4-Ingredient Nutella (Vegan + GF)

This is awesome. Minimalism exemplified. There’s no need for sugar or unnecessary fillers found even in vegan versions of the spread. This is the second time I’m making it. Both times I have made the chocolate version but I use a lot less salt, just a tiny pinch as I’m not big fan of chocolate combined with salt but a touch of salt seems to enhance the flavour of nutella. This time round I also added the chocolate chunks directly to the blender thinking it would melt in the heat generated whilst blending and it worked perfectly which means this is even simpler to make and less washing up and no wasted chocolate.

The “Nutella” recipe is great! I followed the recipe as written except added a tbsp of coconut sugar. Next time I’ll try maple syrup. I make sunflower butter regularly and this will be a delightful change. I only wish that someone could come up with an easier way to get the skins off of the hazelnuts!

This was delicious!

Blending technique:
You will need a good blender to make it and possibly some breaks inbetween to avoid it overheating. I used the ice crushing mode which worked great. In some of the comments people point out that the mixture is too dry. That means you need to keep on blending (without adding water). It’ll be dry before like magic at une point it becomes more buttery and liquid. I was surprised by how liquid de nut butter was.

Chocolate:
I used 100g dark chocolate and a little under 400g hazelnuts (that’s what I had at home). It turned out great but the hazelnut flavour is stronger than the chocolate which surprised me. I added a splash of maple syrup which made the whole mixture only a tiny little sweeter. If you use dark chocolate too this is likely how it’ll turn out.

Delicious on lightly toasted bread! I recommend it. Will definitely make some more also as gift for friends.

Just made this. It’s fabulous. Used a good quality 85% dark chocolate and just a splash of maple syrup. Most of it made it to the jar!

Made as recipe is written and it is wonderful! So glad to be able to share a dairy free version with my kiddos. Thanks for sharing with us!

Loved this! Went the melted chocolate route.

I tried a different recipe first, it was highly rated but when I added the cocoa powder it seized. Disheartened, the kids waited patiently while I tried this one with chocolate chips and it went flawlessly! It tastes great and the instructions on specific blending time were way more helpful and honest compared with other recipes which was also a big help. Thank you!

This turned out horrible it is really bad don’t ever make this!!!!

Fabulous recipe. Works well, I have used both 72% and 52% chocolate in the past, the second doesn’t need any extra sweetener! Nutella for grown ups!

I have made this recipe a few times and it turned our great. Well enough that I jarred it and gave it as small gifts to my sisters. It’s like the healthy version of Nutella. I followed the instructions word for word and had no issues. I did not use liquid sweetener to avoid any issues with the consistency.

I have been using this recipe for years! My son is 15 and still asks for it! It’s easy to make and it’s delicious… Don’t hesitate!

Many thanks for this recipe, which I am using to eliminate one of the last commercial products from my 12 yr old’s diet.

I made this using chopped partially skinned nuts in 1/2 cup bags from Target and coconut sugar I did not grind into a powder and the result is a bit drippier and grittier than the commercial version.

Any thoughts on a fix? Thank you in advance.

Lovely! I’ve tried both ways and defs using chocolate and coconut sugar Keeps winning ♥️

Wow, absolutely delicious! I’m having to stop myself from spoon feeding myself the whole jar! The kids love it too!

I halved the recipe and it made a 450g jar! The hazelnuts took a long time to form a butter, about 20-25 mins. I had to keep scraping every 30 seconds at one point as they were all forming a paste under the blade. I didn’t think I was going to get there but I was patient and eventually I had a beautiful hazelnut butter!
Thank you for this awesome recipe!

Probably long since relevant but I had the same problem after I added maple syrup to sweeten. The mixture went from smooth and silky to granular and chunky like chocolate does when it burns. I think it was a temperature problem as I just let the blender keep going on low to chew it up slowly and intermittently stopped and mixed manually with a fork. With enough time it got back to a smooth consistency! Hope this helps.

Great!

I added a lot more stevia than the recipe calls for, I must have a sweet tooth! Great recipe, easy to follow.

I baked on convection and 12 minutes for the raw nuts was too long, don’t make the same mistake I did, miscalculating oven temperature.

So delicious!

Made this using chocolate chips and coconut sugar for extra sweetness and after looking at reviews I started with 1/4 tsp salt then a pinch more after tasting. Made it for pancakes tomorrow morning but cant stop eating it by the spoon! So good have missed nutella Thank you for this recipe

I have no idea what went wrong, but after I added the chocolate, the oil from the hazelnuts separated from the meat and left me with what looked like dried up brown playdough floating in a sea of grease.

I found it to be really salty with the 1/2 tsp of salt.

Loved it!
I used unsweetened coco powder instead of chocolate and added one date for sweetness 😃

Just made this. If I make again I’d only put a tiny pinch of salt in it. The flavour up front is lovely but way too salty for my liking. I can remember Nutella being salty at all.

So easy and amazzziiiinnngg!! It’s hard to not eat the entire jar with a spoon! I used the food processor and it was juuuust a tad grainy but I was too lazy to transfer to the vitamix to make it super smooth. Will be definitely making again and again!

Delightful! I put my Vitamix on Soup setting for extra liquidy.

So good! I made this last night and it was delicious. I’ve never been a fan a Nutella in the jar but this was amazing. Thanks!

I just made this and it is delicious. I’m eating it on toast with freshly picked strawberries on top. So good. I need to order more hazelnuts. Thanks for the awesome recipe.

I used dairy free mini chocolate chips and it is absolutely delicious! It took a while because I was a bit meticulous about the skins but I love the resulting smoothness. Thank you for the recipe!

I made a half batch in the Vitamix and used Dutch process cocoa powder plus added 2 teaspoons of powdered Monk fruit sweetener. The nuts, which still had at least half the skins on, took about 80 seconds to get super creamy, stopping twice to scrape down the sides and using the tamper. After all the other ingredients it was a tiny bit on the runny side so I added in 1 teaspoon of maple syrup to thicken, which I think was about 1/2 teaspoon too much, but still spreadable. Oddly when I put it in a glass jar it smoothed out a little. Tastes great but I might use a pinch less salt next time. I like that it is not so sickly sweet.

Loved this recipe! Followed the recipe exactly and turned out amazing! Thank you! Will be making again!

It is too thick. It was really creamy straight out of my Thermomix, and I put that into an empty glass jar that I had, and screwed the lid on shut. But after a few hours, it had solidified into a hard chunky and unspreadable dry paste. I remembered seeing other homemade Nutella recipes online (even the Thermomix ones) which recommended putting in milk and/or oil. So what I did was I gently microwaved the chunky spread in the glass jar under half power for about 2 mins until it warmed up and became runnier, then I added in about 80ml of sunflower oil and stirred the hell out of that so it incorporated into the spread. It made the warmed spread really funny, like the consistency of a slightly thin milkshake. But hopefully once it cools down, it will be the right consistency for spreading. I do live in England, it’s the middle of winter now, my kitchen isn’t heated, so it does get a bit chilly in there when no one’s cooking. I don’t want a spread which I have to refrigerate to keep fresh so I refuse to add in any milk of any sort into it. Well, hopefully once it’s cooled down in a couple hours, it will be spreadable!

im happy with this recipe but its not very sweet
also the texture is pretty runny but right when you add maple syrup it thickens up to a butter like texture, i like the texture though

Love it! The hazelnuts blended very well, they were in a liquid-ish form. I added melted chocolate, transferred the mixture into the jar, and placed it in the fridge because it was a bit runny. After two hours the spread thickened and it became creamy. I expected that the taste would be similar to Nutella, but it reminds me of Ferrero Rocher – which I always loved. Thanks for the recipe!

After making this I would agree it never comes out perfectly smooth, but I let my food processor just run for about 5-10 more min after which helped a lot. It was also saltier and a little more bitter than I expected, but I added 1/2 a cup of powdered sugar and it was perfect. Almost better than real Nutella!!

Past a few minutes in the Vitamix nothing really changes, you’ll never get butter but a grainy paste, no big deal. Next time I’ll replace the 1/2 tsp with only a pinch of salt to get rid of the salty aftertaste ruining the chocolate/hazelnut experience of that otherwise good recipe

Hi! I made the version with cocoa and maple and it separated… what does it need to stick together? Oil?

This did not work at all.
1. Vitamix did not turn hazelnut into butter even after the roasting.
2. Tried an expensive dark chocolate bar.
3. Never tasted creamy
4. Very grainy

After making it by the recipe to improve it:
Tried adding a variety of things to make it taste better: coconut milk powder, cane sugar, maple syrup, cocoa butter, SO Delicious creamer.

Ended up throwing it away.

I made this today:
1. I couldn’t for the life of me get the hazelnut peel off so I left it on.
2. despite using my brand new Vitamix it did not become paste but was not grainy either.
3. I added only 1/4 tsp of pink Himalayan sallt
4. I used Hershey’s Special dark Chocolate Chips (2/3 cup) I know it is not vegan (and we are not at my house) but I couldn’t find any vegan chocolate at our local grocery store and I wanted to make it today.
5. I had to add 6 tbs of Kirkland Almond Milk. It is still far from the original Nutella consistency but it is spreadable. It tastes delicious!!!

This is absolutely amazing! Surpassed all my expectations.

Way too salty, and not very sweet. I much prefer other people’s recipes that are made from hazelnuts, dates, cocoa powder, and a little bit of almond milk as needed to moisten. Wasted a bunch of perfectly good hazelnuts. I think everyone who rated this didn’t follow the recipe..

I just made this and wow I am SO HAPPY <3 I was too lazy to rub the skins off of the hazelnuts and it turned out amazing. I was a bit worried that my ninja blender wouldn't be able to handle it but VOILA *Chef Kiss* A masterpiece, thank you so kindly for this recipe!

I think my hazelnuts were… dry? maybe already roasted and I didn’t notice so they got extra baked YIKES. Added a good amount of coconut milk (canned kind) since I don’t have avo or coconut oils at home to thin it out.

I also didn’t have anything but bakers chocolate so I added 2/3 cup of that, + probably another 1/3 cup of maple syrup and the coconut milk and it came together DELICIOUSLY

The first time I tried making this, my food processor actually seized up and broke! I had to send it away for repairs. Clearly, not powerful enough! This time around I pre-crushed the hazelnuts with a mallet in a plastic bag before processing them. However I think I lost a lot of the oils my hazelnuts had released that way because they got left behind inside the bag. So, drier hazelnuts + weaker food processor meant I needed to add a good amount of coconut oil to get this to butter texture, which was also on the grittier side (again, due to food processor power). With the proper equipment I’m sure I could have achieved even better results. My husband and I were very pleased regardless & enjoyed it very much!

OH MY GOODNESS! This is so good! I was little hesitant to try this recipe because it seemed “too simple” but I am so glad I did! This tastes just like Nutella and my whole family loved it!!