My daughter loves so much but hearing a lot of bad reviews about it, I just don’t buy it so much. May be a jar in two or three months. I restrict her so much but as she loves that product, I searched for a recipe that can be made at home as a substitute for Nutella. Call me crazy for searching substitute for every thing available in the market. But reading about the oil used and the preservatives they use in products, it is better top come up with an alternative without al those chemicals. Yesterday there was an article in newspaper about the plastic rice and hubby was suggesting we buy the seeds instead of processed rice and remove the husk ourself ( kaikuthal arisi, we call)! I was like !!!!! But it is true. With a;ll the chemicals included in our food, we really need to go back to farming. Only then I think we can eat healthy food.
Hazelnut is used for nutella. As we don’t get hazelnut here, I opted for peanuts, that is why it is peanutella. It is like eating chocolate and peanut butter together. The original recipe says that this spread keeps good in room temperature for 2 weeks. But I couldn’t test it. My jar was over in three days. We used it for our Honey Oats Bread and for Peanutella Crack pie.
Nutella is very easy to prepare at home. The only difference is we don’t get that ultra smooth texture. The texture is slightly grainy. But who is going to mind if it is chocolate? My daughter certainly didn’t care. If you can get hold of hazelnuts, then just swap it instead of peanuts and you will be creating nutella at home. You need to roast the nuts and remove the skin before grinding them. Use a hand blender or your mixer to grind. Before adding all the other ingredients, you need to grind the nuts to a paste. At first it will be powdered. But keep on running the mixer and the nuts will release oil and become paste. Then just add all the other ingredients and grind. As home made version is grittier, you need to pass the ground mixture through a sieve to get rid of some grittiness.
I also made another batch but with almonds. Watch the video to know how simple it is.
Recipe Source: Splendid Table
Ingredients:
Roasted Peanuts – 1 cup
Dark Chocolate – 340 gm
Refined oil – 2 tbs
Icing Sugar-3 tbs
Cocoa Powder – 1 tbs
Vanilla Essence – 1/2 tsp
Salt-1/2 tsp
Procedure:
In a hand blender, grind the nuts to paste. At first it will be powdered but after continuous grinding, the nuts will release oil and the mixture will become paste.
Chop and melt chocolate in a bowl either on a double boiler or in a microwave oven.
Allow it to cool completely.
Add icing sugar, oil, salt, vanilla and cocoa powder.
Run the mixer unbtil it blends with the nut paste.
Now finally add in the cooled melted chocolate and run the mixer until everything is incorporated.
Pour the paste into a sieve to get rid of all the gritty nuts.
Store in a clean jar in room temperature for up to 2 weeks. Use clean dry spoon whenever using.

Home made Pea-Nutella
Ingredients
- Roasted Peanuts - 1 cup
- Dark Chocolate - 340 gm
- Refined oil - 2 tbs
- Icing Sugar-3 tbs
- Cocoa Powder - 1 tbs
- Vanilla Essence - 1/2 tsp
- Salt-1/2 tsp
Instructions
- In a hand blender, grind the nuts to paste. At first it will be powdered but after continuous grinding, the nuts will release oil and the mixture will become paste.
- Chop and melt chocolate in a bowl either on a double boiler or in a microwave oven.
- Allow it to cool completely.
- Add icing sugar, oil, salt, vanilla and cocoa powder.
- Run the mixer unbtil it blends with the nut paste.
- Now finally add in the cooled melted chocolate and run the mixer until everything is incorporated.
- Pour the paste into a sieve to get rid of all the gritty nuts.
- Store in a clean jar in room temperature for up to 2 weeks. Use clean dry spoon whenever using.
I make peanut butter regularly at home Gayathri and it is not all that gritty. I add the oil after the peanuts become powder and it becomes butter! How do you pass it thru a sieve anyway. Won’t it just stick and become a mess? This looks tempting. Actually all your recipes are tempting.Wish I did not have a diabetic at home.
It passes through the sieve easily Sobana. I used my hand blender. May be that was the reason it came out gritty. But those grits have a new use now. It will become a delicious filling for cookies..
Fantastic innovation. Like your simple ways to make difficult things. Thanks Gayathri.
I’ve tried all three diets- veganism, vegetarianism, and a meat diet and I’ve always felt the healthiest with a vegan diet. Eating meat always made my energy levels decline and milk and eggs did the same but to a lesser degree. Plenty of protein can be found in so many natural vegan sources so the myth that vegans don’t get enough protein is wrong too. Keep up your good work.
Can we use butter instead of oil
This mix keeps good at room temperature. If you use butter, then it would go bad fast.
Wow! I tried your Pea-nutella recipe today and it came out really well. It is awesome. We also prefer home-made stuff only. My grandchildren loved its taste. The best part of this recipe is to sieve it to get rid of all gritty nuts. Great job Gayathri. Keep rocking and post more and more eggless home-made stuff. God bless you.
Which brand of dark chocolate are you using in this recipe.
I used Morde Dark COmpound
What is the shelf life of this Nuttela Mam??
It is two weeks at room temperature.
Hi Gayatri, can we use cashews instead of peanuts?
Can we keep nutella in fridge
Yes, you can.
Hi Gayatri Mam….a very big thanks for sharing such lovely recipes…just wanted to know my peanutella and peanut butter don’t have the flowing consistency….please help