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Get the taste of your favourite chocolate bar without any added sugar in this Almond Joy Nut Butter! Perfect for spreading on toast, oatmeal or your favorite smoothie!

It’s official, I have eaten chocolate with breakfast for 9 days in a row. I’m also very much back on the oatmeal train, cycling through my mocha overnight oats, cookie dough oats and almond joy oats like it’s my job. I wish it were my job…

The third one is responsible for the stroke of genius that is this almond butter. Almond butter is far superior to all its butter cousins when it comes to mixing into oats. I know this for a fact.

almond joy butterI’m fairly certain I ate oats with my Almond Coconut Butter for a year straight before deciding that other breakfast options might be acceptable. I was so obsessed that this almond butter was the first recipe I ever posted on the blog. It’s kind of a shame though that I did since I literally cringe when I look at the pictures. They do not do justice to the deliciousness that is this recipe. BTW, I’ve decided that subbing out the cashews makes no difference so I just don’t use them anymore.

almond joy butter 2But these days it’s been all about chocolate + almond butter. Typically I’ve been mixing almond butter and chocolate chips into my oats each morning, but thanks to an excessive amount of food and a limited amount of shelf space, I have to take out a stool and use some impressive acrobatic skills to get to the chocolate chips.

A normal person would just find a more accessible place for the chocolate chips, but I think we have established by now that I am not normal. So instead I nipped it in the bud and just threw some cocoa powder into some almond butter…with coconut. I swear the time I save from reaching, climbing, pouring and stirring those chocolate chips into my oats has been life changing. I consider this Almond Joy Butter the ultimate life hack.

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Almond Joy Butter

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  • Author: The Healthy Maven
  • Prep Time: 11 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 21 mins
  • Yield: 1 1/2 cups 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups almonds
  • 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Spread out almonds on a baking sheet and bake for 11 mins (watch closely so they don’t burn).
  3. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly.
  4. Add almonds and coconut to a food processor and begin processing, scraping the sides down as needed.
  5. Once almonds become creamy, add in cocoa powder, vanilla and sea salt.
  6. Continue processing until mixture becomes smooth and creamy. Total process can take anywhere from 5-10 mins depending on your food processor.
  7. Store in a sealable jar in the cupboard for up to 1 month or longer in the fridge

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Hi! I'm Davida and welcome to my corner of the internet. I'm a wellness blogger, yoga teacher, certified herbalist, and green beauty lover.

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93 Comments

  1. “Chocolate for breakfast yay or nay”? – yup definitely lurve your sarcasm and wit and… punctuation…the way I read that was “Chocolate for breakfast YAY!”
    This almond joy butter looks heavenly – and I know you wouldn’t post this unless you had an extra batch for me – right?!

  2. I’m pretty sure that chocolate is acceptable at any point of the day. I’m pretty sure I was going for about 3 weeks straight of chocolate at breakfast…maybe I should try to break that streak 😉

  3. This looks wonderful! I’m so down with chocolate at breakfast if I’m in the mood. Normally it’s in pancakes or something of the sort.

  4. Yup. Going on my “make ASAP” list! Oddly enough, I’ve never made my own nut butter. I think I’m ready to give it a try! Thanks for the recipe!

    1. Life changing! I never buy store bought anymore and save so much money 🙂

  5. This sounds delicious! Looks like my food processor is gonna get another workout in the next few days 🙂 As for chocolate for breakfast…..how about chocolate being the first thing that you do upon waking up in the morning? Yep, thats me…..do not follow that professional athlete tip…..oops! I may be very good at monitoring my intake of the right foods most of the time, but I need that chocolate as the first thing I do. I manage to break the habit in the 6 weeks before an important race, but the rest of the year….its my favorite thing to do….so in answer to your question….YES!

  6. I remember that what impressed me the most about your blog back when I first found it was that you made all of these nut butters and spreads from scratch. At the time, I couldn’t have IMAGINED doing anything like that, and I thought you were so creative! Who knew that a year later we’d be besties? 🙂

    Also, I want to try cookie dough oats. I have a feeling they are one of those things that have a great name, but then don’t taste like the name…but I could be wrong, and they are actually delicious and remind me of my favorite post-dinner snack. And that would be amazing.

    1. I love that I won you over with my nut butter skills!

      I’ll email you the recipe. They’re so damn good it’ll make you like oatmeal!

  7. Wow this looks and sounds incredible. I have always wanted to make my own nut butter but unfortunately I don’t have a food processor!

  8. Chocolate for every meal maybe?? And yes I 100% appreciate your sarcasm. Please keep it coming! I’m slightly terrified of trying to make my own nut butter, but now that I have my own food processor, I think I have to get adventurous and take the plunge. What’s the worst that can happen? A chocolate/almond/coconut concoction that isn’t smooth enough to be butter? Sounds like a pretty good consolation prize to me. 🙂

    1. besties for the resties!!! Stalking out the closest TJs next week so we can be lunchbox buddies. You have no idea how excited I am. Wow we are such foodies…p.s. update me on yo lyfeeeee and one person in particular. k thanks.