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Almond Joy Bread

October 24, 2013 By Jennifer @ PB and P Design 9 Comments

Howdy!

You know I love candy and I love Almond Joys, oh boy do I love them, but one thing I don’t like is the nutritional stats of them.  However, out of all the candy out there, they don’t rank to bad.  I never buy candy for the home because I have no control in eating it all!  But my Husband buys candy all the time!  Matter in fact this recipe was inspired by the big bag of Almond Joys he bought, darn that Husband! I have taken great control in not eating them, matter in fact I didn’t have one.  But the thought of chocolate, almonds and coconut was calling me.  I wanted one of those bite size candy bars so bad.  Sigh…  So what does one do when they want candy and know they shouldn’t have any?  Do the next best thing and re-create it into bread.  You know I love bread!

Almond Joy Bread

This is one of the best combos ever! Bread and Almond Joys! This bread is a duplication of that famous candy in the blue wrapper. I honestly can’t get over how much this really tastes like an Almond Joy. It’s light, fluffy, chock full of coconut and mini chocolate chips. *Drooling* I also added some slivered almonds to give it the true almond joy flavor. It’s friggen amazing! I kid you not, make this bread!!! It’s so good!!

Almond Joy Bread
My Husband took a few slices to work and came home and said the bread was so good and moist! That’s a compliment because he never says anything when I bake goodies!!! Yah!! Health wise the bread doesn’t come out to bad! It’s 153 calories a slice. Well worth the calories in my book!!
Almond Joy Bread

Almond Joy Bread
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
40 mins
 
A light, fluffy, healthy quick bread chock full of coconut, chocolate and almonds. Tastes identical to an Almond Joy Candy Bar!
Serves: 1 large loaf or 2 mini loaves (12 slices)
Ingredients
  • ⅓ cup granulated sugar or ½ cup Presweet
  • Tagatose
  • 3 tbsp. coconut oil, melted
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp. coconut extract
  • ½ tsp. almond extract
  • ½ cup coconut milk, unsweetened from carton
  • 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • 1½ tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ½ cup unsweetened coconut, shredded
  • ¼ cup almonds, slivered
  • ¼ cup semi sweet or milk chocolate chips (I used mini chips)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°
  2. In a medium bowl, add,sugar, eggs, vanilla extract,coconut extract and almond extract; beat until combined. Add coconut milk; mix until combined. Add coconut oil and mix until combined.
  3. In a separate bowl add flours, baking powder, baking soda sand salt. Mix together.
  4. Carefully incorporated flour mixture into wet mixture; fold until combined.
  5. Fold in coconut, almonds and chocolate chips
  6. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 9- x 5-inch loaf pan or 2 mini loafs.
  7. Bake for 40 - 50 minutes for 1 large loaf or 30 – 35 minutes for 2 mini loafs, or until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, shielding with aluminum foil after 50 minutes for a large and 20 minutes for mini to prevent excessive browning. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack.
Notes
Calories per slice: 153, Fat: 7.5, Cholesterol: 0, Sodium: 225, Potassium: 35, Carbs: 24, Fiber: 2, Sugar: 3, Protein: 3
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 slice
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Almond Joy Bread
I’m a little mad at myself with this recipe.  I originally made it with almond flour and holy crap did that make a mess!  It exploded in the oven.  Then I made it again with flour and I let it cook to long.  So the bottom of the bread was a little on the dark side, you can see that in the pictures.  Make sure you check your bread periodically to prevent it from burning.  If it gets dark in color, cover the top with aluminium foil.   My oven cooks way quicker than my old oven, so I am still getting used to baking times.  I’ll get it perfect one day.  But it couldn’t have been to bad because my Husband requested this bread again, so I shall make it again and soon!   That way I can show you more pictures!


I do love when you can take a sweet treat and turn it into something awesome like bread!  I really love this bread and I couldn’t stop nibbling on it.  It’s simply perfect!!!  If you love Almond Joys, you MUST make this bread!

Well I am off!  We are having a fall party tomorrow and I have to finish prepping it.  I’m making a mixed green salad with roasted butternut squash, pomegranate arils, cranberries, pumpkin seeds, goat cheese and my Maple Balsamic Dressing.  Everyone is bringing in goodies like fresh bread from the bakery, meatballs, cornbread stuffing, cheesecake and who knows what else.  I figured I better bring something healthy.  I am seeing a nutritionist to help me get back on track and I have to track my food intake starting tomorrow and that’s the party, so I need to be extra good!  This is going to be hard!  Next week, when I get my evaluation, I’ll let you know what she said.

Ok, I blabbed enough!  Have a great day!

Toodles,

Jennifer

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  1. Tony Rose says

    October 24, 2013 at 3:48 AM

    I love almonds and coconut so this is the one for me Jennifer.

    Reply
  2. Joanne says

    October 24, 2013 at 4:13 AM

    It’s almost like the boys TRY to sabotage us! But I’m glad you made lemonade out of lemons with this bread. It looks fabulous!

    Reply
  3. Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love. says

    October 24, 2013 at 10:09 PM

    One of my favorite candies in a bread! Love it!

    Reply
  4. Leslie says

    October 25, 2013 at 12:41 PM

    Question–The bread looks YUMMY; you indicate “Coconut Milk from a carton”. Is that whole or low fat Coconut Milk, pls? Thank you for sharing…trying this tonite!

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      October 25, 2013 at 6:01 PM

      Huh, good question!! I buy it at Trader Joe’s and they call it unsweetened coconut beverage. I know other brands like So Delicious and I think Silk sell it too. It’s about 50 – 60 calories for a cup of it. I love to use it when I bake and in smoothies. It’s thick and low calorie. You can find it in any grocery store near the cereal. Let me know if you have any other questions. 🙂

      Reply
  5. heather says

    October 26, 2013 at 6:23 PM

    i made this today, unfortunately it was a bit dry.
    think it needs an addition of yogurt or something.

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      October 26, 2013 at 6:39 PM

      Oh, no really! I am so sorry, I wonder why it was dry? It had coconut milk and oil in it. I’m sorry it didn’t work out.

      Reply
  6. Lori @ Foxes Love Lemons says

    October 30, 2013 at 8:03 AM

    I’m drooling over here, Jennifer. I’m such a coconut freak!

    Funny story: a few days ago I was at the store getting Halloween candy for the trick or treaters. I Instagrammed a photo of a bag of Almond Joys with a cheeky caption about how kids hate coconut, and really, I would be eating them all myself.

    Little did I know until later that night when I wanted to sneak a piece, I had forgotten to actually PUT the Almond Joys in my shopping cart! Oh, the humanity!

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      October 31, 2013 at 7:48 PM

      lol! Don’t you hate when you do stuff like that? Or you buy it and the cashier doesn’t put it in the bag. Like you, I am such a coconut freak too!!

      Reply

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