Homemade Nutella

I was craving Nutella today but not interested in spending the $3.50+ it costs per jar and not interested in the "mystery" ingredients. I had found a recipe for homemade nutella on pinterest and decided today was the day to try it. (Here is the recipe I used Homemade Nutella)

Homemade Nutella

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup whole hazelnuts (The grocery only had chopped hazelnuts, so recipe will reflect that)

1 1/2 cups whole milk

3/4 cup powdered milk

1 Tbsp. honey

pinch salt

1 heaping cup chopped bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, or chips

1 scant cup chopped milk chocolate, or chips

Directions
On a rimmed baking sheet, toast the nuts in a 400ºF for about 5 minutes, or until fragrant. While warm, transfer to the bowl of a food processor and blend until they go from finely ground to pasty and thick, like natural peanut butter.

Meanwhile, warm the milk, powdered milk, honey and salt in a small saucepan just until it starts to boil. Remove from heat. In a double boiler or in the microwave, melt the chocolates, stirring occasionally until smooth.

Add the melted chocolate to the ground nuts and continue to process the mixture, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add the warm milk mixture and process until everything is well blended and as smooth as you can get it. 

Store in refrigerator and enjoy on crackers, bread, cookies, etc.

Be aware that it can look soupy at first but will thicken as it cools. Also, The original recipe said it would make 2 cups of spread, but I ended up with almost a whole quart! I don't know what I did differently.