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This Cocoa Almonds recipe is a naturally sweet recipe, sweetened with 100% pure maple syrup. This low-sugar, healthy, snack satisfies a chocolate craving without the guilt! (vegan, gluten-free, low sugar)

Cocoa Almonds

Hi Everyone, one of my husband's favorite snacks is Cocoa Almonds.

My toddler son has also taken a shine to them.

I figured since so many of us love them we should have a recipe for them!

These Cocoa Almonds make a great edible gift for Christmas or a hostess gift.

You can also use honey in place of maple syrup, honey is a little sweeter than maple syrup so you may need to adjust the amount and it would also make it not vegan.

Cocoa Almonds in a mason jar in a white kitchen

We like to take them hiking for a little energy boost or snack on them at night when watching a show.

Cocoa Almonds overflowing in a clear mason jar

They do not have any refined sugar in them and do not taste too sweet.

They are naturally sweetened with 100% pure maple syrup making them a low-sugar, vegan, healthier-for-you chocolate snack.

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Ingredients for Cocoa Almonds

These are the ingredients for this Cocoa Almonds recipe, the exact amounts are in the full, printable recipe at the bottom of this recipe post:

almonds
cocoa powder
Kosher salt
maple syrup

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Cocoa Almonds

Name: Cocoa Almonds
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups raw shelled almonds; 2 tablespoons cocoa powder; 1 tablespoon 100% pure maple syrup; 1 teaspoon Kosher salt (or sea salt or Himalayan Pink Salt)

Yield: 2 cups

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 17 minutes

This Cocoa Almonds recipe is a naturally sweet recipe, sweetened with 100% pure maple syrup. This low-sugar, healthy snack satisfies a chocolate craving without the guilt! vegan, gluten-free, low sugar

Ingredients

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
In a small-medium mixing bowl, mix the cocoa powder and Kosher salt. Set aside.
Spread out raw almonds on a silicon (or parchment paper) lined, rimmed baking sheet.
Bake almonds for 5-6 minutes.
When the almonds are done, remove them from the oven and allow them to cool for 5 minutes.
In a medium mixing bowl, add the baked almonds and add maple syrup. Toss to mix until fully coated.
Add the cocoa powder-salt mixture and toss until coated. Spread the almonds out on the baking sheet to further cool.
When the Cocoa Almonds are fully cool, store them in an air-tight container. Enjoy!

Notes

These Cocoa Almonds are intentionally not very sweet; If you need them to be sweeter, you can try adding some coconut or regular white granulated sugar to the cocoa-salt mixture.

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