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Want a twist on your traditional No Bake Cookies? Well how about giving it a candy bar flavor and make No Bake Almond Joy Cookies. Super easy, fun and absolutely delicious.

I love cookies, have I ever told you that? If not it really should be obvious that I’m completely in love with all things cookie related. Or just dessert related in general.

Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t just sit and munch out on sweets all day long (although I wish I could), I do believe everything in moderation.

I am one girl who cannot give up a good dessert, let alone cookies! Especially these No Bake Almond Joy Cookies. I love Almond Joy candy bars, and these remind me of them so much.

Easy desserts are what I flock to at times, with a little one at home and being busy a lot if I can find an easy meal or dessert the better.

Like my friend always tells me you don’t have to have massive ingredients for something to taste good, it’s those easy recipes that will surprise you.

And that my friends are these Almond Joy Cookies! They are little in size but big in flavor and that is something that you can’t ignore. Once you start it’s hard to stop

Some of my other favorite cookie recipes that I have on my site include M&M Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies, Cinnamon Cream Cheese Cookies and Chocolate Potato Chip Cookies.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

With minimal ingredients, they come together quickly.
You can double or halve the batch depending on who you’re serving.
Everything comes together perfectly making the perfect textured cookie.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE BELOW):

Butter
Sugar
Milk
Cocoa powder
Nutella
Vanilla extract
Coconut extract
Oats
Coconut
Almonds

These Almond Joy Cookies have been one of my family’s favorite recipes for a while. We love making them often because they are so easy to make and they make a large batch.

These cookies do not last long in this house at all, never have. We also have allll the people always asking for the recipe since they are used to the regular No Bake Cookies.

So I figured that I would finally publish it so I don’t have to keep writing it out for everyone anymore, which is fine by me because I love that I can share this delicious recipe with you guys.

HOW TO MAKE NO BAKE ALMOND JOY COOKIES:

In a large saucepan or high-sided sauté pan add the butter, sugar, milk, and cocoa powder.
Melt together and bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute then remove from heat.
Add in the Nutella, vanilla, and coconut extract and whisk until smooth and creamy.
Mix in the oats and coconut and stir until fully covered and coated.
Place a piece of parchment paper on a flat surface and, using a cookie scoop or ice cream scoop, scoop about 2 heaping tablespoons into mounds on your parchment paper, press one whole almond on each cookie and let it set for about 30-40 minutes.

How easy are these? I mean seriously! You really can’t go wrong with these Almond Joy Cookies, they are just so fun and flavorful and the mixture of textures is amazing.

They are not overly wet or dry so they are the perfect texture for us and everyone that we have served these to in the past, just an all-around favorite cookie recipe.

WHAT ARE NO BAKE COOKIES:

No Bake Cookies are traditional as what the name says are cookies that you don’t have to bake. They can be any sort of cookie. But the most well-known ones include the oats and cocoa mixture.

The regular no bake cookies are similar to this recipe but use peanut butter instead of the Nutella that we used here, they also do not use coconut or coconut extract.

That is what makes these No Bake Almond Cookies special, they are like your favorite well-known cookie but with a twist, and if you know me, I love to put twists on things!

This recipe alone makes around 32 cookies, depending non how big you make them. We like to use a cookie scoop but not fully fill it up to create these.

That is just one trick that makes it go faster when we go and let these set up as it makes things so much easier than using a spoon or a smaller cookie scoop.

I like mid-sized cookies and these are right there, they are not huge but they are not small either, they are the perfect-sized hand-held treat that we love!

Literally, I’m telling you if you like Almond Joy’s then you will love these bad boys! The flavors between the Nutella, almond, and coconut really work well together.

They do create that flavor like you are eating one of your favorite candy bars, well one of my favorites that’s for sure. But if you just love almond and coconut then you’d really enjoy these cookies.

HOW TO STORE:

These cookies can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container or ziptop bag for up to one week and in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

These can also be frozen. Let cookies set up and cool completely then place in an airtight container, layer cookies separated by a piece of parchment paper. You can also use gallon-sized ziplock baggies as well.

Place cookies in the freezer and they should keep for up to 3 months. Let defrost on the countertop before serving.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

Quick-cooking oats need to be used in this recipe as they are smaller, do not use old-fashioned oats.
We use Nutella in this because we want more of that almond and coconut flavor coming through.
We love topping with whole almonds to really give these that Almond Joy effect, but that is completely optional.
These cookies need at least 30 minutes to set up before consuming.
They can be frozen, see my tips above on how to do that.
Our trick for the perfect-sized cookie is using an ice cream scoop filled about 3/4 full.

If you want a fun and flavorful cookie recipe then you need to make these No Bake Almond Joy Cookies! They will soon become one of your favorite cookie recipes.

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