GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE ALMOND JOY® BARS

Gluten-Free Chocolate Almond Joy® Bars image

This is a healthy dessert/snack that contains no flour and truly does taste like an Almond Joy® bar. They are addicting.

Provided by bonnieb

Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Almond Dessert Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 9

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

¾ cup coconut sugar
¾ cup coconut milk
4 eggs
2 teaspoons almond extract
½ cup blanched almond flour
½ cup coconut flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon sea salt
¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut, divided

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Whisk coconut sugar, coconut milk, eggs, and almond extract together in a bowl. Combine almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, and sea salt together in a separate bowl; beat into coconut milk mixture using an electric mixer on medium speed until batter is moist. Mix 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1/4 cup shredded coconut into batter. Pour batter into a 9-inch square baking dish. Top batter with remaining chocolate chips and shredded coconut.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 218.7 calories, Carbohydrate 22.6 g, Cholesterol 82.7 mg, Fat 13.8 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 4.1 g, SaturatedFat 9.7 g, Sodium 159.2 mg, Sugar 19.9 g