Paleo Nutella

Ingredients:

•        2 cups hazelnuts
•        2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
•        3 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder
•        1 tablespoon of xylitol (or your preferred natural sweetener)

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Place hazelnuts on a pizza pan (or a regular baking sheet).
3. Bake for 10 minutes.
4. Let cool (on pizza pan) overnight.
5. De-shell the hazelnuts one at a time. Place shells on one mixing bowl and the de-shelled hazelnuts on another mixing bowl. You can dispose of the shells. This process takes about 15-20 minutes; make yourself comfy and watch a TV show (I watched desperate housewives on Netflix! Gosh, I love that show.)
6. Once hazelnuts have been de-shelled, place them in food processor and process for about 3 minutes, until you get a buttery consistency.
7. Add xylitol and cocoa powder to the buttery consistency and process ingredients until they are all well incorporated – about 2 minutes.
8. Once all ingredients have been incorporated, melt coconut oil and add one tablespoon at a time, processing each time your add a tablespoon.
9. Once you get a creamy butter consistency, stop processing, scoop out all the Nutella and place it in a mason jar. Refrigerate.