Homemade Nutella - Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

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Homemade Nutella - Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

Homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Spread is way better than the store bought Nutella. Made with ingredients you can pronounce. This recipe is dairy free, vegan and gluten free. Makes about 1 cup.

Prep Time: 10

Bake Time: 10

Total Time: 20

16 servings

Ingredients
US Customary - Metric

3 oz hazelnuts
3 oz confectioners sugar (¾ cup)
3 oz semi-sweet chocolate (melted)
2 oz very hot tap water (¼ cup)
2 tablespoons hazelnut oil

Instructions

Toast 3 oz hazelnuts in the oven until golden brown and fragrant. If the hazelnuts have skins, as soon as they come out of the oven wrap them in a kitchen towel and rub back and forth to remove as much skin as possible.
Place the warm nuts in a food processor. Process for 4-5 minutes. At first it will look like a powder, then it will look like wet sand and eventually it will form a paste. Stop the processor and scrap down the bowl whenever the mixture builds up on the sides.
Add 3 oz confectioners sugar to the hazelnut paste and process until smooth. Stop the processor and scrap down the bowl whenever the mixture builds up on the sides. Add 3 oz semi-sweet chocolate (melted and still warm) and process until there are no lumps.
Combine 2 oz very hot tap water and 2 tablespoons hazelnut oil and add to the chocolate mix. Process until the paste comes together.
Transfer the Hazelnut Paste to a jar or other container with a tight-fitting lid. The paste will thicken as it continues to cool. Store the unopened paste at room temperature for up to a week. Once opened, store in the refrigerator.