Well, these didn't taste EXACTLY like the candybar, but they sure were GOOD! Thick, chewy, and full of flavor - I ate 5 or 6 before I finally controlled myself! :) I heeded other reviewers' suggestions by increasing the coconut to 3 c. and decreasing the choc. to 4 c. I happened to have 4 See's milk choc. bars w/almonds, so I chopped those up and threw them in w/the choc. chips (to total 4 c.), and the next time I make these, I will use all milk choc., and no semi-sweet. To me, that's why these didn't taste exactly like the candy bar...the semi-sweet was kind of an overpowering flavor. Anyway, if you love chocolate chip cookies, coconut, and almonds, then I highly recommend these babies! Eat them w/a cold glass of milk, and you'll be in Cookie Heaven!! :)
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100% my new FAVORITE cookie!!! Almond Joy is my favorite candy and the dough (ok, I admit to being one of those who eat the dough... someone has to taste it right, mine as well be me?!?!) DOES taste just like an almond joy candy bar - and the baked up cookies are to die for!!! I served them at a BBQ last night and to family today and and twice someone said 'these are way too good' and they really are, every single person had seconds! DS also loved 'em. I toasted my almonds and roughly chopped them, used half sweetened and half unsweetened coconut and used 1 regular size bag mini chocolate chips - and subbed 1/4 cup egg beaters for one of the eggs. I have a 4.5qt kitchen aid mixer and it was full to the brim - the amount written makes a huge amount of cookies. I had to have my DH stir at the very end, the mixer just wasn't going to cut it. I baked up half and froze the rest of the dough (don't know why I bothered I'm going to have to make again for our next get together tomorrow!) Thanks for posting this very awesome recipe!!
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Very, very good cookies. I hope other Zaar members will try these. They have everything an Almond Joy has -- and even more!!! I used my ice cream scoop to drop the cookies onto the baking sheet. It holds at least 2 tablespoons -- maybe even more. I got a whole lot more than 36 cookies -- probably almost double that. I went back over the recipe and I don't see where I measured anything incorrectly. I'll be interested to know, as others try these wonderful cookies, if they also get more than the 3 dozen the recipe indicates. But who's complaining -- MORE IS BETTER!!!!
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These cookies are incredible V. Thank you so much for begging your friend...they are so worth it. I can't believe how much they taste like the chocolate bar. These wonderful cookies are crisp, creamy, very chocolatey and are full of coconut. They are the bomb. I had to omit the almonds because of my dh's allergy, but I bet they are even better with the nuts. I used dairy milk chocolate chips. I'll be making these again and again. Into my keeper box this goes.
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This was very simple and yummy recipe! The only suggestions that I would make would be to use less chocolate chips, as they overpower the flavor of the coconut/almond. I also havled the recipe instead of the full servings suggested. I did not have any fresh almonds so I used 3 teaspoons of organic almond extract and 1/2 teaspoon of coconut emulsion. I use Guittard Chocolate Chips and they overpowered these flavors. But loved the cookie texture, a bit fluffy and chewy. Will bake again for sure but use less chocolate chips, maybe 1 cup just to sutle the chocolate flavor!
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Most wonderful! I'm sure the original is incredible, but they're also wonderful with the following modifications (based on what I had available!)
-Macadamia nuts instead of almonds.
-Doubled the coconut
-Toasted the coconut and chopped nuts together.
-Added about a tablespoon of Amaretto.
These modifications add a considerable amount of spread, so accommodate by giving them plenty of room to grow.
Thank you so much for this delicious recipe!
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Not too sweet and pretty tasty but I wished they had more coconut flavor -- the texture of the coconut was there, but the almonds and chocolate seem to mask the flavor. The next time, I will add Coconut (and just a drop of) Almond extract. Made about 40 cookies from a half batch and like momma213, mine didn't spread much either so I too, flattened the 2nd, 3rd and 4th trays of cookies. My coworkers enjoyed them a great deal -- said I am too picky and my own worst critic! Mahalo for posting!
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Really good, they didn't spread much so I flatten them some before baking. I use part Slenda and part regular sugars could be why. Thanks for a wonderful recipe.
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Wow! This does make a lot of cookies! Make sure to use a very large bowl. I was almost overflowing mine, lol. I was able to get 6 dozen good size cookies. The taste is fabulous but I would like to taste more of the coconut, maybe add a little more next time. I only used 4 cups of chocolate chips. We like our cookies on the crisper side so I baked them for about 12 minutes. Yummy with a tall glass of milk!!!
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Just made a 1/2 a batch (there's just me and my BF), and these came out great!
I'll make these again and again!
5-stars! Thanks for posting!
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I made these and they were the best tasting cookies. I made them again because the first batch was eaten by my family so fast! In the second batch I used Christmas colored M & M's and chocolate chips. Again my family went crazy over how good these cookies are! I will continue to use this recipe for whatever combination of chips and other ingrediants I decide to use! I still like the original recipe but my family isn't that crazy about coconut! Thanks for sharing!
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Great cookies! I loved that they had almonds in them - most cookie recipes seem to call for pecans or walnuts. I only used half the amount of chocolate chips & it was difficult to get that many blended into the dough. I thought my cookies were on the large side but was able to get more than 6 dozen out of one batch.
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These didn't taste anything like an almond joy to me, but- Anyone who loves coconut and chocolate chip cookies will be in heaven on this one. Perfect!!! 5*+++++ Thank you.
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These were great. My husband couldn't keep his hands off of the dough! Pretty close to the candy bar, but who cares, they are yummy! The dough got to be too thick for my mixer, so I dumped it into a LARGE mixing bowl and made my husband mix it with a wooden spoon. Again, made more than 3 dozen, more like 5. But I am not complaining! They were a hit at the school carnival! Thanks Chef V!
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These turned out super! They really did taste like an Almond Joy when you bit into some coconut in a cooled down cookie. I used Ghirardelli 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips and sliced almonds. Added an extra tsp. vanilla because I used whole wheat pastry flour which makes the dough a little thicker and harder to mix. Makes a lot of cookies!!! I have 3 big ziploc bags full of cookies! Yeah!
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i made these for my moms 85th birthday party they were a huge success everyone loved them thanks for the recipe
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Chocolate chip cookies with almonds and coconut - what's not to love! I used a small scoop and liked that they didn't spread too much, like my reg. cc cookie recipe.
I cut the recipe in half and got 28 cookies. I would probably gotten a few more, but I kept eating the dough. Reviewed for ZWT3
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Wonderful cookies loaded with chocolate, coconut, and almonds. I halved the recipe and ended up with 45 large cookies. I can't wait to share these with my family!
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