Homemade Almond Joys, Healthy and Easy [Picture] [Recipe]

I had not had an Almond Joy candy bar in years and then my daughter scored a few while trick or treating, and like a good Mom, I ate them all. They were so good. So then, I decided that I could make them, and make them without all the chemical crap in the store bought kind. Turns out, you can make them easily with just 5 ingredients. Yeah, 5.

There are lots of very similar recipes floating around the internet, but I loosely followed this recipe from DeliciouslyOrganic.net:

Homemade Almond Joy Recipe:

Ingredients

• 2 cups unsweetened coconut
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• 12 whole almonds
• 6 ounces dark chocolate, melted
• 1 tablespoon virgin coconut oil

Instructions

Place coconut and maple syrup in the bowl of a food processor. Process for 2 minutes, until coconut is very moist and clumps together when squeezed between your fingers. Place a cooling rack on top of a large baking sheet. Using your hands, take about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the coconut mixture and form it into an oval. Place on the cooling rack. Repeat with remaining coconut. Place an almond on top of each coconut mound. Whisk together the chocolate and coconut oil until smooth. Using a large spoon, spoon about a tablespoon of chocolate over each coconut/almond mound. Refrigerate for 10 minutes until firm. Serve. (These keep in the refrigerator for about 4 days.)