A healthy and delicious take on a much loved chocolate nut spread. This chocolate cashew nut spread contains only six ingredients, and one of those is water. It’s both quick and easy to make.
I’ve noted many recipes on the web in the last year or two for homemade chocolate hazelnut spread. I’ve really wanted to have a go, but neither my blender nor my food processor are up to the job. However, I was recently sent a VonShef 3-in-1 hand blender from Domu to try out and I thought I’d put it through its paces and see if it was up to making a nut spread. I happened to have a bag of cashews to hand, so thought I’d try making a chocolate cashew nut spread rather than a hazelnut one.
As you can see from the picture near the bottom of the post, the 3-in-1 comprises a hand held stick blender, a mini food processor and a whisk. The blender has a heavy duty motor and comes with two speed settings, 7,000 and 13,500 rpm. The attachments are simple to change and the washing up is so much easier than my stand food processor.
For blending small quantities of ingredients to make sauces, pesto and chocolate spread, the mini food processor is ideal. It’s also meant to be good for chopping onions, but I haven’t tried that yet. The stick blender is fantastic for soups and purées and it comes with a sturdy beaker. We used our old one all the time, but it was difficult to wash as it didn’t detach from the motor. This one does. The whisk I have yet to try.
Chocolate Cashew Nut Spread
The mini food processor was my tool of choice for the task I had in mind. To begin with the nuts ground to a powder and I thought it wasn’t going to work. I persevered on a higher setting and suddenly it turned into a paste. When I added the other ingredients, it went very oily and didn’t look at all appetising, so I added a little water. Miraculously this sorted the problem out and I ended up with a rich and smooth (ish) paste.
Never mind on toast, I couldn’t stop eating it this chocolate cashew nut spread straight out of the jar; not something I generally want to do with Nutella as I find it too sweet and a bit cloying. Containing no refined sugars, unhealthy fats nor other unwanted additives, this is a super healthy alternative to your average chocolate spread and it’s very tasty too. Although there were a few nutty nubbles in the paste, it had a very pleasant silky mouthfeel. The success left me elated for the rest of the day and I can’t wait to make some again.
Update
As it happened, I acquired a fabulous power blender not long after creating this chocolate cashew nut spread. I had to try it again in my new blender. Only this time I went for a raw chocolate spread version.
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Chocolate Cashew Nut Spread – The Recipe
Chocolate Cashew Nut Spread
Ingredients
- 100 ml raw cashew nuts
- 1 tbsp coconut oil – melted
- 2 tbsp raw cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp coconut nectar
- a pinch pink Himalyan rock salt
- 1 tbsp water
Instructions
- Dry roast the cashews at 180℃ (350℉, Gas 4) for about ten minutes or until golden.
- Blend in a mini food processor along with the cocoa powder and salt until finely ground.
- Add the coconut oil and nectar and continue to blend on a high speed for about 2-5 minutes until the mixture has turned into a paste.
- Add the water and blend for another minute until all is smooth. You may want to add more water depending on how thick or thin you like your spread.
- Spoon into a jar and spread some immediately on toast.
Notes
Sharing
I am sending these off to AlphaBakes with Caroline Makes and The More Than Occasional Baker as V is for Vegan Chocolate Spread.
Giveaway
Do take a look at my giveaway page to see if there is anything else you would like to enter.
VonChef 3-in-1 Handheld Blender
I was sent the above mentioned product for review purposes. I was not expected to write a positive review and all opinions are, as always, my own. Thanks to my readers for supporting the brands and organisations that help to keep Tin and Thyme blithe and blogging.
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Whisk to make mousse
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Whisk for meringues
My stick blender has just died! So would love to replace it and continue making lovely wholesome soups!
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I can make veg and fruits for my baby
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whisk to make cream
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I would love to win this, I have started making banana pancakes and this would make it so much easier to blend everything together 😀
The whisk
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I would like to try my hand at meringues
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I would use the whisk
ooh I hadn’t realised you had a blog here as well. Love it. I would love to try the stick blender for soups, always wanted one of those.
Haha Alison, this is my blog now. I’ve moved Chocolate Log Blog over and this is brand new.
Bookmarked to enter as Gleam is not appearing anywhere for me at the moment unfortunately
Hi Olivia, you should see a link right at the bottom of the page which will take you to Gleam.
I would use the whisk attachment to make my pancake batter light and airy. Thank you!
I want to start making soup from fresh local vegetables so this would be ideal.
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the stick blender always wanted to have aa go at making my own soups xxx
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Food processor part to chop onions stop me crying and biscuits for a lime cheesecake base
Carrot and coriander soup 🙂
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The chopper attachment as I havent got one 🙂
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Mini food processor to chop onions without bursting into tears
Id likely use the stick blender alot for soups x
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The whisk attachment to make cupcakes!
I so need one for any thing and everything mine DIED
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This recipe looks amazing – hope I win
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I’d use the mini blender for making houmous and nut butters. Your cashew chocolate spread sounds delicious! 🙂
the blender for carrot and coriander soup
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The chopper attachment would be my favourite and I’d chop onions with it. I’ve tried all the tricks, a spoon in my mouth (it just makes me gag), a pair of swimming goggles, none of them work; this would be perfect.
whisk pls
I’d use the stick blender to make some soup
My answer is the stick blender.. I saw you used this spread in a later recipe to make chocolate brownies, they look great! Thanks for sharing with Alphabakes.
i’d use the whisk to make cakes!!
Oh the blender attachment for soups and curry basis
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The whisk attachment for my chocolate brownies
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This chocolate spread looks delicious!
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the chopper thing to cut up vegetables
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So sorry I don’t live in the UK! But thanks for the recipe!!!
The whisk for soufflés.
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the blender for my homemade soups
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I’d like to use the whisk attachment to bake cakes
Fiona
Whisk! for Whisking up a batch of Cakes.
stick blender
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Whisk attachment to make light and airy sponge cakes.
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@gavrc
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would love to win the blender to save my weak wrists.
i’d mostly use the whisk
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Jen xx
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carrot soup
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I’ve been meaning to make my own chocolate spread and seeing how easy and delicious it is I think I’ll give it a go. I’d love to re create this recipe with the mini food processor. Thanks for entering AlphaBakes
the chopper feature looks fab.
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I love you Choclette! Your super spread sounds heavenly and so healthy too! I’ll be eating this one straight from the jar too! ♡
Sounds lovely. I have made a almond spread before. For sure I have to do some nut spread again in the future.
The whisk for strawberry mousse
Kay panayi
Whisk! So I can bake lot of cakes!
OMG this would work in my nutribullet too!… I love this idea and simply never thought about making a spread in it!… Genius! off to buy cashews!
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Hazel Rea – @beachrambler
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I would eat it straight out of the jar too!
I would love to enter this but live too far away 🙁 I love my stick blender but have missed the little food processor attachment since it broke. The nut butter looks great – am sure you will have great success with more nut butters in your new blender – though apparently roasted nuts do better than raw nuts and I have had great success with roasted nut butter.
i’d use the whisk more to make whipped cream and frosting.
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thank you!
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Great timing – my hand held blender has cracked!!
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Your lovely blog is an ongoing health hazard for my arteries but oh how scrumptious this looks!!
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brilliant giveaway ! id love to try them all out but the whisk looks fab on this 🙂 x
The stick blender to make pasta sauces
(Spencer Broadley)
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Interesting you used coconut oil, it seems to be everywhere at the moment!
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the whisk would be handy
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the stick blender to make coconut butter
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Ashleigh
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