These gluten-free Chocolate Almond Joy Bars are crazy good! Who doesn’t love the combination of chocolate, almonds, and coconut in the form of a high-protein paleo dessert?
The dishes I create are far healthier than other gluten-free recipes. Regular gluten-free flours do not compare to almond flour and coconut flour. First, almonds are a superfood that is high in protein, fiber, and good fat. Next, coconut flour has an incredibly high fiber content. That’s why flours like brown rice, tapioca, sorghum, cornmeal, and potato starch don’t even begin to compare to almond and coconut flour. Better yet? Almond and coconut flour are easier to use and taste much better than traditional gluten-free flours.
When I use almond flour and coconut flour for baking, my children think they’re getting an indulgent dessert, yet I know I’m feeding them exceptionally healthy food! With good protein and healthy fat, the boys don’t get cranky from sudden drops in blood sugar when they’re eating almond flour cookies.
In addition to nutritious grain-free flours, these Chocolate Almond Joy Bars contain protein from eggs and extra good fat from coconut milk. They’re lightly sweetened and dairy-free as well.
This Chocolate Almond Joy Bars recipe was inspired by one from Ginger Lemon Girl. If you can’t eat this because you’re on a nut-free diet, I have some amazing nut-free paleo desserts for you!
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146 responses to “Chocolate Almond Joy Bars”
Tried these the other day, delicious!!! Another great one. I love the idea of turning this into a coffee cake too
Sara, thanks for letting me know this is another great recipe!
Hi Elana! Thank you so much for all of your recipes. They have made my grain-free existence and life very happy Can I use a low fat or non-fat coconut milk in this recipe instead of full fat?
Roberta, I haven’t tried that so not sure. I’m on a high-fat diet which has been life changing. For more on that please go here:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/keto/
I’m so happy to hear you are enjoying my recipes!!!
Elana
These taste too delicious! Thanks for the recipe :)
G, thanks for letting me know these taste too delicious!
Scrumptious. Decadent. Sinful. Very happy and there’s no other words. Too busy eating these.
Marleigh, thanks for letting me know these were scrumptious, decadent, and sinful!
Can you freeze these bars.Made today yummy want to keep for Xmas .
Darlene, I haven’t tried that so not sure, if you do please let us know how it goes! Merry Christmas :-)
I am allergic to almonds, anyone have a suggestion for a GF flour substitute?
Hi Michelle, here’s a link to my Nut-Free Recipes page:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/nut-free/
I have hundreds of recipes that don’t use almonds on this page! Enjoy!
Elana
Hi there…Do you have suggestions for an ‘egg free’ alternative please?
Grateful thanks?
thank you Elana for this delicious bar! So easy to prepare! I love the combination for coconut and almond flours!!
Now that I’ve tasted them- it will be hard to wait the hour for them to cool!!
Maria, I’m so happy you found these bars delicious and easy to prepare!
Julie, I haven’t tried that so not sure. Here’s a link to my Egg-Free Recipes page for you!
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/egg-free/
Enjoy!
Elana
Excellent! The cake texture and moisture was amazing though. So moist!
Thanks Ginger! So happy these were excellent!
Is the coconut milk in the recipe the canned coconut milk or the kind that comes in a container similar to rice milk or almond milk?
Catherine, if you click the green words in the ingredients portion of the recipe that say “coconut milk” you will be given that info :-)
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