Choco-Orange Cookies

January 27, 2021 |

I’ve looked at this Choco-Orange Cookie recipe so many times…and now I finally tried it! The reason I waited so long is because I don’t normally have fresh oranges or orange juice on hand. It’s not that I don’t like oranges, it’s just that I don’t eat them very often.

This particular weekend, I happen to have an orange in the refrigerator that my husband bought, so I jumped on the opportunity to make Choco-Orange Cookies. I’m glad I finally did, because these cookies awesome! Such unique flavors for one cookie! Freshly grated orange rind, freshly squeezed orange juice, and freshly grated semi-sweet chocolate…a wonderful combination!

Being a refrigerator type cookie, I was able to spread out the baking process over two days. Which is always helpful when I have a busy weekend planned! Also helpful is when I can easily slice and bake over 100 cookies in a little more than an hour! Yes, this recipe makes a ton of cookies…which is good because they won’t last long in the cookie jar! ?

I’m rating Choco-Orange Cookies 2-stars for cookie baking difficulty. This is a typical refrigerator cookie with the extra steps of grating the orange rind and chocolate. Nothing difficult, but depending on our grater, it may take some time!

I pulled all my ingredients together with the orange and orange juice. Chocolate is a staple in my baking pantry, so I was all set and ready to go!

I started by grating the chocolate. It took me a bit of time with my hand grater and did have chocolate all over the counter when I was done, but it was worth it! The grated chocolate was finally ready to go!

Next, I started mixing butter and the sugars together. What a pretty picture!

I added the grated orange rind, orange juice, and egg…

What a pretty start to this dough! Nice a blond in color…but not for long!

After mixing in the dry ingredients, I was ready to add the chocolate.

Finally, my dough was ready for rolling.

The consistency of the dough was perfect for rolling. I took a handful of the dough to shape into rolls.

I ended up with four rolls and was now ready to chill the rolls in the refrigerator overnight.

The next day, I took the rolls out of the refrigerator for slicing.

I sliced the rolls into 1/8 inch thick cookies…

Then placed each cookie on my greased cookie sheets.

The cookies puffed up a bit while baking, but kept their round shapes.

Removing the cookies from the cookie sheets to the cooling rack was easy and quick!

The cookies are a nice brown color. The round cookies are almost bite size, easy for popping one (or more) into your mouth!

As the cookie baked, they developed a texture on top that gives them a nice personality! You can almost see the chocolate flecks!

This Choco-Orange Cookies recipe makes a TON of cookies! I ended up with over 100 cookies, perfect for stacking or and filling your cookie jars!

Choco-Orange Cookies are a light, almost wafer light cookie with a big crunch! Also big are the orange and chocolate flavors! Oh my goodness! A real chocolate and citrus lovers dream!

If you are looking for a super flavorful cookie that is easy and quick to make, that has flavors to die for, and that has a super crunchy crunch…Choco-Orange Cookies are for you!

I promise, you are going to love these cookies over and over again! I promise you won’t be able to stop eating these cookies! So, just make them! ?

Enjoy!

XXOO,

Janet

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