Chocolate Almond Macaroon Bars have a tender short bread layer on bottom and an ooey, gooey coconut, dark chocolate & almond top.
“Almond Joys have nuts, Mounds don’t!” Do you remember that jingle from years ago? I sure do. As a kid I was always a bigger fan of the Almond Joys because they were milk chocolate. Let’s face it in the late 80’s early 90’s dark chocolate was kind of gross. Well I’m all grown up and prefer dark chocolate to milk these days, so I tend to opt for the Mounds now. Lately I have been craving Macaroons (not the trendy French Macarons) but the traditional, coconut ones.
Instead of making them into cookies, I thought why not give it a twist? These chocolate almond macaroon bars have a tender short bread layer on bottom and an ooey, gooey coconut, dark chocolate & almond top. Macaroons aren’t just for Passover anymore – at least not when you mix chocolate into them. I hope you’ll give these a try, enjoy and happy baking!
Chocolate Almond Macaroon Bars
Prep
Cook
Total
Yield 12 large or 16 small bars
Ingredients
- 1 c flour
- 1/3 c granulated sugar
- 1/4 c butter, cubed
- 2 c sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 c chocolate chips (I like dark chocolate, use whatever you like best)
- 1/2 c almonds, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350º and prepare an 8"x8" pan with baking spray.
- In a small bowl combine the flour and sugar, cut in the butter until a crumbly texture forms.
- Press the flour mixture into the pan and bake for 15 minutes.
- In a large bowl stir together the coconut, chocolate, almonds and sweetened condensed milk.
- Once the crust is finished baking cool for 10-15 minutes.
- Next spread the coconut mixture on top and bake for an additional 25 minutes.
- Cool 1 hour, slice into squares and serve.
Courses dessert, bar
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 bar
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* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
YUM! I just made some almond joy chocolate mousse (pudding). It was amazing–yours looks equally amazing =)
Thanks Jaime! They are so good, I’m trying not to eat them all since they are for tomorrow night!
These look mind-blowingly good. Im tempted to go make them for breakfast! 🙂 Ill be pinning for a more respectable time to bake them, though. 🙂 Found you through Saturday Link and Greet. Thanks!
@The Old-Fashioned Housewife if I hadn’t have baked them for an event, I would probably have ended up eating them for breakfast too!
Ok, seriously, I’m drooling. Love macaroon bars. Thank you for sharing this recipe at our Summer BBQ Bash!
I’m in…. LOVE!! That looks simply delicious!
Thanks for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality. I’m looking forward to seeing what you link up this evening 🙂
Wow! That is awesome! We’d love for you to link this to our party! http://housewivesofriverton.blogspot.com/2012/06/recipe-round-up-23.html
Thanks for the invite Paula, I hope you’ll try these, they are delicious!
That looks so good! I totally want to get some almond macaroons now. It has been a while since I have made some so it will be a great treat. I am off to the store right now to get some milk, and I will pick up all f these ingredients as well. Thank you so much for this great recipe! I am so excited to try it out!