Almond Joy Candy Food

ALMOND JOY CHOCOLATE BARK

Steps:

• Melt chocolate over very low heat.
• Pour chocolate into a parchment lined 8x8 inch baking dish.
• Scatter almonds and 3 tablespoons of coconut over chocolate.
• Using a spatula spread the mixture evenly back and forth to ½ inch thickness.
• Sprinkle remaining tablespoon of coconut on top of mixture.
• Place bark in fridge for 2 hours to set.
• Break into square bars.
• Serve.

ALMOND JOY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Combine the eggs, sugar, canola oil, butter, vanilla, and coconut extract into a large mixing bowl.
• Beat ingredients on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder. Starting with the flour mixture alternate flour, and then buttermilk till all is combined.
• Add egg mixture.
• Mix until just combined. Do NOT over mix. Fold in coconut, chocolate chips and almonds.
• Pour into two loaf pans that have been greased and floured or sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.
• Remove from oven and place on rack to dry. While cakes are still warm, poke several holes in the top of the cake with a fork. Drizzle Coconut Glaze into the holes.
• Coconut Glaze:.
• Place ingredients into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Allow to boil for about a minute.
• Turn heat off but leave saucepan on burner. Drizzle over bread.
• Cool.

ALMOND JOY FUDGE BROWNIES - USE UP THAT LEFTOVER HALLOWEEN CANDY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with nonstick spray.
• Prepare mix according to package directions, except use only 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Pour into your preprared pan.
• Pour and spread condensed milk on top of the mixture.
• Sprinkle with chopped candy bars and almonds.
• Bake for 35 to 38 minutes.

ALMOND JOY BARS

Steps:

• Melt margarine,stir in sugar and graham crackers until all worked in together.
• Pat in the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.
• while the crust is baking, mix the sweetened condensed milk with the coconut until all the coconut is incorporated with the sweetened condensed milk.
• I usually chop the almonds up as the bars cut easier when they are chopped rather than left whole, but that is a personal choice.
• When the crust is out of the oven, spread filling over the crust. Once the filling is spread, sprinkle the toasted almonds over the filling.
• Bake the bars for 20 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Once you take the bars out of the oven, I turn my oven off, sprinkle the chocolate chips over the bars and return to oven for a few minutes until the chips are melted enough to spread with a knife.
• I have found over the years that scoring the bars while the chocolate is still soft, helps when cutting the bars after they have cooled. Other wise when you cut the cooled bars, they don't seem to cut cleanly and neatly. I also cut them into tiny bite size pieces, they are very rich and by cutting them small, they go alot further.

ALMOND JOY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour two 9-in. round baking pans. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, buttermilk, eggs and oil; beat on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium 2 minutes. Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 28-32 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For filling, in a large saucepan, combine marshmallows, sugar, milk and cornstarch. Cook and stir over low heat until marshmallows are melted; increase heat to medium and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Stir in coconut and almonds. Remove from heat; cool. Refrigerate filling until cold but still spreadable, about 45 minutes., Using a long serrated knife, cut each cake horizontally in half. Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. Spread with 1/3 of coconut filling. Repeat twice. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread fudge frosting over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate until set, at least 1 hour. Garnish with coconut flakes and almonds if desired. Refrigerate leftovers.

ALMOND JOY CANDIES

Steps:

• Toast the almonds in the oven at 400°F just till they are warm and you can start to smell them (3-5 min); set aside.
• Bring the Karo to a boil and add the coconut, remove from heat and add extract.
• Place in fridge till firm.
• Form into 12 round balls or 6 ovals and place on waxed paper -- press 1 almond to each ball or 2 to each oval and chill for 1/2 hour. (You can play with the size of these, if you like more filling to less chocolate, make them bigger, you'll just get fewer).
• Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or in a microwave being careful to stir often and not cook--just melt.
• Dip each candy into the chocolate; coat evenly and completely. No coconut should be exposed! Place on a wax paper lined cookie sheet in the fridge till chocolate is set.
• Store in a airtight container.