Homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Spread is the best!
This is a fantastic alternative to store bought spread. Not only will it taste better but it will have better ingredients. It will have more hazelnuts and immeasurably better chocolate - better for you and the planet.
Chocolate and Hazelnut Spread
Bean and Goose Chocolate
9
15 minutes
15 minutes
Chocolate
Delicious on fresh fruit, on pancakes, or swirled into overnight oats, but best simply spread on toast and finished with a big pinch of flaky sea salt.
Ingredients
- 70g Blanched whole hazelnuts
- 115g dark chocolate
- 25g sugar of your choice (granulated, honey, maple syrup)
- 150ml whole milk or milk alternative
- A smidgen of vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Directions
Toast your hazelnuts. Heat the oven to 180C and spread out the nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake for about 12-15 minutes until golden, allow to cool.
Use a strong blender or nutribullet to grind the hazelnuts into a paste. This could take 10 mins.
Heat the dark chocolate until melted.
Heat the milk and sugar in a pan to a simmer.
Add the melted dark chocolate to the hazelnut paste.
Add the warm milk, a smidgen of vanilla and a pinch of Irish Sea Salt.
Chill until set.