Smooth Paleo Chocolate Almond Butter
This Smooth Paleo Chocolate Almond Butter is basically melt-in-your-mouth roasted almond chocolate liquid gold, that is soooo addicting and satisfying. It’s what we imagine an almond version of Nutella tastes like.
This deliciousness is made of warm roasted almonds that are blended until incredibly smooth and creamy. Then a mixture of melted chocolate, coconut oil and vanilla is added to the mix, as well as honey, to add a bit of sweetness. Once all the flavors have melded together, olive or coconut oil is added to really smooth the mixture out.
Why this recipe works
- It is great for those allergic to hazelnuts. We are allergic so we have never been able to try Nutella.
- It’s creamy and smooth, and the roasted almonds add a “nutty” flavor to the almond butter, in a really satisfying way.
- The chocolate flavor puts everything just over the top.
Recipe ingredients
- almonds
- chocolate chips
- vanilla
- coconut oil
- cocoa powder
- honey
- olive oil
Step by step instructions
We blended the almond butter in our Ninja Blender and it worked like a charm! It only took 8 minutes to get smooth and liquidy. Wayyyyy smoother than any of our other tries.
Then, when we added the melted chocolate and cocoa powder it stayed smooth. Once we added the honey it did thicken up, which is where the olive oil comes in. Make sure to use an extra virgin, light tasting olive oil. Or use coconut oil. But once we added that in, it was smoooooth city.
Prior attempts
The first time, we added the melted chocolate and cocoa powder too soon. The almond butter was a but thick and then never thinned out after that. Look how thick!
The second time, we used a mini food processor and it took us over 20 minutes to get a semi-decent texture. Our poor food processor got really hot and tired. Then, after adding the honey, it thickened up. This version was still good but still a bit too thick for our liking.
Attempt 1
Attempt 2
One thing we learned was that honey does tend to thicken the mixture up. But we have a good solution that we learned in version three… which is this recipe!
The key word here is SMOOTH. And after making so many versions, we learned that this is possible, you just need the right tools and ingredients.
It’s true, making almond butter can be challenging. If you are looking for the ultimate almond butter recipe guide, check out this Almond Butter post by Texanerin.
Prep 10 minutesCook 10 minutesTotal 20 minutesMakes 8 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups almonds
- 1/3 cup enjoy life chocolate chips
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tsp coconut oil,, in its hardened form
- 1 Tbs cocoa powder
- 2 tsp honey
- 3 Tbs extra virgin light tasting olive oil
Method
- Put 2 cups of almonds onto a cookie sheet and roast for 10 minutes at 400 degrees.
- Pour the roasted almonds into a blender or high powered food processor. We used a Ninja blender. Mix until the almonds turn into smooth almost liquidy almond butter. In our ninja blender, this takes 8 minutes. Though it can take up to 20 minutes using other appliances. Note: You may think that you have “over mixed” the almonds when the mixture becomes thick, but that isn’t true, keep going.
- Mix 1/3 cup of the chocolate chips, 1 tsp vanilla, and 2 tsp of coconut oil together and heat in the microwave until melted. Only heat for 20-30 seconds at a time, and then mix. You don’t want the mixture to burn and thicken. ( we only heated ours for 30 seconds total)
- Mix the chocolate mixture into the almond butter and blend. A dd 1 Tbs of cocoa powder and blend.
- Then add 2 tsp honey to the almond butter and mix. (You’ll notice that honey thickens the almond butter up a bit). Then add 3 Tbs extra light tasting olive oil or melted coconut oil and blend.
- Yields 2.5 cups of almond butter.
Notes
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