The Ugliest Candy You Will Ever Eat.

Basing what I made off of this recipe. Seroius Eats Almond Joy candies Its pretty damn tasty, almost more than the actual candy, and super easy. I wasn't able to get my hands on a silicone baking mat so I used tiny cupcake liners in a tiny cupcake/muffin tin. Worked out pretty well but mine aren't nearly as pretty as the ones on Serious Eats are.

Next time I make these I think I will heat up the pan as suggested(I thought this might have been something only for the silicone pan/thing) or maybe allow the first layer of chocolate chips melt a bit before adding coconut. The bottom of mine got melty but kept their shape. Like I said, ugliest candy ever.


Ingredients
     1 pack of tiny cupcake liners
     1 cup shredded coconut (I used Kroger's flaked sweetened)
     1/2 cup sliced almonds (I used Kroger's)
     1/2 cup Cream of Coconut (I used Kroger's)
     18 ounces semisweet chocolate morsels (I used Ghiradelli Semisweet)
    

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300°F. Line cupcake pan with tiny liners of your color choice. I promise once these are eaten no one will care if you use Easter ones in February.

2. In a large bowl combine the coconut, almonds, and coconut cream. Mix well. Cover bottom of liner with chocolate chips.

3. Place 1/2 teaspoonful of the coconut-almond mixture into center of each cavities, on top of chocolate morsels. Then cover coconut mixture with more chocolate chips. Try to give even coverage but if your coconut is peeking through a bit that's ok, it will get covered in a little bit.

4. Bake until chocolate starts to melt and is easy to spread, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven. Use the back of a teaspoon to smooth out the top(since we are cheating and using liners you wont be popping these over) of the chocolates. Gently shake the pan up and down a little to force out any air bubbles.

5. Place the pan in the refrigerator for 1 hour or so.

6. Remove from refrigerator and snarf.