You can make Chocolate orange cookies with fresh orange juice if you have it, but you will need more juice than extract, which has a stronger flavour. You can also substitute 30g cocoa for 30g flour, either with or without the orange flavour for Chocolate orange cookies with cocoa powder. I take my chocolate orange cookies out of the oven when the edge is just hard, and the centre still looks quite underdone. I use 1tsp orange, but you could add 2 if you wanted more flavour, and compensate with 1tbsp more flour.

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I use a supermarket own Sicilian orange extract, which is quite a strong flavour, so you don’t need to add too much. Donna Dundas is an experienced family food blogger who has been creating easy and wholesome recipes for over 7 years.

Whether it’s a Terry’s Chocolate Orange, a Chocolate Orange Cheesecake, Brownies, Loaf Cake, or orange hot chocolate. If you press down a lot and they all join together to form one giant Chocolate and orange cookie, maybe bake from balls with no press down next time.

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Even after an hour, it’s still pretty sticky, so I use an ice cream scoop to ball up my cookie dough balls. My recipes focus on reducing waste and stress and are perfect for families looking for easy and tasty meal ideas.

If your cookies don’t spread at all, you can still press them down a little when they first come out of the oven. Her blog is a must-read for anyone looking for filling and delicious recipe ideas, that reduce waste and minimise stress. If you can make something with either milk or dark chocolate, you can do it with orange chocolate too! I know lots of recipes roll the cookie dough into balls, and then put these in the fridge but that never works for me. Yes, we make chocolate chip cookies too, but I love making chewy cookies with massive chunks of real chocolate.

So these Chunky Chocolate Orange Cookies have some variables, and then some things that you absolutely need to do. Always bake on baking paper ( I use this re-usable (affiliate link) and if you bake in batches (I do 6 per tray, and put the dough bake in the fridge until I need it) make sure the tray and paper are cool before you add more cookie dough.

If you prefer you could make Chocolate orange chip cookies, just break your chocolate orange up smaller, and add milk or dark chips instead of chunks.