Remove the unscrupulous ingredients from your diet, and don’t break the bank with this homemade Nutella!

Nutella is normally made from seven main ingredients: sugar, palm oil, hazelnuts (13%), skimmed milk powder, cocoa solids, lecithin (an emulsifier), and vanillin (an artificial flavor). It is known for its creamy texture and rich hazelnut and cocoa flavor. (<— AI generated, so that must be accurate.) Ingredient lists are never as nice as you’d like to imagine.

Instead of hazelnuts (which are harder to source where I live and expensive), I’ve used cashews for creaminess and roasted almonds for nuttiness. I seriously can’t taste the lack of hazelnut in this chocolate spread. Next up I’m going to try replacing the sugar with dates, but I have to wait until my eagle-eyed 10-year-old isn’t watching. Watch this space!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup roasted almond flakes

• 1/2 cup cashews (unsalted)
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup cacao powder
• 1/4 tsp vanilla
• Pinch of salt
• 4-5 Tablespoons oil (coconut or avocado)

Instructions

• Throw almond flakes into the air fryer and roast on 375 degrees for 6-7 minutes until toasty but not burned.
• I use my trusty nutribullet: add the toasted and cooled almond flakes and blend until the oil begins to separate.
• Add the cashews and repeat blending until crumbly. (Pro tip: if your cashews are old, soak them in hot water for 10 minutes first.)
• Add the oil, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, vanilla and salt.
• Blend again. Scrape down sides and blend until smooth.
• Add more 1-2 more tablespoons of oil if needed to make it the consistency you’re after.

Enjoy! Keep your delicious homemade Nutella in an old jam jar in the fridge and consume within a few months… should it last that long! Don’t forget to label it 🙂