Thermomix Nutella Recipe

Thermomix Nutella is a healthier version of the commercially available spread. If it’s made from scratch in the Thermomix you can control the ingredients!

My children love Nutella! I hate Nutella. It’s so high in sugar and contains a stack of palm oil and preservative.  I find the concept of eating it physically repulsive! Yep, I know, I know, I’m probably the only person in the world that dislikes Nutella.

Don’t get me wrong… the concept of blended nuts with chocolate is a good one, but the ingredient list on a jar of Nutella just doesn’t deliver.  I started thinking of ways I could improve the recipe. I wanted to make a “Not Naughty” Thermomix Nutella recipe. My finished product had to taste really good, but with an improved nutritional value.

So I made some recipe switches, take a look below.

Nutella V’s Thermomix Nutella Ingredients

Nutella Ingredients:

• Sugar 55%
• Palm oil (volume not disclosed somewhere between 30% and 14%)
• Hazelnuts 13%
• Cocoa solids
• Non-fat milk solids
• Soy lecithin
• Vanillan (artificial vanilla)

Wow!! Nutella has 55% refined sugar!

My Thermomix Nutella Ingredients:

• Coconut Cream 37.5%
• Medjool Dates 24.5%
• Macadamia Nuts 18.5%
• Chocolate 18.5%
• Vanilla paste

All ingredients on both lists are shown in order of how much is contained in the spread.

The Homemade Nutella Taste Test!

Once I perfected the recipe I had to see if it would meet the “customer satisfaction test.” The kids were sceptical, but when they tried my healthy Nutella recipe I got a unanimous yes!  After a few mouthfuls, they said it was a little different… “but maybe even better!!” WOW! That’s what we call “a win for the good guys.”

Now I know my nut & chocolate spread isn’t exactly a health food. But when you go through the ingredients my recipe is definitely a huge improvement on the original Nutella recipe.

Homemade Nutella Nutrional Information

Sugar V’s Dates

When I was developing the recipe, my first goal was to get rid of refined sugar. Refined sugar is just empty calories with no nutritional value.

I substituted Medjool dates. Dates add valuable fibre, magnesium, B6, potassium, and iron to the spread. They also help keep the spread, spreadable, as they have a gel-like consistency.

Palm Oil V’s Coconut Cream

I chose to use coconut cream to make the Nutella spreadable. Coconut cream is still a high-fat ingredient but at least it has 2.2gm fibre, iron, and some protein.

Hazelnuts

I’ve used a slightly higher amount of nuts, increasing the amount from the original 13% to 18%. A higher volume of nuts gives more protein and nutrients to the spread.

Chocolate

Then I chose good quality chocolate.  Yep, it’s a chocolate spread so we needed to add chocolate to the spread. This ingredient makes up 18% of the recipe also.

I tried making the Nutella spread with 75% cocoa Dark Chocolate. I thought it tasted delicious, although the kids preferred the milk chocolate recipe, and since the Thermomix Nutella recipe was to replace regular Nutella, and I wouldn’t be eating it I settled on milk chocolate.

So whilst my Nutella recipe is still a “sometimes food” I think it’s okay to have it in small quantities.

So the big question is “Does it taste like Nutella?” Absolutely YES! Plus, when you eat it you can be confident that whilst this is a sweet treat, it includes nutrients that will nourish your body.

Other Healthy Lunchbox Snacks

I try to avoid pre-packaged food as much as possible. So I do switch recipes up a bit to make them more nutritious than the commercially prepared options.

Here are a few other recipes that are popular with the kids, but I’ve made a little bit healthier.

Sugar Free Banana Bread

Healthy Le Snack

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Not Naughty Nutella Recipe

Julie Carlyle

Homemade Nutella in the Thermomix is so much healthier and just as tasty! This chocolate & hazelnut spread tastes like Nutella but is so much better for you! You can swap up the nuts and use macadamia nuts for a change!

Print Recipe

Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 15 mins

Course Curd, Dessert, Snack, Spread

Cuisine American, Australian

Servings 21 serves

Calories 104 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Thermomix

Ingredients

 

MetricUS Customary

 

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• 100 gm hazelnuts or Macadamia Nuts
• 100 gm milk chocolate
• 130 gm Medjool Dates pits removed
• 200 gm coconut cream
• 5 gm vanilla paste

Instructions

 

• Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
• Place hazelnuts on a baking sheet and roast for 10 minutes.
  100 gm hazelnuts
• Place the hazelnuts in a clean tea towel and rub to remove the outer dark shell.
• Add the nuts, chocolate, vanilla, dates and coconut milk to the TM Bowl (or food processor) Blend 1 min/Speed 8.
  100 gm milk chocolate, 130 gm Medjool Dates, 200 gm coconut cream, 5 gm vanilla paste, 100 gm hazelnuts
• Scrape bowl the bowl and Blend 30 sec. Speed 7.
• Check the consistency of the spread. If you want it smoother repeat the blending process. 
• Transfer the Nutella to a jar and refrigerate.

Notes

The recipe makes a 535gm jar of Not Naughty Nutella. 

The nutritional value is based on a 25gms scoop. This is approximately a tablespoon. 

There are 21 scoops @ 25gm in one 535gm jar. 

 

Feel free to use Macadamia nuts in place of Hazelnuts.

Nutrition

Calories: 104kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 1gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 120mgFiber: 1gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 10IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 12mgIron: 1mg

Keyword Chocolate, Nutella, Spread

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