Okay you knew this had to be coming…
I went a little crazy with the hazelnuts. I just had some left over from my Vegan No Bake Nutella Bites and my Vegan Nutella Granola. Store bought Nutella is loaded with unhealthy ingredients and it’s so easy to make it yourself. Plus, now vegans can enjoy it too! This makes me so happy because I grew up eating Nutella. My mom is German and we always had it in our house. This little spread opens my mind to all kinds of yummy recipes to create in the future. Stay tuned!
Homemade Vegan Nutella
1 cup hazelnuts
2 T maple syrup
2 T cocoa powder
2-3 T milk (I used almond milk)
1 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 375. Toast the hazelnuts for about 10 minutes. In a food processor, pulse the nuts into a powder. Then add all the remaining ingredients and mix until a paste forms. Feel free to add a bit more milk if you think it’s too thick. Just add a bit at a time. This recipe makes a pretty small batch so feel free to double it. Store in the fridge. I would imagine it to keep for a couple of weeks. That is, if it lasts that long!
My daughter fell in love with Nutella while in Europe this summer singing with a chorale group. (I have been telling her it was heavenly for ages…but she had to go to Europe to “listen”.) But, you are right that the Nutella in the stores is full of stuff that’s not good, so I’ll be trying this.
I imagine this can be food processed until really smooth if we tried. Correct? She’d prefer the smooth texture if I am to convert her from her European addiction.
Yes. You can keep on adding milk to thin it out more. Mine was almost a peanut buttery consistency.
Thanks! We’ll add almond milk.
I really liked this. Super easy to make! Love your blog!
Awesome!
This looks delicious. I just might have to try it. We have a nut allergies but I do enjoy Nutella (when I used to eat it).
Thanks! It really does taste similar to Nutella. Just a bit less sweet since I only used a small amount of sweetener.
Does one plant milk give it a better Nutella flavor over another? Soy vs almond? Vanilla or regular?
I would suggest using almond or even hazelnut milk. If you get the vanilla flavor that would work well too.
Wonderful! I stopped eating Nutella after I found larvae bits in the last jar I purchased. Thank you for sharing this.
Eww…that is nasty! I hope you like my version.
I just made this today and it was a hit with my family! My kids love Nutella and this turned out divine!
Awesome!
And if we process the hazelnuts until they become a paste (like we do with peanut butter) the texture would be almos the same too! Cool! I’ll try this!
I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
I have to confess this was TOO delicious! I ended up using it as a dip with some fresh strawberries….divine!
Yum! I need to try that!
I love your blog. I found you via Facebook. Thank you for sharing your recipes with us.
I made this yesterday using organic 1% milk. I got it to the consistency of a think pudding. It turned out phenomenal! Not as sweet, but still very tasty.
I love your blog. I found you via Facebook. Thank you for sharing your recipes with us.
I made this yesterday using organic 1% milk. I got it to the consistency of a thick pudding. It turned out phenomenal! Not as sweet, but still very tasty.
Thank you! So glad you liked it. I love to blend up a frozen banana and drizzle the nutella on top. Yum!
Do you think subbing raw honey for the maple syrup would work?
I think it would be fine. Please report the results so I can tell others.
My son is going to be so excited! Nutella was the hardest thing for him and all of us really to give up when we started eating no GMO’s! Thank you! I cannot wait to get the ingredients and try this out.
You are very welcome! I have some no bake nutella bites on the blog as well. Here is the link to those. http://mywholefoodlife.com/2013/02/24/healthier-vegan-nutella-bites/
I was thrown off by the vegan title when there is milk in there but glad the other options will work. So very excited and appreciate the recipe!
Hope you like it as much as we do.
This looks amazing! I missed Nutella while I was vegan, but I never did find a good substitute. I stuck with peanut butter on my toast instead, but this sounds like the perfect vegan version!
I love it and I hope you will too. It has gotten great feedback from readers as well.
That’s so rewarding that readers like it!! Hearing that someone tried and liked a recipe always makes my day.
Me too!
My family has just started clean eating about a month ago. My seven and four yr old boys have missed Nutella something awful!! We are ALL thrilled that u shared this recipe so we can still enjoy this heavenly treat! Thank u so much for being so generous with your recipes:)
You are very welcome! I am so happy you liked it.
Nutella is something my children love like if they could have it every day they would. I love your homemade recipe and can’t wait to make it. I’m super excited because I have all the ingredients! Will let you know how it goes
I hope you like it! Remember you can add more milk if you want it a little runnier. I made mine kinda thick.
Got it! Thank you!
Hmm, I don’t own a food processor….can I use my Nutribullet ?
I am not familiar with a Nutribullet. If you thin it out, it may work? I imagine a Nutribullet is kind of like a magic bullet? I used to have one of those, but it had a hard time with recipes like this.
This is SOOOOO good!!! My son is doing a happy dance around the kitchen because he likes it so much
Yay! Happy you liked it!
Hi. Did u use caco powder? If not what kind of cocoa powder did u use? Thanks!
I used cocoa powder, but cacao may work as well. I used a brand from Sprout’s. The only ingredient in it is cocoa powder.
Can you use a different kind of nut? I live in Tokyo and have a hard time coming by the hazelnuts, but we eat a lot of nutella so I need to get the healthy kind/home made kind in the family.
You can try almonds!
I was wondering since you are grinding the hazelnuts into a powder if using leftover almond meal from making almond milk would “work”. I know it would not be that nutella flavor but do you think it would make a chocolate almond butter? When I get to the store I am going to pick up some hazelnuts to try this but I just don’t want to wait this looks awesome and I have some leftover almond meal
I haven’t tried that, but I would love to know if it works!
I tried to make it and it came out a little grainy. Not smooth like Nutella. I have a small ninja food processor, would that matter? The taste was good but I couldnt convince my fam to make it a nutella substitute because it was not creamy. Any suggestions?
It may have been the blender. I used a Vitamix and it came out very smooth. You could tell it was homemade, but it was not grainy at all. I’m sorry it came out that way for you.