Almond Joy Scones.
There are a few reasons you may like them:
1. It’s sort of weird to eat Halloween candy for breakfast. I mean, I totally did it for 16 years of my life between the days of Nov 1st and 4th, when I developed the worst stomach ache of the century (yes, every single year) from eating too many Almond Joys and Snickers’. This is no Mallo Cup but it sure tastes like a treat, and you won’t look weird eating it.
2. They are fluffy and dense all at the same time. Scones are often touted as healthy and hey, I’m not about to shut that down. I think it’s because they have less sugar or something than muffins and face-sized cookies, but what do I know? Whatever… that’s fine by me. Especially when I cover them in tons… and tons… of calories.
3. While they were baking, I whipped up some bread made with brown butter. Scones are good for the creative mind. The scones made me do it. Thank the scones.
4. I finally found some cake-flavored vodka yesterday. After sampling a “fruit cake” (add fruit punch), a “cake for breakfast” (add iced coffee), a “cake tart” (add limeade), a “diet cake” (ha! add diet soda), and a “cake beer float” (umm hellllo yes…. add root beer), I (passed out after I) decided that you must hear about the scones today. I don’t know why… just thank the scones.
I totally used to be one of those weirdos who hated scones. In fact, I’ve never been a huge fan of pastries. Except for pumpkin donuts. And fresh cherry glazed donuts. Annnnd… cheese danishes.
And cream puffs? Okay I’m done.
Oh wait, one more.
Chocolate croissants.
Raise your hand if you think I need to make those.
In the meantime, I should probably take drizzling lessons. See above.
But I can’t really help it if I’m heavy handed on the candy. It’s just how I am. And you can’t change me, darnit!
I made these scones sort of look like biscuits. I was bored of triangles. It happens. Make it happen.
Almond Joy Scones
[adapted from these scones {in which post I use waaaay too many italics}]
makes 16 scones
2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
2/3 cup almond meal
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup cold butter (1 1/2 sticks), cut into small pieces
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon coconut extract
raw turbinado sugar for sprinkling
3 ounces of chocolate, melted
Preheat oven to 425.
In large bowl combine flour, almond meal, sugar, coconut, baking soda, powder, and salt.. Cut in butter until it forms coarse crumbs with the flour mixture – I actually use my hands to combine and mash the butter in. Stir in buttermilk, coconut extract and vanilla extract. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently.
Divide dough in half and pat into 7-inch round circles.. Cut into 6 or 8 wedges, or use a round biscuit cutter. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with coarse sugar
Bake at 425 for 12-14 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool, then drizzle with melted chocolate.
There is only one left and I’m about to wrestle someone for it.
177 Comments on “Almond Joy Scones.”
These are the scones of my dreams – and this has nothing to do with your scones but right now the Husband’s alarm clock hs been going off for at least 5 minutes and I think I’m going to hear beeping for the rest of the day.
That is all.
Happy Friday.
Go scones!
All other scones pale in comparison now. Can you tell Starbucks to carry these, please?
*raises hand* lets see that recipe!
Drizzle doesn’t have to be perfect, the more the better. :)
oh no you didn’t…
When I was a child I remember sneaking into my Halloween candy stash and stealing some before all the meals of the day. My mother always wondered why I wasn’t hungry :D
I have to have these scones! Never has a scone looked so good before.
I like your round scones. You’re such a rebel ;) Looks delicious!
how do you drizzle your chocolate so pretty??? I know you said you need lessons…but mine looks so much clumpier than that haha!!
I just used a fork!
Scones are always improved by the addition of a chocolate drizzle. Love these!
Love the chocolaty drizzle over these lovely scones..almond meal in it sounds exciting. And like the round cuts.
These just totally made the breakfast rotation! I am sure the boys teachers’ will thank me!!!
I too have been in a scone place lately. You reckon it’s the time of year? And I too raise my hand to croissants!
Love the idea of using the biscuit cutter. They look fabulous!
You’re making me huuungry!!! :D
They look fabulous.
Can not wait to try the recipe.
Thanks for sharing it.
Ok, so these are the Almond Joy scones, but what about Snickers scones? I’d be all over those.
Snickers are my favorite candy bar evvvver.
Aw yeah, with peanut meal instead of almond meal, and chocolate and caramel – or salted caramel – drizzled on top…
I love baking scones too. Just recently!
I really like baking with almond meal. Great idea for a sweeeet breakfast! Ah, halloween yummy aches. Its my dads birthday. When we were young, we used to go trick or treating and then come home for pumpkin pie (for the birthday). I always went to bed with a tummy ache
I can only imagine… pie on top of the candy! Yikes!
The coffee shops of our neighborhoods neeeeed these! ….I am amazed! Great thinking, so inspired!
Oh WOW! I think you need to sell these to Starbucks! I’m assuming almond meal isn’t just ground almonds…. is it?
Yes it is! You can buy it in the store and it’s called almond meal, but you can also just grind your own almonds to make it. :)
Oh, yum. These will be just to hard to resist and I have all the ingredients just waiting to be used.
I can totally relate to the mounds/snickers for breakfast situation. If I didn’t have a measure of adult self control, candy would still be my breakfast of choice.
So, is there a snickers breakfast treat in the works?? I hope so!
um,okay,hello,pleasecomeintomymouthnow.
My hand is raised way up high for chocolate croissants.
I used to have two hidden Halloween stashes – one that was easy for my brother and sister to find, which contained things like fruit-flavored tootsie rolls and Paydays. The other one contained the motherload: Reese’s peanut butter cups, Milky Ways, Almond Joys,etc. I would save that stash just so I could pull out a Nutrageous in December to tick off my siblings.
Hahahah you are brilliant! Wish I would have thought of that.
These look outrageously good! As in stop everything and make them good!!
i want to nap all day long and then eat these during the minutes i’m awake.
all weekend long :)
*Raising hand whilst standing on a table*
Those look awesome. Hmm, I wonder if you could chop up some Almond Joys and mix them in the dough or would they change the texture too much. Ooh, that’s a dangerous place to go! :-)
The cake vodka is awesome. The whipped cream vodka is “awesomer”. lol. Try it! The scones look fabulous. Not too complicated either. Will definitely be making these!
I have the whipped cream – very good!
I was never a scone girl, until I actually ate one (thank you Panera).
So I am thinking these are gonna be pretty much delicious.
And I think I pull of the Mallo Cup for breakfast ;)
Holy sweet sugar crash first thing in the morning! :)
I audibly gasped when I saw the title of this post. And it did not disappoint. I have a thing for scones and adding the almond joy twist is sort of brilliant. Great recipe!
PLEASE MAKE CHOCOLATE CROISSANTS!!! It’s my must-do fall project, and if YOU make them I know it will be a good recipe. Cuts the chance of disappointing kitchen disaster by at least 75%. Please and thank you!
Mmm….nothing like candy for breakfast! Plus, I have a new love for almond meal. Fav!!! :-) These look so delicious, especially with the chocolate drizzle. Thank you scones!
Ok. YUM! And now I totally want one….:)
Hi, I love your blog. I actually made a gluten-free almond joy scone recipe on my blog a while back. Take a look! They are super moist and scrumptious!
I’m raising my hand reeeeeally high. I totally lived on chocolate croissants when I was abroad…that’s cultural immersion, right?
how did you know almond joys were my favorite?!? :)
these look so, so good. so much better than the oatmeal i had for breakfast.
and isn’t buttermilk the best? i can’t make biscuits or pancakes or scones without it.
Mmmmm…almond joys happen to be my FAVORITE of the Halloween candy lineup. Yum!!
I’m glad that you said you ate Halloween candy for breakfast for 16 years of your life because…uhh…I might still do that. Haha
That said – I would happily take these over that!
OH wow. I am obsessed with scones and love inventing new ones… These ones sound AMAZING!! What a fab combination!
I’ve never been a huge fan of scones, either. BUT drizzle chocolate on something and give it a candy name, I’ll gobble it up!
Cake flavored vodka? That’s a disaster just waiting to happen… Have a great weekend!
*Raising hand* for chocolate croissants…please!
And thank you for introducing me to these amazing looking scones. Yum.
I’m totally for a chocolate croissant recipe!
Anything disguised as a breakfast food when it really has a candy/chocolate/coconut background sounds amazing to me! Now if we could only get starbucks to make a matching almond joy frappacino to go a long as a side to these magnificant scones we’d be set!
I’m afraid to say that “Halloween candy stashes” have gone the way of acid-washed jeans, teased bangs and layering different colored socks. It’s a sad new reality. Nowadays, kids eat their favorites and the rest is garbage. Man, I ate every single piece I fought for. The good stuff was hard to come by. And when you got it, you hoarded it until Christmas, when you were certain a new stash was to be had. (It’s all about budgeting, really.) Ahhh, the good old days. LOL
I’ve ALWAYS been a horrible drizzler, so I’ve resorted to submerging. Works every time!
Ohhhh my gosh – my mom would love these. Almond Joys & Mounds are her favorites.
Wow, they look amazing! Anything with coconut and chocolate and I’m sold!
I bought whipped cream flavored vodka last week. I brought it home and the boy was like “what do you mix it with?” to which I replied, “umm…everything. or wait, nothing?” Love your suggestions – looks like I have a very fun weekend ahead of me!
I made these cake batter martinis with the whipped vodka: http://www.howsweeteats.com/2011/07/cake-batter-martinis/
I may have just teared up, haha. Those look WONDERFUL! (caps lock totally necessary)
I’ll take a dozen, please!!
Why am I eating oatmeal? These look so good!
These look fabulous. I love eating scones alongside tea or coffee!
wow. these look increedible. for the record-heavy drizzling is the craftmanship of a well skilled baker!
Sweet! Makes me feel a tiiiiiny bit better. :)