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These Dark Chocolate Almond Lacey Cookies are easy, crunchy, & delicious! Dark chocolate slathered between two thin, crunchy cookies for a sweet treat.
Florentine cookies, lacey cookies, dark chocolate almond cookies…whatever you want to call them, these thin, crunchy, chocolate-filled cookies are absolutely melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
One of my housemates, Ally, absolutely adores these Dark Chocolate Almond Laceys from Trader Joe’s. They’re thin, crunchy, taste-like-toffee cookies, sandwiched with rich dark chocolate, and they’re so so good! Of course, after a few weeks of watching her eat them, I decided I needed to recreate them.
The process for these cookies is different from most cookies, but still easy nonetheless. There’s no creaming butter and sugar together here. Instead, you’re making a sort-of caramel sauce to mix with a little bit of flour and super finely chopped up almonds. You get a sticky dough which you make into itty-bitty balls (seriously) that bake up into shatteringly thin, beautiful, toffee-like cookies. Once baked, you sandwich two cookies together with some dark chocolate, and the result is a cookie that tastes delicious immediately but gets even better after a night or two. The cookies soften and meld together, and the sweetness of the cookies balances so nicely with the dark chocolate.
If you don’t want to slather them in dark chocolate, they also taste great plain or with a drizzle of whatever kind of chocolate you want. White chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, or a combination all give a different vibe, and they’re all super delicious!
I hope you love these cookies! If you decide to give them a try, let me know what you think in the comments below. Enjoy!!
Dark Chocolate Almond Lacey Cookies
Ingredients
- 1½ cups sliced almonds
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
- Pulse the almonds in a food processor until finely chopped. In a separate bowl stir together the nuts, flour, and salt in a large bowl.
- Combine the sugar, cream, corn syrup and butter in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture comes to a rolling boil and sugar is dissolved. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla, then pour into almond mixture and stir to combine. Place in the refrigerator to cool, about 30 minutes.
- Scoop rounded teaspoons (they should be itty bitty!) of batter and roll into balls. Place on prepared baking sheet, leaving about 3 to 4 inches between each cookie since they spread.
- Bake 1 pan at a time, until the cookies are thin and an even golden brown color throughout, about 10 minutes. Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool. Repeat with remaining batter.
- Melt chocolate in a microwave proof bowl for 30 seconds. Stir. Repeat until the chocolate is fully melted. Pair up cookies of equal size. Spread chocolate onto one cookie and press carefully together with another cookie. Repeat with remaining cookie pairs. Let cool, and store in an airtight container.
I’ve never made florentine cookies before. But I think that will have to change soon. It’s an awesome thing that OXO is doing and it’s even more reason to pick up a couple of items and bake these elegant cookies.
LOVE Oxo Good Cookies and lacey cookies! But I have yet to make them in a dark chocolate almond version. Do you ship? I’m not far! ;) Pinned!
These look really delicious!! Was wondering if I can omit almonds or replace with ground almond? Would it change the end product? Thank you!
Hi Angela! I don’t think you would be able to fully omit the almonds, but ground almond could work! You could also replace with a different nut :) if you try them with ground almond, let us know how it turned out for you!
Along the same lines, I was wondering if anyone has tried replacing the flour with almond flour for a completely gluten free version?
On a different note: I have fantastic memories of the Florentine cookies that my grandmother used to make… but hers involved lots of that brightly colored candied fruit like you use in fruit cakes. Very colorful and sticky-sweet, but balanced out by the dark chocolate. I will have to try yours and maybe give hers a shot again! Thank you.
Hi Catherine! I haven’t ever done a gluten-free version, but it’s something I’m hopefully going to be working on soon. Almond flour or a GF flour blend would probably be your best bet if you wanted to give it a go, though. Your grandmother’s version sounds fantastic too!
I love florentines! I tried making them once on a bad cooking day and haven’t tried them again. These look too good not to try.
Thanks, Maureen! You should give them another go – they’re totally worth it!
Loving the flavors & texture of these, so great!
I was just introduced to Trader Joe’s lacey cookie with Dark Chocolate and Almonds. I cannot wait to try your recipe. I have all of the ingredients ordered! I’m so excited! I’m going to give it a five because of the simplicity of this recipe .
I hope you love them, Joyce!
Can I make the cookie without sandwiching 2 together or would the chocolate stick to the parchment ?
You could! Just lay the cookies chocolate side down and place them in the fridge or freezer to firm up the chocolate. It should peel right off the parchment paper once it has firmed up.
These look amazing, Rachel! I’ve never made florentines, and I’m actually not sure if I’ve ever even had one? But that must change soon! I love that you sandwiched them with some dark chocolate. Pinned! :)
OMG, you need to try them!! Thanks for the pin :)
Mmmm these look awesome! I will take them all please ;-)
I’ve never had the Trader Joe’s cookies, but these sound like they’re even better! I love the dark chocolate and almond flavor!
Love these delicate little gems!!
These cookies look totally irresistible. Love the ingredients, I can imagine the taste. I have never tried them but will definitely put them on my long list of “to do” recipes.
Such an ever-growing list when you follow food blogs, huh?! I hope you love them, Ella!
My kids and grandkids want these every Christmas.
A few years ago, my eldest granddaughter was gluten free and vegan .
I used coconut cream, butter substitute and almond flour, they still turned out amazing..
Definitely a big hit with my family!
Sounds fabulous, thanks so much for sharing!!