Chocolate flavoured Peanut Butter

Category: Spreads
Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Servings: yields around 1 cup

Home made Peanut Butter is a healthy spread/ snack with the goodness of peanuts and without any preservatives / artificial sweeteners. We can add any flavour to it such as Vanilla / Cinnamon / Chocolate; Options are endless:) Kids will surely love it and can be enjoyed with toasts/ sandwiches/ even with fruits.

Chocolate flavoured Peanut Butter

Ingredients:

• Peanuts, Raw shelled-1 cup
• Chocolate chips, semi-sweet mini morsels - 1 tbsp (adjust as per taste)
• Peanut Oil - 1 tbsp
• Honey - 1 tbsp
• Salt - a pinch

Method:

1. Dry roast the peanuts in a pan / oven and remove the skin; It should be warm while grinding
   
2. Here I used 1 tbsp of mini chocolate chips, we can adjust as per our taste
   
3. In a mixie / blender, add the roasted peanuts and grind it for 1 min till it becomes coarsely ground
4. Wipe down the sides of the jar and grind it for another 1 min
5. Now add the chocolate chips and grind for another minute
   
6. At this stage, it will be a coarse paste like consistency
   
7. Add in the peanut oil, honey and a pinch of salt
   
8. Grind it again till it reaches buttery texture
   
9. Transfer it to an air tight container and refrigerate
   
10. If we need more creamy flowing consistency, we can add another 1/2 tbsp of peanut oil while grinding
11. If we need coarse / grainy butter, initially we can remove around 2 tbsp of coarsely ground peanuts and add at the final stage