JUMP TO RECIPE Learn how to make the best homemade nut-free chocolate spread with this easy recipe! It’s luxuriously smooth and creamy, just like classic Nutella, with a nutty flavor and notes of sweet chocolate.Simple to whip up, requiring only a few minutes and four ingredients, this chocolate spread is perfect for slathering on toast, drizzling on crêpes, mixing into cookie dough… Or simply eating straight from the jar with a spoon!     While out shopping during the holidays, a festive display at the back of the store caught my eye.Despite the very full basket swinging from my arm, I wandered over to peek at the seasonal decorations and treats.

I smiled as I strolled down the aisles, especially at the sight of the crunchy gingerbread cookies, sweet peppermint bark, thick gourmet marshmallows, and red candy canes in the stocking stuffer section.When I arrived at the final shelf, I paused and reached out, momentarily holding a very tempting item in my fingers… The cutest little Nutella jar I had ever seen! Less than one ounce, just enough for a serving or two, those jars looked perfect for tucking into the bottom of my family members’ stockings as a sweet and fun surprise.And then…     I remembered that many of them have developed issues with dairy.

And what I intended to be a thoughtful gift might turn into the exact opposite! I placed the teeny tub back on the shelf, but the wheels in my head kept spinning as I walked towards the front of the store

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