Chocolate Hazelnut & Almond Spread

So.. it was World Nutella Day today.  I've been pretty busy with the first exams of the semester, so I probably wouldn't have made a post for a while had it not been for this food holiday.  It was just lucky that I've had a recipe lined up that fit in perfectly with today:  a homemade chocolate hazelnut spread.  One that is way healthier than Nutella.

For this spread, I used half almonds, half hazelnuts, mostly because I'm too cheap to use up all my hazelnuts for a nut butter (and because I go through nut butters like water).  The hazelnuts are the most pronounced flavor, so you probably wouldn't even guess the almonds were there.  Flavored with cocoa (use the best you can find - dutch process preferred) and sweetened with Truvia/stevia drops, this is a healthier version of Nutella that you can eat at any time of the day.  I've been stirring it into my oatmeal in the morning, and I can't even begin to tell you how much I look forward to it every day.  It's like dessert for breakfast, and I don't even have to feel bad about it!

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