ORGANIC ALMOND JOY BARS

For over six weeks, I haven’t had sweets but when I found a recipe for Organic Almond Joy Bars and I had the ingredients, I knew I had to make some!  I substituted a few ingredients but they were so delicious!

I calculated the calories as best I could and figured each almond joy bar has about 200 calories.  Yes, that’s a bit if watching calories but it’s not much more than some protein bars. They have very little sugar, cholesterol or carbs so eating just one bar isn’t bad.  I got seven bars out of the recipe so they will last me at least a week but probably longer since half a bar is plenty filling.     CHECK OUT MY UPDATE  ON CALORIES, FAT, CARBS, ETC. AT THE END OF THIS BLOG 

ORGANIC ALMOND JOY BARS RECIPE

1 1/2 cups raw unsweetened coconut

5 tablespoons Stevia (can also use Agave but I’ve read things I don’t care for with that)

2 tablespoons coconut oil

1/3 cup melted coconut butter

1/3 cup unsweetened cacao powder

12 raw hazelnuts (I didn’t have almonds)

Stir the coconut, 3 tablespoons of Stevia (I mixed it with a little water), and the coconut oil together.  The mixture is easier to mix with your hands so it will stick together.  Scoop the portions on a baking sheet using either a silicone mat or you can use parchment paper and shape into rectangles.  Refrigerate about 30 minute until solid.

For the coating, I added the other 2 tablespoons of Stevia, melted coconut butter, and cacao powder in a small bowl and whisked until smooth.

The coconut bars were solid after I finished making the chocolate topping so I dipped each one into the chocolate coating and top each piece with 2 nuts.  I drizzled a bit more chocolate over the top to cover the nuts and refrigerated again until the chocolate hardens.

Me being the impatient one just HAD to try one of my Organic Almond Joy Bars before the chocolate coating was totally hardened. It was a little messy but OH SO GOOD!!  They are low on cholesterol, carbs and sugar also.  If you are on a diet or healthy eating plan, this might just be something for your “cheat day”!

If you want to follow me on my journey of my healthy eating plan,  I have the links to my blogs at the end of this update here: http://themarthareview.com/healthy-eating-plan-update/

UPDATE January 28, 2020

Since I have been following Chef William’s FB page, he was kind enough to breakdown the following information on my Almond Joy Bars. This is the information he forwarded to me so I’m sharing it with you so you can know the amount of calories, fat, carbs, etc. Be sure to check out his page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/YourKetoChef/

FROM CHEF WILLIAM: If someone is following the keto diet these are fat bombs although they are light on the fat. Going by your recipe but using almonds in place of the Hazelnuts, each one is 166 calories, 15.8 g Fat, 7.7 g Carbs, 4.9 g Fiber, and 2.6 g Protein  On the keto plan you are interested in Net carbs which we get by subtracting Fiber from total carbs so these Organic Almond Joy Bars have only 2.8 Net Carbs which makes them great as a Fat Bomb or dessert for those of us following a ketogenic diet.