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:
-
Roast hazelnuts;
-
Whizz until smooth (in my Vitamix!!!❤️); and
-
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
Hungry for more? Subscribe to my newsletter and follow along on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram for all of the latest updates.
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 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