Recipe For Almond Joy Brownie Bites

These delicious almond joy brownies are made in a mini-muffin tin, topped with coconut, almond, and ganache for amazing bites reminiscent of a candy bar. Check out the Simple Cookie Recipes page for more great recipe ideas.

I've made Christmas cookies every year for as long as I can remember - starting with helping my mom and then in my own household (here's a list of the holiday goodies you can find on AOC). Through the years I've developed a list in my head of the characteristics a potential cookie/candy/treat needs before it makes the cut for our yearly goodie bags:

I've been told that our Christmas goodie bag is the one most coveted at the holidays, so I think this list is secretly what everyone wants, too - even with all the fruitcake, gingerbread, and sugar cookie recipes out there.

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This recipe for mini almond joy brownies meets all these criteria - and then some - so they happily make regular appearances in our treat bags. And they are pretty easy even though they have a great wow factor that makes them look like they would be hard.

This recipe starts with a homemade brownie recipe cooked in mini muffin cups (the brownie part of the recipe below is adapted from King Arthur Flour brownie recipe and it is

Coconut with sweetened condensed milk. I know it's a bit harder to find unsweetened coconut, but the regular sweetened coconut combined with the sweetened milk is just too sweet in this recipe. Trust me.

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Mound spoonfuls of the coconut mixture on top of the mini brownies and topped each one with an almond. Voila- almond joy brownies.

To get that true candy bar feel, let's add a chocolate topping. Freeze the coconut-topped brownies for a few minutes and dip the tops in ganache that's made from chocolate, butter, and a bit of honey.

Almond joy brownies made in a mini-muffin tin, topped with coconut, almond, and ganache for amazing bites reminiscent of a candy bar - but better!

Keto And Paleo Almond Joy Brownies

**Sorry- I dislike recipes that use half of things but there's no getting around it here - unless you make a double batch, that is!

Serving: 1 g | Calories: 161 kcal | Carbohydrates: 15 g | Protein: 2 g | Fat: 11 g | Saturated Fat: 8 g | Cholesterol: 18 mg | Sodium: 52 mg | Potassium: 96 mg | Fiber: 2 g | Sugar: 11 g | Vitamin A: 118 IU | Vitamin C: 1 mg | Calcium: 19 mg | Iron: 1 mg

Since 2009 Jami Boys has been helping readers live a simple homemade life through whole food recipes, doable gardening, and easy DIY projects on An Oregon Cottage. From baking bread, to creating a floor from paper, to growing and preserving food, Jami shares the easiest ways to get things done. She's been featured in Cottages and Bungalows, Old House Journal, and First for Women magazines as well as numerous sites like Good Housekeeping, Huffington Post, and Apartment Therapy.These Gluten Free Almond Joy Brownie Bites are easy to make and even better to eat! Flavored with chocolate, almonds, and coconut, they’re sure to be a hit.

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Do you guys see all this amazing food I post and ever think, “Wow that must be so amazing to be able to bake like that all the time!”? Yes? Well let me let you in on a little secret. The life of a food blogger is not all that it seems.

Sure the food looks beautiful in these bright, white, styled photos. But you know what? It’s a lot of freakin work to get them there! Especially with gluten free baking – sometimes it can be such a pain when recipes don’t turn out right.

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Like these Gluten Free Almond Joy Brownie Bites for example. This is not what they were supposed to be at all, but they’re kind of the result of a failed recipe experiment. BUT they’re a super delicious result, so we’re all good!

I originally wanted these brownies to be a layered brownie, like my Gluten Free Samoas Brownies. Brownie on the bottom, almond joy coconut filling topped with almonds, then drizzled or dipped in chocolate. It didn’t work out at all though.

The coconut layer was too hard to cut when cold (thanks coconut butter…) and it basically started cracking and shattering when I tried to cut them. NO BUENO.

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In order to salvage the brownies that were still perfectly good, I decided to peel off the coconut layer, toss the brownies into a bowl, mush them all up together, and make brownie pops out of them. Basically, I was trying to make the best out of the situation. I hate wasting ingredients because we all know, baking gluten free is more expensive than baking with regular ingredients.

But then as I was rolling the brownies into balls, I had an idea. Why not shape them like little almond joy bars? Back into the bowl went all the brownies I just rolled and then I crumbled them up again but mixed them with some shredded coconut to pull in that almond joy flavor I was after.

I rolled them all back up, shaped them, and then pressed an almond into them. I’m not gonna lie, I gave myself a nice little pat on the back for that one. It’s always a good day when you can turn a bad situation into something good! Oh and these brownies are just my regular Fudgy Gluten Free Brownies. They’re so versatile!

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I actually think I love the recipe you ended up with possibly more than your original idea. I love bite-sized snacks and these are perfection!