Easy 5-Ingredient Almond Joy Cookies
Make your favorite candy bar into a simple cookie. These Almond Joy Cookies use only five ingredients to deliver a chewy texture with coconut, chocolate, and almonds.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 12 min
- Total Time: 22 min
- Yield: 18 cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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- 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1 1/2 cups shredded coconut
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped almonds
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, combine the sweetened condensed milk, shredded coconut, and chocolate chips. Mix until everything is evenly coated.
- Fold in the chopped almonds.
- Drop rounded tablespoons of the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing them about two inches apart.
- Press one or two sliced almonds onto the top of each cookie mound.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden brown.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheet for five minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- For a richer chocolate flavor, you can melt the chocolate chips and drizzle them over the cooled cookies.
- If you want a softer, chewier cookie, slightly underbake them by one minute.
- This recipe is great for your holiday cookie tray ideas.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 18
- Sodium: 35
- Fat: 10
- Saturated Fat: 6
- Unsaturated Fat: 4
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 22
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 10