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4 Ingredient Dark Chocolate Almond Butter
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Good morning!
Thanks so much for your awesome comments yesterdayyou guys have me so excited about this whole process. I will
try my best to do some update posts here and there during the process.
Now onto the most important thing of the day: chocolate.
They say PMS will do crazy things to a girl.
I cry, I laugh (evilly), I groan, I complain, and I feel a fire in the pit of my stomach when I cant find my car keys. Flames
and smoke erupt from my ears at any given moment. It aint pretty.
However, this is why chocolate was invented.
The first edible chocolate bar is thought to originate in England by Fry & Sons in 1847.
Despite it all, I realized yesterday that there is a silver lining to the PMS cloud: I often think of my quickest and easiest
chocolate recipe ideas during this time. It is almost as if all other mind clutter disappears to make room for the single and
most important thought
Chocolate.
I find myself desperate in the kitchen, thinking of a new way to get my chocolate fix, when idea after idea pops into my
mind. Im convinced this is an adaptive female instinct that has allowed us to survive during times of hormonal temper
tantrums.
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Yesterday, I tried a recipe idea that literally had me running to the kitchen: 4-ingredient homemade dark chocolate
almond butter. I wasnt sure if it would turn out, but I was willing to give it a try. Sometimes a girls gotta do what a
girls gotta do!
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Print This!
4-Ingredient Dark Chocolate Almond Butter
Creamy, silky, and intensely chocolaty, this homemade chocolate almond butter will satisfy even the most
intense chocolate craving, while providing you with the nutritional benefits of raw almonds at the same
time! The secret to this chocolate almond butter is melting the chocolate and mixing it into freshly made
almond butter. Enjoy it on toast, hot oatmeal, muffins, crackers, fruit, graham crackers, or veggiesthe
sky is the limit. The calorie count is also about the same for this chocolate nut butter as it is for regular
almond butter. See below for nutritional info.
Yield: ~ 20 one tbsp servings,1 & 1/4 cup, or enough to fill a 250 ml jar.
Ingredients:
2 cups raw almonds
1/2 cup dark chocolate (I used organic dark chocolate chips)
1 tsp coconut oil (another oil may work too)
1/8th-1/4 tsp kosher salt, to taste

Directions: Place 2 cups of raw, whole almonds into a food processor. Process for about 15 minutes, scraping
down the sides of the bowl every minute or as necessary. It is a long process, but you dont want to stop until you
have released all the oils in the almonds and the mixture is very smooth and buttery! This took me a good 14-15
minutes.
Just before your almond butter is ready, add the 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1 tsp of coconut oil to a small pot.
Melt on low. You want to remove the pot from heat when there are still some chocolate chip clumps remaining.
Dont worry they will melt as you stir the mixture. I always take it off the heat a bit early to avoid burning the
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chocolate.
Add the melted chocolate to the almond butter (still in the processor) and process for a couple minutes, scraping
down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add your kosher salt to taste and process more. Scoop into a container
and store in the fridge. Makes 1 & 1/4 cups, 20 one-tbsp servings, or enough to fill a 250 ml jar. Refrigerate.
Note that the almond butter firms up in the fridge. Allow it to sit at room temperature to soften before
using.
Nutritional Info: (per tbsp, approx 20 servings per batch): 104 kcals, 9 grams fat (1 gram sat fat), 6
grams carbs, 2 grams fibre, 3 grams sugar, 3 grams protein.
See below for a Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter version too!
Gather your ingredients: Raw almonds, coconut oil, dark chocolate, and kosher salt.
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2 cups of raw almonds
Place in food processor
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And whirrrrrrrrr away!
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After a minute or two, you will see that the almonds begin to stick to the sides of the processor bowlnot much
spinning action is going on at this point!
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Stop the processor and scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl.
Like so.
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Now process some more until it starts to stick to the bowl again. You will have to stop and scrape down the bowl a
dozen times during the 15 minutes. This is normal!
After about 4 minutes
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After about 6-8 minutes, it will start to look like this.
It sticks on the bottom of the bowl and you will need to use some elbow grease to get it off. Break up the clumps and
process some more.
After 10 minutes, a ball will start to form. It has the texture of play-dough at this point. You will need to use a spatula
and break apart the clumps.
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After 12 minutes, you will be tempted to say that your almond butter is now ready, but dont stop just yet! If you keep
going an extra 2-3 minutes, you will be rewarded with an extra buttery and soft almond butter!
Keep going
Meanwhile, heat your chocolate and coconut oil on low, making sure not to burn it.
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After 15 minutes, you will have the most creamy and buttery almond butter imaginable!
Now add the melted chocolate and coconut oil into the processor
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Process for about 2 minutes, stopping to scrape down the down as necessaryadd kosher salt to taste (I think I used
1/4 tsp kosher salt).
Voila.
The most intensely chocolaty nut butter I have ever tasted! It sort of reminds me of Nutellabut then again I have never
tried Nutella before!
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It makes 1 & 1/4 cup or enough to fill a 250 ml jar.
I like to save my old jam jars just for this kind of thing.
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I enjoyed my dark chocolate almond butter on flax toast with raspberry jam.
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with tea
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I also made a super quick dark chocolate peanut butter that took just a few minutes to make.
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter
Ingredients:
1 cup smooth peanut butter
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
1 tsp coconut oil
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Kosher salt, to taste

Directions: Add peanut butter into a medium sized bowl. In a small bowl, melt chocolate and coconut oil in microwave
for about 60 seconds, stopping to stir after about 40 seconds. Be careful not to burn. Add melted chocolate to peanut
butter and mix well. Add kosher salt to taste.
This version took about 3 minutes flat!
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Both are really delicious. I have tried store bought chocolate almond butter before, but I was always a bit disappointed
because the chocolate flavour wasnt intense. I was really happy with these homemade versions as they are super
chocolaty!
I also want to try making a dark chocolate pecan butter or cashew butter and experiment using roasted nuts instead of
raw.
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Chocolate craving demolished.
For now.
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Samantha @ Health, Happiness & Skinny Jeans January 12, 2011
Yummm!! Any way I can sneak a little extra chocolate into my day is fine by me!!
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Leanne (For Health's Sake) January 12, 2011
Drool.
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Beth @ Beth's Journey to Thin January 12, 2011
Wow that looks unbelievable Angela!! Yummmmm.
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Rebekah @ Rebeltarian January 12, 2011
As a person who has recently been going through extreme chocolate cravingsI will be making some of this!
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Cathy Breit January 12, 2011
Awesome..Ive made nut butter beforebut have had a hankering lately for something to take the place of dark
chocolate dreams by pb&cosomething homemade.and almondy.Yum!
Thanks again OSG!
love,
cathy b. @ brightbakes
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Gabriela @ Une Vie Saine January 12, 2011
Ive got two packets of chocolate almond butter in my plane stash for our trip today, but I have to say that this
looks 100000x better. Whats not made infinitely more delicious by chocolate?!
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Mandy January 12, 2011
Yum!
Processing nuts is the most tedious thing ever :P
You go girl!
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thefruitpursuit (Sabine) January 12, 2011
AMAZING! Gonna try this soon, must stock up on almonds since I made marzipan almond butter today :p. did
you catch my homemade vegan nutella I posted some days ago? keep the chocolate love coming ;) !
x sabine
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Bethany @ More Fruit Please January 12, 2011
Yum! I think this will *definitely* be making a regular monthly appearance in my household if you catch my
drift! ;-)
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Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg January 12, 2011
Mmmmmm.these nut butters look DIVINE!!!! Yum!
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Natasha January 12, 2011
Yummmmmmm!!!!! Will give that a try next time I make my nut butters xxx
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Emma (Sweet Tooth Runner) January 12, 2011
Ohmygoodness, I almost DIED with happiness when I saw this on Twitter! Looks SO amazing- like Dark
Chocolate Dreams but probably a LOT cheaper! :D
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thefruitpursuit (Sabine) January 12, 2011
By the way I also save just about any jar or tun that enters this household haha. its a fetish, really.
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Jo January 12, 2011
HOLY YUM! I am making one (ok, both) of these this weekend!
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Kayla January 12, 2011
Thanks for sharing this, Angela! I have been wondering about chocolate nut buttersand I refuse to buy them
because they are SO expensive. But I have a question is coconut oil the same thing as coconut butter? I got a
jar of Artisana raw organic coconut butter, and it looks just like the scoop of oil you have above, but Im not sure
theyre the same thing. Help!
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Angela (Oh She Glows) January 12, 2011
I believe coconut butter is coconut oil + coconut fleshIm not sure if it melts like plain coconut oil? You
can probably sub in the tsp of coconut oil for another light tasting oil too. :)
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Madeleine@ Stepping to the Brightside January 12, 2011
aka Heaven on Earth. And youre right- the perfect PMS pick-me-up!
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Jil @ Big City, Lil Kitchen January 12, 2011
Ohhh this looks amazing. I had an almond butter fail last year but perhaps its time to jump back on that
wagon.
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Kristy @ KristyRuns January 12, 2011
Yessss! I am addicted to chocolate nut butters! Cant wait to try this! Plus, this will save me so much cash!
Bravo, Angela! :)
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Ellen @ Cinnamonalicious January 12, 2011
Oh my gosh that looks WAY too delicious!
I dont think I could ever make it as I would end up just eating it straight from the jar!
Then again, I might just have to ;)
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Kristilyn January 12, 2011
That looks amazing!! I just made a few batches of nut butters, but I will definitely keep this in mind for next time.
:-)
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Erika @ FoodFitnessFun January 12, 2011
YES! Thank you so much. Ive been wanting to try Justins Chocolate Almond Butter for a while but its so darn
expensive. Now I can make it myself. Problem solved! :-)
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jenna January 12, 2011
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Would I be taking our blogging relationship too far if i told you I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!???? this recipe
looks soooooo amazing!!! I cant wait to try it! thanks Angela!
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Angela (Oh She Glows) January 12, 2011
hehe luv u too!
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Leanne @ Healthful Pursuit January 12, 2011
Yum! I do something really really similar but use cocao/cocoa powder instead. So tasty!
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Tracey @ I'm Not Superhuman January 12, 2011
If only I had a food processor. This looks great. The only thing that could be better is dark chocolate hazelnut
butter, but Im a Nutella fiend.
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Beach Bum Beauty January 12, 2011
I am so happy because this is Nutella but the nutrition information shows that its a lot healthier! My mouth is
watering just looking at the pics. I have been trying to keep away from chocolate but Im not going to be able to
resist this. Swoooooooooon!
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Jen G. January 12, 2011
Let us know how the chocolate pecan butter goes! Im allergic to almonds :-(
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Ashley @ Taste for Healthy January 12, 2011
Looks like heaven on toast!!! And the perfect pms remedy. :)
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Kathryn January 12, 2011
Woah. Woah my gosh! I want to put it into the no bake balls from the other week. I need a new batch anyway!
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Amy @ purewellnessamy January 12, 2011
Fantastic idea, Kathryn! Ive become addicted to the no bake balls! I just made a peanut butter/chocolate
chip version and they are nearly as good as the almond butter version!
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Alayna @ Thyme Bombe January 12, 2011
Oh yum. Looks delicious and easy!
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stepf @dailyspark January 12, 2011
I make a similar recipe, but I roast my almonds and dont add salt or coconut oil. My boyfriend wanted a vegan
Nutella swap. Ill have to try it with raw almonds next time.
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Shanna, like Banana January 12, 2011
As much as Id like to make this, Im pretty sure my food processor would die at 10 minutes!
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Michelle @ Give Me the Almond Butter January 12, 2011
Ahhh that looks ridiculously good! Thanks for the recipe!
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chelsey @ clean eating chelsey January 12, 2011
THis kind of makes me want to start PMSing.. okay, not really, but you know what I mean!
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Erin @ The Grass Skirt January 12, 2011
I cannot wait to make this almond butter! My mom is going to freak when I bring it over to her. Thanks so much
for sharing! And I hear you on the PMS. I once cried uncontrollably on the couch because I could figure out how
to move a file on my new MacBook. It wasnt pretty.
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Leanne @ Healthful Pursuit January 12, 2011
This looks SO great! May I ask what food processor do you use for your nut butters? Ive attempted to make
nut butters with mine and it makes it very very chunky. Not smooth like yours!
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desiree April 23, 2013
I have a cuisinart and it comes out smooth. Its a work horse.
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Liz @ IHeartVegetables January 12, 2011
that looks heavenly!!! Do you think it would work with Roasted Almonds? thats usually how I make my almond
butter, but I bet it would still be good with Raw almonds. Just a question! Thanks!
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Katie January 12, 2011
I have to say that as much as I love making things from scratch, the second recipe is much more my speed. I just
dont have the patience for making my own nut butters. Ive tried. And if there is the promise of chocolate at the
end.forget it. Id have those chocolate chips eaten by the time the nut butter was ready for them!
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Caroline @ chocolate & carrots January 12, 2011
Done. I am making that. So simple and so delicious.
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Tiffany @ Conor & Bella January 12, 2011
Mmm I want to try the chocolate peanut butter! Sounds way too addicting!
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Julia January 12, 2011
Oh my gosh, you are a genius!!!!!!!!
Im going to try the Pecan version this weekend wanted to make Pecan butter anyway :-D
Lots of love from Germany <3
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