Homemade Almond Joy Recipe

For those among us who LOVE coconut and almonds, the almond joy is perfect.

But i have a secret, i broke the code for the perfect almond joy, and its so easy. This is a great way to show off your mad kitchen skills with not a lot of effort. 

Make a few or make a lot, this almond joy recipe is sure to please everyone.

(and it's VEGAN, don't tell anyone though, they'd never suspect!)

Step 1 Ingredients

I used the following ingredients to make these morsels

8oz shredded coconut
16oz of rice syrup (you could use corn syrup as well)
1/2 c almonds
12oz dark chocolate chips

Comments

[azazel82482]

Great instructable, but might want to specify that this only works with dried coconut flake. Tried it with fresh coconut, and with frozen grated coconut, and both turned out as a goopy mess. Using dried coconut worked though.

Thank You.

[debbie17]

NOM NOM NOM!!!!!

[eredman]

In the pictures of your recipe it looks like you used dark corn syrup is that right I'd like to make this recipe can anyone give me the answer light or dark corn syrup? Thank You Very Much

[melizabeth1]

These look delicious, but almond joys are made with milk chocolate, and the mounds are made with dark chocolate. So you got them kinda mixed up, but no worries! I bet they're just as tasty!

[lrowland]

Thats why its vegan sweetie :P

[PurpleStrawberry]

Can somebody specify how many cups of coconut are 8oz? I found one site that said 4oz=1 1/3 cups. So I used 2 2/3 cups of coconut but I drizzled the corn syrup in slowly as the mixer was running and ended up only needing to use 8 oz of the corn syrup. I wondered if the conversion I used was incorrect or if one can simply get away with using WAY less syrup than the recipe suggests.

By the way they really do taste JUST like the candy bar. I can't wait to start experimenting with some different flavorings. Orange zest, or maybe dried fruits added in. I can't wait!!!

[cgtreasures]

Just had a thought. Take a look at the coconut bag and it will tell how many oz. are in the bag. I don't have any on hand right now but with a little math, you should be able to figure it out. If it's 16 oz., use half a bag. If 12 oz, use 2/3 of the bag to get 8 oz. Hope that helps!!

[PurpleStrawberry]

I don't use coconut that comes in a bag, I buy bulk coconut from an ethnic store.

[elysearf]

8oz is generally 1 cup... if you type into google "8oz to cups" that's what you get.

[bill0756]

OUNCES ARE NOT ALWAYS OUNCES...ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK WHICH OUNCES THE RECIPE ASKS FOR OR YOU MAY BE SORRY... there are fluid(known also as volume) ounces and ounces by weight...our system can be confusing...why didn't we change to metric!
8oz, half cup when using a measuring cup, is volume, NOT what this recipe is, I think.
8oz, half pound when using a weight scale, which is what I think this recipe is.

Typically fluids, like oil, milk, etc. are measured by cups, pints, quarts, etc with 8 ounces to a cup.
Nonfluids like coconut, chocolate, meat, etc are measured by weight with 8 oz to a half pound.

One lady was frustrated and said her recipe came out syrupy, which makes me think she used a 8 oz by measuring cup(which is fluid ounces) of coconut, when she should have used 8oz by weight(which is definitely more than a cup of measured coconut). It can be impossible to figure out whether ounces are fluid or weight.

So because we have such a crazy system that has TWO different types of ounces, please be clear in the instructions, weight or volume(fluid).

So what weighs more, 8oz of gold or 8oz of marshmallows? The answer is, "which ounces are you talking about? 8 oz fluid/volume of both, then that cup of gold weighs maybe more than a hundred times more. 8oz weight of both, then they both weigh the same...but a half pound of marshmallows can fill up a breadbox while a half pound of gold might fill up less than a shot glass."

[smuha]

generally 8oz= a cup, however ONLY water, eggs and oil are 8oz to 1 C. everything else varies depending on some different factors.

[Xthinker]

If you don't like the almond just don't add it and then you have mounds!!!! Yum!!!

[supertoria12]

my mixture of coconut (it was moist) and corn syrup was a little too gooey, so i had to freeze it, melt the chocolate and drop dollops of it on another sheet of parchment paper, take out the mixture and carefully place each piece onto the chocolate, and then pour another dollop of chocolate on top. i also used pecans cause i didn't have almonds (well i have almonds, there just jalapeno flavoured *blech*) i just put 'em in the freezer, so i'm hoping they'll set right.

[acupofjoe]

oh those look great! thanks for sharing :)

[fretted]

O M G i made these today for my wife and freinds talk about a vanishing act i only got 2 and i made 3 dozen lol these were super fantastic thanks for a great ible ....

One Caviot i had to use caro syrup instead of rice syrup i couldn't find that stuff anywhere but they were still Awsome !

[Noah972]

Wow! Who'd have thought they were that easy to make... Thanks for the great 'ible! I'll have to make some soon and tell how they turn out.

[goblindust]

Looks yummy! And Vegan also! Will have to give these a go. Many thanks for the idea.

[eternal_me1]

Nice! I think you did it with dried coconut. Can you do it with freshly shredded still wet coconut?

Arani

[simonett]

Wow, THANK YOU!!