Chocolate almond butter

Make your own chocolate almond butter - it's quick to make and keeps well in a jar for up to two weeks.

Serves: 25 (250ml jar)

Time to make: 10 mins

Ingredients

300g natural almonds
50g dark chocolate (we used 70% cocoa)
2 tablespoons cocoa
½ cup canola or other neutral oil

Instructions

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1 Place all the ingredients in a blender or food processor. Follow machine instructions and process until the butter has reached your desired texture, tamping mixture down if necessary. If needed, add a little water to make a smooth texture. Transfer to a jar.

Variations

Make it gluten free: Check chocolate and cocoa are gluten free.

HFG tip

Try a spoonful of this butter on top of homemade Bircher muesli or porridge, with banana slices.

Keep this butter in the cupboard, where it will last a week or so.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 127 cal

Kilojoules 530 kJ

Protein 3 g

Total fat 12 g

Saturated fat 1 g

Carbohydrates 5 g

Sugar 1 g

Dietary fibre 2 g

Sodium 0 mg

Calcium 30 mg

Iron 1 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.

First published: Mar 2019

2 comments on Chocolate almond butter

25273979 November 2, 2021 at 7:39 pm #

Can you just substitute equal amount of hazelnuts for the almonds to make a hazelnut spread like Nutella or wld you need to add some additional ingredients to get good flavour. Would the hazelnuts be best toasted.
I love hazelnuts lol!
Thanks Sharon

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- Jen deMontalk November 3, 2021 at 2:05 pm #
  
  Hi Sharon
  Thanks for your question. Yes, hazelnuts should work fine. It will be significantly less sweet than Nutella and you may need to add a little more oil, if it’s too dry.
  
  Warm regards
  Jenny, editor
  
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