I love my Dark Chocolate Dreams PB, but honestly…I like almond butter than peanut butter.
I haven’t seen chocolate almond butter (I’m sure it exists somewhere, but I haven’t seen it yet), so today…I decided to make my own. Why not, right? 
(Most) ingredients gathered: nut butter of choice (mine is Barney Butter), unsweetened cocoa powder.
This recipe should work with any nut butter – sunflower butter, peanut butter, etc. Use what is your fave.
Small, microwave-safe bowl and spoon needed.
Add nut butter to bowl.
Add cocoa powder. Mix just a little (you probably won’t get far because of the consistency).
Add sweetener of choice (I used a combo of organic cane sugar and agave syrup) plus a bit of milk.
Microwave for 10-20 seconds to get ingredients to mesh easier.
At first, the mixture will look odd – a lump of nut butter and a lot of liquid. Keep working the mixture until it comes together.
Voila! Dark Chocolate Almond Butter. Mmm…
I enjoyed mine over basic oatmeal (with flaxseed and chia seeds) and hot coffee.
So creamy, so heavenly!
Stirred up…yum!
My batch made enough for toast later!
Dark Chocolate Nut Butter
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp nut butter of choice (Almond Butter, Peanut Butter, Cashew Butter, etc)
- 1 tsp cocoa powder (use more of less depending on how chocolate-y you want yours)
- 1 tsp sweetener of choice (cane sugar, agave, etc) – add more to your preferred sweetness level
- 1 tsp milk (I used organic skim milk)
Direction:
- Add nut butter to a small microwave-safe bowl.
- Add cocoa powder and mix lightly (you don’t have to completely combine).
- Add sweetener and milk.
- Microwave mixture for 10-20 seconds until it’s easy to work with.
- Stir/combine mixture until it has come together to an even consistency.
- Enjoy!
NOTE: store in fridge in an airtight container.
Nom nom nom… 🙂
you are brilliant… what a simple idea, but I’m sure not many people thought of it! 😉
Brilliance I tell ya!!
yes, i will be making this soon. tonight, perhaps?! thanks for the great recipe!
What a fantastic recipe! 🙂
Oh my goodness. Found Dark Chocolate Dreams the other day, and it is sinful. I may have to try making your almond butter version. Although I have a ridiculous number of nut butters in my house already!
You are a nut butter genius 🙂
Pure genius! And so simple! Can’t wait to do this. 🙂
Ahh that looks so good!
Thank you so much for posting this! I am allergic to all nuts so I always get so jealous when I see people eating “flavored” especially chocolate nut butters. Now I can make my own chocolate soy nut butter!
Thanks again!
I saw Maranatha chocolate almond butter today! Well, it was called a “spread” and didn’t have as much protein as regular almond butter, but it’s out there! And it looked awesome!
Yum, looks fantastic.
I like that idea, than you can customize it more and it’s also cheaper and convenient. I think I will try that.
wow that looks good! Thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂
Yummmmmm!
FYI Marathana makes a ROCKING dark chocolate peanutbutter (better than dark chocolate dreams IMO) and I got a jar of that and a jar of dark chocolate almondbutter (Marathana) for my b-day last week! I haven’t opened it though b/c it can be a bit of a trigger for me. Which is why I like the idea of making a small amount!
Yum! We’ve been really into nutella recently but this would be great!
Mmm that looks delicious! I’ll have to try this out soon 🙂
Recently, a friend gave me a jar of Nutella because (a) she hates chocolate and (b) it was 4 years post expiration. I am not really a fan of hazelnuts, but thought, what the heck and tried it. Actually, apparently Nutella has an amazing shelf life because it was not rancid and it tasted really good. I am diabetic so something like this is not good for me and I started looking for a recipe. I came across yours and did some adapting like using stevia or splenda as a sweetener. I ,also, added a tablespoon of skim milk and 1 tablespoon of ground flax seed for its benefits. It came out as a great, quick, easy treat that I can justify when I get that chocolate craving, so I thank you. I used peanut butter but will look to making almond butter myself so it has none of the additives processed nut butters have in them. Thanks again.