Crepes. How about Nutella Cheesecake? Strawberry Nutella French Toast Roll-ups? Or these decadent Nutella Brownies? Nutella is welcome anywhere in my book … !
Have a wonderful weekend! How about staying in for brunch this weekend? The coffee is truly bottomless, and you can flop around in your PJ’s with your fluffy slippers, your hair sticking out all over the place and no make up.
That’s ME on Sunday mornings! – Nagi x
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Homemade Nutella
Ingredients
- 250 g / 8 oz raw skinless hazelnuts (Note 1)
- 1/4 cup /30 g Dutch processed unsweetened cocoa powder (Note 2)
- 3/4 cup / 90 g icing sugar / confectionary sugar
- 2 tbsp hazelnut oil (or vegetable, canola, grapeseed or other neutral flavoured oil)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
- Place hazelnuts on a baking tray, roast for 8 minutes or until golden. Transfer into blender.
- Blend on the lowest speed until the nuts are ground into a crumb. Scrape down the sides as necessary. Then increase the speed to 4 until it turns into a paste. You may need to scrape down the sides - in my Vitamix blender, I did not have to. Then increase the speed as high as it will go and whizz until it becomes smooth with a consistency like honey.
- Add remaining ingredients, then whizz, starting on low and increasing to high. Whizz until smooth - the sugar takes the longest to dissolve (Note 3).
- Pour into a jar - it will be lovely and warm. Allow to cool to spread consistency. Do not refrigerate as the sugar will crystallise and it will become grainy.
- Use as you do Nutella! Especially fabulous with Nutella Crepes!
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
Can I make this in a normal food processor like I make hummus? Or do I use nutribullet? Thanks.
Can I make this in a ninja blender, like you just for your kashmiri marinade??
Could I use melted cooking chocolate instead of cocoa powder?
A Ninja blender should work (I’m not sure they existed when I wrote this one!) Cooking chocolate won’t work though – completely different texture and will harden up on cooling! N x
This looks amazing! Do you know how long it can be expected to stay good for?
Hi Samantha, I’ve left for 2 weeks at room temperature. N x
I looooove Nutella but no longer buy because of the palm oil content. Thank you so much for providing a delicious, eco-friendly alternative!
Alright so I was never a big fan of Nutella and still isn’t simply because of the hazelnuts. Can it be replaced by any other nuts?
However, I’m seriously considering making it for my kids since it’s been a challenge looking for alternatives to Nutella. We’ve been boycotting Nutella since it contains palm oil.
Hi Fairy, their pal oil is 100% RSPO certified sustainable palm oil and can be traced back to the mills, guaranteeing that it does not come from plantations subject to deforestation. However, this recipe is all about the hazelnuts, it would be different with another nut 🙂 N x
RSPO regulations are passed via stakeholder consensus – ie. Their organisational members. That means their actual standards for certification are set low in order to keep all stakeholders on board…its mostly greenwashing so people stop boycotting their products. Amnesty international did a huge investigation into palm oil profiteers (including nestle, the parent company of nutella) and uncovered shocking labor rights abuse. So just because you can trace back to those mills, it doesnt mean the workers (many of who are as young as 8!) or environment are actually being takem care of. These companies use the RSPO as a shield to deflect scrutiny after their practices were publicly raked across the coals.
That said, I’m excited to try this recipe because I’m definitely still boycotting nutella until they can be truly transparent and sustainable about their supply chain 😊
Creamy & delicious. Bought the hazelnuts pre roasted & blanched so recipe was quick & easy.
This is so yummy. I haven’t bought Nutella since discovering your awesome recipe and the best is that I stumbled across your site searching for Nutella recipes. I’ve now tried many many many of your recipes and they are all fantastic. Thanks Nagi, you made my (and my familie’s) life more delicious. x
That’s so wonderful to hear Alex, thanks so much! N x
OMG Nagi, isolation cooking at its best. I found a large bag of fresh roasted hazelnuts from The Artisan Mill at Pepo Farm, Porepunkah in my pantry. Now I have homemade Nutella. I used less sugar and had no icing sugar so it’s a little grittier but still bloody beautiful! Thanks
fantastic recipe! and much healthier than any other homemade nutella! Thank you
Hi Nagi, I’ve been loving all your recipes I’ve tried so far! So I just want to say thankyou for all your hard work! I wanted to ask if you know if this was possible to do in a stick blender at all? I’ve got a Braun multiquick 9.
PS. Any chance of recipes that would be good to bring to work that don’t need to be refrigerated?
Thanks!
Linh xxx
I made this and it came out great. I actually used HALF the sugar the recipe called for and added in a bit of coconut sugar instead. I will be making this again – in the less sweet version 🙂 thanks!
Sounds fantastic Erika!
Hi Nagi, recipe looks great.
How long will it keep for before it goes off.
Or is it possible to store it?
Made this yesterday and it was a huge hit. Everyone agreed it tasted better than the original. Skinning the hazelnuts was a bit of a pain but the end result was worth it.
I’m so glad you tried it and loved it!!
Hey Nagi,
Made the Nutella and it was way better than store bought. Just 2 questions: when you roast the hazelnuts, do you have to put them into the blender while still warm? Does it matter if they have cooled off?
And also, with the crepes, , once I put the batter in the fridge for an hour, can I let it rest at room temperature one it comes out ? Will it matter ? . I found that when I did it straight from the fridge, it was hard to swirl around in the pan. My crepes were more like thin pancakes …still tasty but not thin like crepes. But the scent when they are cooking….it’s just heavenly!
Hi Taz! it still works great if the hazelnuts have cooled off BUT I do find they blitz faster when warm 🙂 I’ve found that my crepe batter is ok but yes it’s fine to take it out and leave it for a while before using! 🙂 N x
I doubt it will taste the same but anyone out there tried making this with Splenda ? I’m tempted to make it but I’m supposed to cut down on sugar so thought Splenda might work. I guess I’ll have to make a “ real” batch , then a Splenda batch, just need to know if the texture of the Splenda will even work?
I haven’t tried Taz, and don’t recall reading any feedback from anyone who has either. Sorry!
It’s 10:45 in the evening here in Toronto and I just made a batch of Nutella ( with the icing sugar) . I don’t have a Vitamix but have a Blendtec I just got ( still trying to decide which one I want)..in any case…just the smell of this while it was being whipped up! The aroma filled our entire place and was pure heaven. Then to taste it….OMG!!! Even my hubby who is not a fan of chocolate kept coming back for a “taste” (he’s diabetic otherwise I’m sure he would have gone for more than a taste ).just finished mixing up a batch of the batter for the crepe and it’s now in the fridge. Waiting for tomorrow morning so I can have the Nutella strawberry filled crepes.
Will I be able to hold out till the morning without eating the whole batch of Nutella? Dun, dun.dun…stay tuned!
LOVE HEARING THAT!!!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed this so much!! N xx
A great recipe. I prepared it was very delicious.
Thank you very much. 💐
I’m so pleased to hear you enjoyed this Mehin, thanks for letting me know! N x ❤️
Can I use carob powder instead cocoa powder?
I haven’t tried but I don’t see why not! 🙂
I didn’t blend the nuts very well and when I added the other ingredients it was gritty and oil. How can I salvage this mess?
Oh dear 🙁 Can you whiz whizz whizz more??
I tried the recipe with a normal blender. It took a good 15 min to have a decent hazlenut butter. With the other ingredients, it was’nt mixing. I had to transfer the thick paste to a bowl and whip it with a hand mixer for 10-15 min. I also had to add almost 1/3 cup of oil instead of 2 tbsp. In the end it looks good but i think it’s a hard recipe to make when you don’t have a vitamix or a very high quality blender.
Thanks for the feedback Gabrielle. I actually tried this in my old Breville blender and it worked fine but took quite a bit longer. But it got there in the end! I think the test is that if your blender is easily able to blitz ice cubes to make icy drinks e.g. smoothies, then it’s strong enough. Someone gave me that tip the other day and it made sense 🙂
Hi Nagi.. just made this and its so yummy!! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe. I will never buy Nutella in a shop ever again xxx Shell 🙂
WOO HOO!!! I’m so glad you tried and enjoyed this Shell, thanks so much for letting me know! N xx