Almond Joy Cookies — 🍪🙌 If you like Almond Joy candy bars, you’re going to love these cookies! Soft, chewy and loaded with coconut, almonds and dark chocolate!! Mmm!
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Easy Almond Joy Cookie Recipe
These chocolate and coconut Almond Joy cookies are some of the best cookies I’ve made in a long time!
They’re soft, ultra chewy, and loaded with amazing texture and so much almond-coconut flavor.
The crunchy and buttery slivered almonds, the sweetened shredded coconut, and plenty of chocolate make the cookies so satisfying. I used Fisher Natural Sliced Almonds, which are perfect for baking because they don’t contain added salt.
I was recently in New York City on a trip sponsored by Fisher with a dozen other bloggers.
While there we attended a cooking demo that Chef Alex Guarnaschelli hosted at her restaurant, Butter.
I’ve always loved watching her on Chopped and Iron Chef and it was so fun to meet her and watch her cook.
It was a fast, whirlwind trip and then I came home and made cookies.
Ingredients for Almond Joy Cookies
To make these almond coconut chocolate chip cookies, you’ll need:
- Unsalted butter
- Light brown sugar
- Granulated sugar
- Egg
- Coconut extract
- Almond extract
- All-purpose flour
- Cornstarch
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Sweetened shredded coconut
- Slivered almonds
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Almond Joy Cookies
- Cream together the butter, sugars, egg, and extracts (it takes about 4 minutes).
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then add in the dry ingredients.
- Fold in the chocolate chips, almonds, and coconut.
- Using your hands or a cookie scoop, form approximately 13 equal-sized mounds of dough, roll into balls, and flatten slightly. Chill the dough for at least 2 hours before baking.
- Bake until the edges have set and the tops are just set, even if slightly undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center.
Recipe FAQs
Yes! Do NOT bake with unchilled dough because the coconut almond chocolate chip cookies will bake thinner, flatter, and be more prone to spreading.
Cookies will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 6 months.
I used both almond and coconut extracts to boost and intensify those flavor profiles. I love baking with almond extract and in the cookies, it’s the more pronounced of the two extracts. They’re sold in the baking aisle near vanilla extract and while you could use vanilla extract, I recommend making the recipe as written.
The recipe makes a baker’s dozen, which is perfect if you don’t need a huge batch of these tempting little morsels laying around, but you can easily double it if you do for cookie exchanges or holiday parties.
Great cookie! I just made them and I doubled the batch because I wanted more than the 13 cookies the recipe mentioned. — Neal
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Almond Joy Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened (1 stick)
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons coconut extract
- 1 to 2 teaspoons almond extract, I use 2 and love almond extract, but if you don’t use 1
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstach
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- pinch salt, optional and to taste
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 cup slivered almonds
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or large mixing bowl and electric mixer) combine the butter, sugars, egg, extracts, and beat on medium-high speed until creamed and well combined, about 4 minutes.
- Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, optional salt, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 1 minute.
- Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the coconut, almonds, chocolate chips, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 30 seconds.
- Using a large cookie scoop, 1/4-cup measure, or your hands, form approximately 13 equal-sized mounds of dough, roll into balls, and flatten slightly. Tip – Strategically chocolate chips on top of each mound by taking chips from the underside and adding them on top.
- Place mounds on a large plate or tray, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, up to 5 days. Do not bake with unchilled dough because cookies will bake thinner, flatter, and be more prone to spreading.
- Preheat oven to 350F, line a baking sheet with a Silpat or spray with cooking spray. Place dough mounds on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart (I bake 8 cookies per sheet).
- Bake for about 10 to 11 minutes (I baked for just under 11 minutes), or until edges have set and tops are just set, even if slightly undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center; don’t overbake. Coconut is prone to burning and undersides of cookies can easily become too dark so watch them closely. Cookies will be pale and look un-done, but firm up as they cool.
- Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for about 10 minutes before serving. I let them cool on the baking sheet and don’t use a rack.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Averie, these recipes and your cookie photos look scrumptious!!! You are so talented. I am kind of new to Pinterest and your blog is my favorite. I have made your pineapple upside down cake and a delicious cheesy soup so far. It is amazing how many incr
Thanks for the wonderful compliments and so glad you’ve been enjoying my recipes! Glad to hear my blog is your favorite :)
My sister made me these after I had my third baby this Spring. These are now a family favourite and I love that I can make the dough and then freeze to bake when I’m ready. So delish!
Thanks for trying the recipe and I’m glad it came out great for you and that it’s now a family favorite!
Just made the dough to this. They are in the fridge now. If the cookies are even half as good as the dough… They will be so tasty!! I have a feeling this will be one of my favorite cookie recipes! thanks!!
Thanks for trying the recipe (dough so far!) and I think you’re going to love the cookies just as much as the dough!
Do you think these could be baked as bar cookies, sort of like brownies? They sound wonderful.
Hi,
I’m making these tomorrow :-)
Which of your cookies would travel the best if shipped Priority Mail? I would like to send cookies to Las Vegas and Idaho Falls and I live in North Dakota. Thanks in advance!
Gosh that’s a tough question. I honestly think any will hold up just fine. I would definitely make sure to NOT at ALL overbake them. Transporting baked goods has a way of drying them out horribly so make sure they’re on the ooey-gooey side – plus they won’t break or crack that way either then!
I made these today and they are delicious! I didn’t have time to refrigerate, and just made them a regular sized cookie. It made 3 dozen cookies. Didn’t have any coconut flavoring, but like you, I love almond flavor, so used 2 tsp. Thanks so much for sharing :)
Thanks for trying the recipe and I’m glad it came out great for you!
The Almond Joy cookies are fantastic! Everyone loved them. Thank you for the recipe. I will be using it again and again….
So glad you’ll be using this recipe again & again and everyone loved them!
I cannot find coconut extract anywhere! I’ve seen the imitation coconut extract, but don’t want to get that. I do have a bottle of coconut flavor – would that work?
The coconut extract I use is imitation as well. I have never seen non-imitation coconut extract so you’re fine – just go with the imitation!
These turned out lovely. Really great, unique flavours. Nice for when you want to make chocolate chip cookies but you want something different!!! Thank you for the recipe.
These are definitely on my “must bake” list!!
Yes – I love everything about these cookies!!
What a delicious looking cookie! One of favorite sweet treat often is Almond Joy! Almond joy in a cookie sounds yumm to me! can’t wait to try! pinning!
Be still my heart! I love almond joy – so SO much! It looks like you had a super fun trip – what a great group of girls!! Love these Averie – pinned!
Thanks for pinning, Trish! And it was a super fun and fast and furious trip but great to see everyone and be in NYC!
one of my favorite favorite candy bars is almond joy! I can’t believe you made it into a cookie! genius
What a fun trip, Averie! I’ve only been to NY once and it was out in the country. Beautiful but I’d love to visit the city. I know there is so much to see!
About Mounds and Almond Joy – I never liked either. TEXTURE! But I’ve always liked Snickers. Go figure. BUT, I’m growing out of that texture nonsense and I know I’d gobble up these cookies. :)
Thanks, Julie, and thanks for all your tweets and shares and all your social love! So appreciated!!
You’re welcome, Averie!
My sister is obsessed with almond joys…may need to send her a care package at college with these! :)