Natural Nutella- Raw Vegan Style

• 1 1/2 cups toasted hazelnuts
• 1/2 cup unrefined sugar (coconut, Sucanat, or other)
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons good quality cocoa or cocoa nibs
• 1/2 cup pure maple syrup (or agave, or honey but it will alter the taste)
• 1/4 cup coconuts oil (you can use, hazelnut oil, vegetable oil or peanut oil but coconut oil is the healthiest option)
• 2 tablespoons coconut milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or hazelnut extract

1. If you need to toast your hazelnuts, preheat the oven to 350u0b0F (176u0b0C).
2. Put hazelnuts on a baking sheet and toast in oven for 12 minutes.
3. Once the hazelnuts have cooled enough to handle, wrap into a kitchen towel and rub roughly to remove the hazelnut skins. There will be some skins that will just not come off with easy and that's okay- use anyway. Let cool completely.
4. Next, in a food processor (or a really good blender-vita mix good) blend the hazel nuts until creamy like nut butter.
5. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth. Spread over toast, fill a crepe, on top of ice cream, or eat out straight out of the jar!

hazelnuts, unrefined sugar, cocoa, maple syrup, coconuts oil, coconut milk, vanilla

Taken from food52.com/recipes/17339-natural-nutella-raw-vegan-style (may not work)