I’m slightly obsessed with Mounds and Almond Joy this week. I’ve been making tons of coconut, chocolate and almond recipes the last few days.
So far, this one for gluten free Almond Joy Chocolate Bark is my family’s favorite. I like the way the toasted coconut adds a tiny crunch to the bigger crunch of the almonds, all of it enrobed in delicious dark chocolate, of course. Go ahead and try some, see for yourself!
Almond Joy Chocolate Bark
Ingredients
- 1½ cups chocolate chips
- ½ cup almonds, toasted
- ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut, toasted at 350°F for 6-8 minutes
Instructions
- Melt chocolate over very low heat
- Pour chocolate into a parchment paper lined 8 x 8 inch baking dish
- Scatter almonds and 3 tablespoons of coconut over chocolate
- Using a rubber spatula spread the mixture evenly back and forth to ½ inch thickness
- Sprinkle remaining tablespoon of coconut on top of mixture
- Place bark in fridge for 2 hours to set
- Break into square bars
- Serve
Prep Time 10 minutes
Fridge Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
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And just a note for all of you agave-phobes –there is no agave in this recipe. However, they’ll be more on that subject in a forthcoming post. Stay tuned.
nancy henderson says
Elana, I love your site!! I am following the Specific Carb Diet by Elaine Gottshall in hopes of healing my belly of celiac and candida as well as ridding my body of auto-immune issues. I have Sjogren’s Syndrome that is now affecting my pancreas. So I find meat to to be a problem. I notice you have some goodies that sound delicious, and many with chocolate, which I LOVE, but my guess is that they are full of sugar. I can only have honey. Should I substitute unsweetened chocolate and use honey to sweeten?
Thank you for your hard work and efforts with creating scrumptious recipes!!
God bless,
nancy
nancy henderson says
how do feel about coconut sugar?
Chris says
This recipe was fantastic, as are all of your recipes Elana.
Very glad to have found your site, as a gluten and mostly grain free eater, its often hard to find good recipes.