These easy cake mix bars are filled with coconut and Nutella and then covered in sweetened condensed milk. You will be the hit of the party if you bring these Nutella Almond Joy Bars to any barbecue or picnic this summer.
This week we bought flowers for Mother’s Day to plant in the front of our house. I love a pretty house with a beautiful outside. The thing I really don’t like…dirt under my fingernails. It is definitely on my list of pet peeves for sure.
I found some old gardening gloves to use while putting the flowers in the dirt. Apparently I have bum gloves because I still ended up with dirt under my nails. I have decided that gardening is not on my list of favorite things to do. In fact, it is on my list of things I would love to pay someone else to do. A maid is also on my list 🙂 Maybe one of these days, but until then I will suffer through it and document my “complaints” here.
Something that I do enjoy doing is eating coconut and Nutella together. A couple years ago I made these Coconut Nutella cookies, and they are still some of my favorites. I love using cake mixes for a base for easy dessert bars. Add in some coconut and Nutella in the center and cover it in sweetened condensed milk for a ooey, gooey bar.
I would much rather lounge on the deck with a plate of these than be digging in the dirt. Who’s with me? You bring the milk, and I’ll make the bars!!!
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Cake mix bars filled with Nutella and coconut.
Ingredients
- 1 vanilla cake mix
- 1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1/3 cup milk
- 2 cups Almond Joy candy pieces
- 1 cup Nutella
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, almonds, butter, and milk until it forms a dough. Stir in the candy pieces. Press half the dough into the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan. Spread the Nutella over the dough in the pan.
- In a bowl, combine the coconut and sweetened condensed milk. Spread over the Nutella carefully. Crumble the rest of the dough on top. Bake at 350* for 25 minutes. Cool completely. Makes 24 squares.
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Nancy [email protected] says
I’ll bring the milk! These pictures are really amazing! I love the color you were able to capture! Adding Nutella to these? How can you go wrong?!!!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
Thank you! You can’t go wrong with Nutella added to it 🙂
Brandie (@ Home Cooking Memories) says
Cake mix gone amazing! Those Almond Joy candies are the best…and the blue looks fabulous!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
Haha! Love it…cake mix gone good! And those candies are pretty amazing!!!
Emily ~So Domesticated~ says
Totally dying here… loving these bars!
P.S. I hate getting dirt under my finger nails… or anywhere! In high school I managed to wear white while camping…….. and stay clean 😉
Jocelyn Brubaker says
That’s pretty amazing to wear white camping…color me impressed!!!
Julie says
These look really good, Jocelyn. I really like the colors of the candy pieces. It makes the bars stand out. Pinned to my food board!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
Thank you so much Julie!
Brenda @ SweetSimpleStuff says
You are too funny … I will plant the flowers, but hate to weed! The bars look and sound amazing 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker says
Oh, yeah, weeding is just as bad to me!!!
Meghan @ The Tasty Fork says
Can’t you bribe your family to do the planting?? You make the treats, they plant. 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker says
You may be on to something there! I’m definitely going to find something to bribe them with next time…sadly treats don’t really work, because they get those all the time. Maybe tv and video games?
Tieghan says
These look awesome! Love the colors!!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
Thanks Tieghan!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
Almond Joy makes me happy. 🙂 And Nutella. And Cake Bars… 🙂 NOT Gardening…
Jocelyn Brubaker says
Tell me about it…that gardening things just pops the happy cake bar bubbles!!! 🙂
Amber @ Dessert Now, Dinner Later! says
Mmm…I could go for one of these right now!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
I’m kind of wishing I had some more with my coffee right now too!!!
ashley - baker by nature says
I love love love almond joys. Like, so much. I must have these right away.
Jocelyn Brubaker says
Run to the closest store and buy everything to make these…you won’t be sorry!!!
Aimee @ ShugarySweets says
You seriously know how to do a cake bar!! WIth almond joy. And nutella! YUMMERS.
Jocelyn Brubaker says
I do enjoy a good cake mix bar!! Especially with lots of extra goodness!!!
Trisha says
Look delicious – love the blue. Blue is such an underappreciated colour for food sweet stuff!
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Jocelyn Brubaker says
Yeah, people aren’t that fond of blue coloring in their food!!!
carrian says
that blue is awesome! Such pretty photos friend!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
Thank you Carrian! You always leave the sweetest comments 🙂
Rosie @ Blueberry Kitchen says
These look so tasty, love that they’ve got sweetened condensed milk in too – yum!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
Sweetened condensed milk does make those cake bars just down right delicious!!!
Nicole @ Young, Broke and Hungry says
These bars look so tasty!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
Thanks Nicole!!!
Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats says
Love it when recipes start with a simple cake mix! I’m all about simple things in life 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker says
I definitely need to keep simplifying things in my life too!!! It keeps the stress out!!!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
I love the blue in these bars Jocelyn! They look amazing!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
Thanks Trish!
Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen says
Love the pops of blue from the pieces. If only I didn’t hate coconut ;/ LOL
Jocelyn Brubaker says
You don’t like coconut???? Hhhhmmm that makes me question our friendship 🙂 LOL just kidding! You could leave out the coconut and maybe sub in marshmallow fluff instead of the coconut and sweetened condensed milk…
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
Nutella can do no wrong – nor can layered bars! Great idea pairing it all together!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
Nutella and layered bars can never do wrong together! Thanks Averie!
Sue from theT2women says
YUM! These look amazing!! There’s a new LINK-UP Party going on at thet2women.com and we would love to feature your post!! Here’s the link: http://thet2women.com/welcome-to-one-sharendipity-place-link-up-2/
Rachel says
I just wanted to let you know how much I LOVE this recipe! My mouth started watering when I saw it, and I couldn’t believe it was made with cake mix. I shared this post in a group called “Recipes for Foodies” on Kumbuya.
Jocelyn Brubaker says
I am so glad to hear how much you liked the recipe. Definitely keep me posted if you ever give it a try. Thank you so much for sharing it to your group.
Debi Recipes For My Boys says
These look sooooo good! I love everything about them! Thank you for sharing on Thursday’s Treasures, I’ve featured them on week 87. Please stop by my blog and grab my “I was featured on” button.
Trish Butler says
My Great Grandbabies call these Smurf Bars. They love them. Thank you.