The Almond Joy is another in a long line of well established Hershey’s chocolate bars in America. This particular bar consists of a coconut-based centre, topped with an almond and coated in milk chocolate. Somewhat akin to an English Bounty, this is the sister product of Hershey’s Mounds bar, which uses dark chocolate and also has no almond.

The Almond Joy has a number of limited editions, such as Pina Colada and Double Chocolate released in 2004, a white chocolate key lime and milk chocolate passion fruit released in 2005 and a toasted coconut released in 2006. It was first introduced in 1946, and after a number of mergers and transformations, was finally purchased by Hershey in 1988.

It reminds me of the PayDay in that it’s rather plain to look at. It’s sorta like a Bounty in wrapper appearance, only a bit less flashy, nothing really jumps out at me. They also have “Peter Paul” written above the logo, the original creator of the Almond Joy. I guess it’s nice they give him recognition, but I don’t see the point of it unless his family had that written into a contract or something.

So, opening it up and look what you’re presented with, it’s a Bounty with an almond on the top! Two small chocolate pieces here, each weighing 22.5g each. And with two almonds on each piece, it’s obvious how these are meant to be eaten.

So, 4 bites then. My first bite and the sound was what hit me first. The wet, sticky coconut peeling away from the bar and into my mouth. Sounds disgusting? Well actually, it was strangely…nice. It was a juicy sound, the bar wasn’t dry even with the almond as the coconut gave it plenty of flavour and moisture.

The almond is just pointless, I couldn’t taste it, it seemed gimmicky and reminded me of the Walnut Whip with the idea of just sticking a nut on top and hoping for the best. It got stuck in my teeth, it felt weird due to the crunchyness of it mixing with the soft, yielding coconut, it just confused me. Overall though, it’s a nice bar. The chocolate is decent, the coconut is delicious, the almond I guess does nothing wrong. I really enjoyed it, coconut fans, look out for this, though if you’re British, just get a Bounty.

Each 45g bar (both pieces) has 220 calories (120 from fat), 2g Protein, 26g Carbohydrates (20g of which sugars) and 13g Fat (8g of which saturates).