Homemade Cashew Butter with Chocolate is one of the most nutritious homemade nut butters you'll every make. If you haven't tried it yet, this is your sign to make it next!
If you love Nutella, then you will love this chocolate cashew butter with chocolate, minus the saturated fats and palm oil. All you need is a food processor and 10 minutes.
Try my recipe for Homemade Creamy Almond Butter or my Blueberry Chia Seed Jam. Both are perfect to spread on a slice of toast.
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Homemade Cashew Butter with Chocolate is a great substitute for hazelnut spreads like Nutella. It makes a great snack because it is natural, gluten free, dairy free and has less ingredients used as fillers than store bought. Cashew butter with chocolate makes a great homemade chocolate spread. If you have never tried nut butter made of cashews you will love cashew butter.
Try some of my other recipes using chocolate like my Crunchy Nut Chocolate Clusters, Creamy Homemade Chocolate Gelato, Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins, or my Double Chocolate Muffins.
Why You'll love this recipe
- easy to make
- simple ingredients
- healthy fats allow for a well balanced plate
- ready in no time
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Cashew butter vs. Peanut Butter
Aside from the fact that cashew butter is made from cashews and peanut butter is made from peanuts, these two ingredients may look similar but they are part of completely different plant species.
Peanuts are part of the legume family and grow from plants while cashews grow on trees. The cashew tree makes cashew seeds which if left unpicked also grows into a pseudo fruit called the cashew apple.
It's not really a fruit but it looks like an apple. It has a sweet and sour taste and is often used to make alcohol like wine. Believe it or not, the cashew apple is edible and reduces high triglyceride level that is associated with increased risk of heart diseases. (see more in the article).
Is Cashew Butter Nutritious?
Any homemade nut butter is going to be better for you than store bought. The reason is that homemade nut butters, like cashew butter do not contain fillers and saturated fats or excessive amounts of added oils. Products with excessive amounts of saturated fats are less nutritious for you and are linked to illnesses like heart disease and other chronic conditions.
Ingredients
You don't need a lot of ingredients to make cashew butter with chocolate. In fact, if you don't want to add the chocolate, don't. You'll need:
- raw or roasted cashews (salted/unsalted)
- coconut oil
- chocolate chips
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions on How to Make Cashew Butter
Making homemade cashew butter is easy. If you use roasted cashews, you will have a roasted cashew butter. It doesn't matter whether you use roasted cashews or raw cashews. Both taste delicious. You can also use both salted and unsalted cashews to make this homemade cashew butter with chocolate.
Place cashews in a food processor and turn the food processor on high. Leave the food processor running.
Trust the process.
Prepare all ingredients.
Place cashews in a food processor and turn the food processor on high. Leave the food processor running.
Once the cashews turn into a smooth paste, stop the food processor and take an opportunity to scrape the bowl with a spatula.
Add the chocolate chips and turn on the food processor. Keep it running until the mixture is smooth and runny.
Storage
Store the cashew butter in mason jars on the counter if you will consume it within a week. Leaving the cashew butter on the counter for longer periods might result in it turning rancid.
Otherwise refrigerate it. Note that when you refrigerate it it will harden because it doesn't contain added fats that store bought nut butters contain. Refrigerated almond butter will last you 4 to 5 weeks.
I have never frozen peanut butter or cashew butter before, so I can't say whether almond butter will hold up to freezing.
Top Tips
You cannot use a mini food processor to make nut butter because it is not powerful enough.
Use a full size food processor, trust the process and give it 10 minutes.
Substitutions and Variations
Here are a few ideas to make your nut butter different:
- Nut - use any kind of nut, almond, hazelnut, cashew, peanut, etc.
- Chocolate - omit the chocolate for a plain nut butter or substitute a different type of chocolate like white chocolate
- Sweeten - add maple syrup to sweeten your nut butter, although the chips make it sweet enough.
I do not recommend using Cocoa for this recipe as it will make your nut butter taste chalky. I'd love to hear how yours turned out by way of a comment below and if you made any substitutions.
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Recipe Details
Homemade Cashew Butter with Chocolate
https://easyhomemaderecipes.caIngredients
- 2 cups cashews raw or roasted, salted or unsalted
- 1 teaspoon Coconut Oil
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Place cashews in a food processor and turn the food processor on high. Leave the food processor running.
- You will see the cashews go from a ground up state to a chunky state and then form a ball.
- When you get to the ball state, add the coconut oil. This will help to emulsify the cashews.
- Once the cashews turn into a smooth paste, stop the food processor and take an opportunity to scrape the bowl with a spatula. Add the chocolate chips and turn the food processor back on until the mixture turns into a smooth runny consistency.
- Remove and store.
Notes
Top Tips
You cannot use a mini food processor to make nut butter because it is not powerful enough. Use a full size food processor, trust the process and give it 10 minutes.Nutrition
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Food Safety
Note that the storage guidelines provided on this page and site are estimates from personal experiences. We are all adults and as an adult you are responsible to ensure that the food you eat is safe to eat. Since, I'm not a food safety expert, you are responsible to review your local guidelines on food storage prior to storing any food left-overs.
Remember to:
- Not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
- Wash hands after touching raw meat
- Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
- Never leave cooking food unattended
- Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
- Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove
For Canadian Guidelines check the Government of Canada Food Safety Guidelines or see more guidelines at USDA.gov.
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