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Dark Chocolate Orange Cookies – my favorite cookies of late! Soft yet chewy. The orange-chocolate combo is irresistible!

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DARK CHOCOLATE ORANGE COOKIES

I had to make these cookies three times before they were ready to be on my blog. I kept running out of cookies because my kids keep sneaking in to grab one and run for it! It was a challenge but I think I made it. 🙂 And honestly, I don’t blame them. These cookies are so good! My favorite of late, actually. The chewy cookies filled with chunks of dark chocolate and orange zest and fantastic! This combo is so good in any dessert form. My Dark Chocolate Orange Truffles are fantastic too!

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HOW TO MAKE DARK CHOCOLATE ORANGE COOKIES?

  • In a large mixing bowl, beat butter for 30 seconds until creamy. Add both sugars and beat for 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and mix until incorporated.
  • In another large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, soda, salt and cornstarch.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until almost incorporated. Add zest and chocolate and mix until the flour is well mixed.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Scoop the dough into 1,5 Tbsp size mounds onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
  • If the cookies spread too much, chill the dough for 1 hour to 24 hours.
  • Bake 10 to 11 minutes.

CHILLING THE DOUGH:

Chilling the dough is not necessary. I made one batch with freshly made dough and the cookies were puffy, soft and chewy. Perfect! I chilled the rest of the dough and baked it the following day. Still puffed up and chewy cookies, yet the edges were slightly more crunchy. I placed a few chocolate pieces on top of the cookie dough mounds for this effect.

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Soft Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

DARK CHOCOLATE ORANGE COOKIES RECIPE:

 

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Dark Chocolate Orange Cookies
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
11 mins
Total Time
21 mins
 
Dark Chocolate Orange Cookies - my favorite cookies of late! Soft yet chewy. The orange-chocolate combo is irresistible!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate orange cookies
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 548 kcal
Author: Anna
Ingredients
  • 1/2 c unsalted butter , softened
  • 3/4 c packed light or dark brown sugar
  • 1/4 c granulated (white) sugar
  • 1 large egg , room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 c all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • zest from half of orange
  • 4 oz dark or semi-sweet chocolate , chopped (I used Hershey's Special Dark)
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Instructions
  1. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter for 30 seconds until creamy.
  2. Add both sugars and beat for 3 minutes, until light and fluffy.
  3. Add egg and vanilla and mix until incorporated.
  4. In another large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, soda, salt and cornstarch.
  5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until almost incorporated.
  6. Add zest and chocolate and mix until the flour is well mixed.
  7. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  8. Scoop the dough into 1,5 Tbsp size mounds onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
  9. If the cookies spread too much, chill the dough for 1 hour to 24 hours.
  10. Bake 10 to 11 minutes.
  11. Cool 1 minute on the sheet, then transfer onto a cooling rack.
Nutrition Facts
Dark Chocolate Orange Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 548 Calories from Fat 207
% Daily Value*
Fat 23g35%
Saturated Fat 14g88%
Cholesterol 69mg23%
Sodium 321mg14%
Potassium 198mg6%
Carbohydrates 77g26%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 42g47%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 520IU10%
Calcium 49mg5%
Iron 3.5mg19%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Comments

  1. Jackie Cooper says

    Hi Anna

    You say in your headnotes next time you would add more orange zest and chocolate. How much more?

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    • CrunchyCreamySw says

      Hi Jackie! I think I would add half more (6oz. of chocolate and zest from 3/4 of an orange). I will try the recipe doubling the ingredients to see if it’s not an overkill when it comes to the zest. Thank you for the question! Let me know if you make the cookies!

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  2. cheri says

    Chocolate and orange is such a great combination,. though I have never had this before in a cookie, making this afternoon.

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  7. Curry and Comfort says

    I have never had a CCC with orange flavors before… but they sound great. 🙂 I adore microplane graters… 🙂

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  22. Nancy says

    I know you were chasing the light (a problem I’m experiencing too lately – darn these winter months!) but these photos are beautiful, Anna. And the cookies! Orange and chocolate is one of my favourite flavour combos and I love seeing the orange zest in the finished product. I don’t blame your kids at all for sneaking cookies away!

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  25. Jennie @themessybakerblog says

    I don’t blame the kiddos for swiping a cookie with every pass. These look amazing, and so does that beater blade.

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  40. MelissaSayWhat says

    I would make the Dark Chocolate Orange Cookies because I’m not really a baker and have no recipes in my arsenal. I would really love to incorporate baking into my life!!

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  45. Mary says

    These tools would be a big help in making key lime cupcakes with vanilla butter cream and a bit of zest on top as well as in the cupcakes.

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  46. Jan says

    I would make my grandmother’s oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, along with many more. My husbands favorite dessert is cookies and I love to bake them.

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  53. Karen says

    Combining orange with the dark chocolate in a cookie…sounds super fab, can’t wait to try (and use a bit more of each like you suggested)!

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  57. Stacy | Wicked Good Kitchen says

    LOVE orange zest in chocolate chip cookie dough! And, I just adore my Microplane zester. It’s an indispensable tool in my kitchen. It would have been cute to snap a photo of those little hands grabbing those cookies! 🙂

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  61. Cat says

    These cookies look delicious. I’m adding this recipe to my arsenal of must bake treats!

    I don’t see the raffle copter to enter the contest?

    Thanks for sharing!

    Reply

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