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Terry's Chocolate Orange Cookies

Published: Nov 28, 2022 by Terri Gilson · Modified: Nov 28, 2022 · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links · 8 Comments

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These Terry's Chocolate Orange Cookies are made with both dark and original Terry’s chocolate oranges, so they are double the chocolate. Shaped like a chocolate orange wedge, they are the ideal holiday cookies for the chocolate orange lover!

chocolate orange cookies in a red cookie tin with a chocolate orange in the back, as well as a chocolate orange box, on white material surface.

I created this chocolate orange cookie recipe as a Christmas cookie for my husband several years ago (around 2012) and am finally getting to posting them! They were inspired by my husband's love of chocolate oranges. They are popular during the holidays, make for a fun baking project, and are perfect for holiday cookie exchanges! And they are as well-loved as my other Christmas cookie staples: Raspberry Jam Cookies, 4 ingredient Whipped Shortbread Cookies and Gingerbread Yule Log Cookies.

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  • 🥘Ingredients
  • 🔪Instructions
  • 📖Variations & Substitutions
  • 🍽Equipment
  • 🌡️Storage
  • 👪 Serving Size
  • 💭Top Tip
  • ⭐ Reviews
  • 📋 Terry’s Chocolate Orange Cookies recipe

Every year on Christmas morning, I'd wake up to a stocking full of treats, presents, and a mandarin orange in the toe; it was tradition. When I started dating my husband and would spend Christmas time with his family, I was surprised to see that they got chocolate oranges in the toe of their stockings. What were my parents thinking? I could have had chocolate instead of fruit all of those years?

When we had children of our own, of course, we put chocolate oranges in their stockings. The funny thing is, personally, I never really cared for chocolate orange. But as a kid, I would have taken it over fruit any day. Hey, it's chocolate!

🥘Ingredients

The chocolate oranges, orange extract, and orange zest give this cookie a really great orange flavor! For this chocolate orange cookie recipe, you'll also need:

ingredients in Terry's Chocolate Orange Cookies, on blue surface, in glass dishes, labelled
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 ½ cups brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 ½ teaspoon orange zest
  • 2 tsp orange extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 whole Terry’s dark chocolate orange
  • 1 whole Terry’s milk chocolate orange

🔪Instructions

These chocolate oranges are easy to make and you don't need any special tools. I simply use a basic butter knife to cut them and etch the little decorations on them.

Prep: Preheat oven to 370 degrees F ( (187 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

chopped chocolate orange, a whole chocolate orange, a wrapper and a cleaver on a black cutting board

Whack chocolate orange and unwrap, separating into segments.

Finely chop both chocolate oranges into small pieces.

Set aside.

Dry ingredients in a medium glass bowl with a wooden spoon

Add dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. Set aside.

butter and sugar creamed in a large glass bowl with mixer beaters over bowl

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed.

eggs, sour cream, orange zest and extracts added to creamed butter and sugar in large glass bowl with black silicone spatula

Add wet ingredients (eggs, sour cream, orange and vanilla extracts, and orange zest).

wet ingredients blended together in large glass bowl with beaters from mixer above and black spatula behind

Beat wet ingredients together with an electric mixer until blended (about 30 seconds)

wet and dry ingredients mixed together into a dough in large glass blow with wooden spoon

Mix dry ingredients into with wet ingredients with a wooden spoon until completely combined. *Stir in as much flour as you can with a spoon, but you may need to get in there with your hands to really mix it in

chocolate orange pieces added to cookie dough

Fold in chocolate pieces (from both chocolate oranges)

cookie dough rolled into balls on parchment paper, with one ball flattened on parchment covered black cutting board

Roll cookie dough into a 1-inch round balls.

Then flatten the cookie dough balls with the palm of your hand.

*If you don't feel like making wedges, just continue on making the large, flat circles and then proceed to baking instructions below

flattened cookie on parchment paper, cut in half

Cut each cookie in half with a knife

straight edge of cookie being flattened into a wedge shape, with a butter knife

On the straight end of the cookie, use a knife to flatten and thin the edge, so that it is more like a wedge * You don't have to do this, but it makes the cookies look more like orange wedges

end of butter knife making nicks/small cuts/lines

With the dull end of the knife, etch little lines/nicks/small cuts in the wedge cookies to look like the inside of an orange (use the chocolate orange segments as a guide).

knife being used to make an outline around the half circle edge of the cookie wedge

Then use a butter knife to make an outline around the half-circle outer edge of the cookies

cookies space ½- 1 inch apart on parchment lined cookie sheet

Place cookies on a parchment-covered baking sheet, spaced ½ - 1 inch apart

baked cookies on parchment covered backing sheet

Bake for 7 minutes in preheated oven

*If making whole cookies, bake for 8 minutes

chocolate orange cookie wedge flipped over on parchment paper

It will be hard to tell if the cookies are lightly browned, so they should look like this when turned over.

cookie split in half, being held up

The cookies should look like this on the inside (cooked with melty bits of chocolate).

cookie being lifted on a spatula

Move cookies to a wire rack until completely cooled.

chocolate orange cookies on a white plate with a cup of coffee and a Terry's chocolate orange in the background

These cookies are perfect served with a cup of coffee or milk!

Hint: This recipe makes A LOT of cookies, so if at any point you get tired of making the wedges, just switch to making the whole, round cookies. You can also freeze the dough (see Top Tip)

📖Variations & Substitutions

  • Terry's Chocolate Orange -you could use all regular or all dark Terry's chocolate oranges, if you prefer.
  • Sugar - you can substitute white sugar for brown sugar, but it will slightly alter the taste.
  • Cookie shape - you can make them round instead of wedge-shaped, if you wish.
  • Kid- friendly baking - use a plastic knife if you are baking with young kids
whole chocolate orange cookies, baked on parchment covered baking sheet
whole chocolate orange cookies baked, with one flipped over

🍽Equipment

For these double chocolate orange cookies, you'll need baking sheets, an electric mixer, (either a hand mixer or stand mixer) a cutting board, a sharp knife, a zester, a wire cooking rack, and trivets. I love my silicone trivets, in the photo below, (affiliate links) because they are so much easier to clean than fabric or cork! They are also dishwasher safe, non-slip, heat resistant to 600˚F, come in rectangular and circular, and are made with BPA-free stain-resistant silicone.

chocolate orange cookies on a parchment covered pan with round and rectangular silicone trivets in the background

A cookie scoop comes in handy for making uniform-sized cookies. This OXO cookie scoop (affiliate links) was rated the best by Bon appetit. You can read about why it's the best cookie scoop in this Bon Appetit article.

*If you are doing this activity with small kids, use disposable plastic knives

🌡️Storage

Store these orange chocolate cookies at room temperature for up to 4 days. They can be frozen in an airtight container for up to 3 months. The dough can also be stored in the fridge overnight; wrap dough in plastic wrap (if you want to make the dough a day in advance.)

👪 Serving Size

This recipe makes 80 cookies! However, if you don't cut them, it will make 40. You can also half, double or triple the recipe by clicking on the blue serving number and selecting the number of servings you'd like. The ingredient quantities will automatically adjust.

chocolate orange cookies in a red cookie tin with a chocolate orange in the back, as well as a chocolate orange box, on white material surface.

💭Top Tip

This recipe makes a lot of cookies (80), but you can easily freeze some of the dough in an airtight container or Ziploc freezer bag for up to 3 months. Just be sure to defrost it in the fridge, then bring it to room temperature before making cookies.

You can also freeze the dough in individual portions (1-inch cookie balls). Just be sure to freeze them, spaced ½ inch apart on cookie sheets, before moving them to a container or Ziploc bag (for up to 3 months). Again, you'll need to bring the dough to room temperature prior to flattening, decorating, and baking.

So, if you are looking for a fun and festive chocolate orange cookie, you'll love this one

⭐ Reviews

Did you make this chocolate orange cookie recipe? Please RATE THE RECIPE below

chocolate orange cookies in a red cookie tin with a chocolate orange in the back, as well as a chocolate orange box, on white material surface.
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📋 Terry’s Chocolate Orange Cookies recipe

These Terry's Chocolate Orange Cookies are made with both dark and original Terry’s chocolate oranges, so they are double the chocolate. Shaped like a chocolate orange wedge, they are the ideal holiday cookies for the chocolate orange lover!
5 from 5 votes
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Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American, Canadian, North American
Keyword: chocolate orange, cookie, cookies, Terry's chocolate orange
Special Diet: Vegetarian
Servings: 80 cookies
Calories: 78kcal
Author: Terri Gilson
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 7 minutes
rolling, cutting, decorating: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
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Equipment

cookie sheets
pile of varied colored trivets stacked up
trivets
cooling rack
cookie scoop
zester
electric mixer
knife
cutting board

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 ½ cups brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • ¾ cup cocoa
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 11/2 teaspoon orange zest
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoon orange extract
  • 1 whole Terry’s dark chocolate orange
  • 1 whole Terry’s milk chocolate orange
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Instructions

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  • Preheat oven to 370 degrees F (187 degrees C) Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
  • Whack chocolate orange and unwrap, separating into segments.
    Finely chop both chocolate oranges into small pieces.
    Set aside
    chopped chocolate orange, a whole chocolate orange, a wrapper and a cleaver on a black cutting board
  • Add dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
    Dry ingredients in a medium glass bowl with a wooden spoon
  • In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed.
    butter and sugar creamed in a large glass bowl with mixer beaters over bowl
  • Add wet ingredients (eggs, sour cream, orange and vanilla extracts, and orange zest).
    eggs, sour cream, orange zest and extracts added to creamed butter and sugar in large glass bowl with black silicone spatula
  • Beat wet ingredients together with an electric mixer until blended (about 30 seconds)
    wet ingredients blended together in large glass bowl with beaters from mixer above and black spatula behind
  • Mix dry ingredients into with wet ingredients with a wooden spoon until completely combined and it forms a stiff dough. *You may need to get in there with your hands to mix it
    wet and dry ingredients mixed together into a dough in large glass blow with wooden spoon
  • Fold in chocolate pieces (from both chocolate oranges)
    chocolate orange pieces added to cookie dough
  • Roll cookie dough into a 1-inch round balls.
    Then flatten the cookie dough balls with the palm of your hand.
    *If you don't feel like making wedges, just continue on making the large, flat circles and then proceed to baking instructions below
    cookie dough rolled into balls on parchment paper, with one ball flattened on parchment covered black cutting board
  • Cut each round, flat cookie in half with a knife
    flattened cookie on parchment paper, cut in half
  • On the straight end of the cookie, use a knife to flatten and thin the edge, so that it is more like a wedge * You don't have to do this, but it makes the cookies look more like orange wedges
    end of butter knife making nicks/small cuts/lines
  • With the dull end of the knife, etch little lines/nicks/small cuts in the wedge cookies to look like the inside of an orange (use the orange as a guide).
    end of butter knife making nicks/small cuts/lines
  • Then use a butter knife to make an outline around the half-circle outer edge of the cookies
    knife being used to make an outline around the half circle edge of the cookie wedge
  • Place cookies on a parchment-covered baking sheet, spaced ½ - 1 inch apart
    cookies space ½- 1 inch apart on parchment lined cookie sheet
  • Bake cookies for 7 minutes in preheated oven.
    baked cookies on parchment covered backing sheet
  • They will look like this when done.
    chocolate orange cookie wedge flipped over on parchment paper
  • And when you split them in half, they will look baked, but with some melty chocolate
    cookie split in half, being held up
  • Move cookies to a wire rack until completely cooled.
    cookie being lifted on a spatula
  • These cookies are perfect served with a cup of coffee or milk!
    chocolate orange cookies on a white plate with a cup of coffee and a Terry's chocolate orange in the background

For whole cookies:

  • Bake cookies for an additional minute (8 minutes),
    whole chocolate orange cookies, baked on parchment covered baking sheet
  • They will look like this when done.
    whole chocolate orange cookies baked, with one flipped over

Notes

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Nutrition Facts
📋 Terry’s Chocolate Orange Cookies recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)
Calories 78 Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Trans Fat 0.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 11mg4%
Sodium 26mg1%
Potassium 49mg1%
Carbohydrates 10g3%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 81IU2%
Vitamin C 0.2mg0%
Calcium 11mg1%
Iron 0.3mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 78kcal (4%) | Carbohydrates: 10g (3%) | Protein: 1g (2%) | Fat: 4g (6%) | Saturated Fat: 2g (13%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 11mg (4%) | Sodium: 26mg (1%) | Potassium: 49mg (1%) | Fiber: 1g (4%) | Sugar: 6g (7%) | Vitamin A: 81IU (2%) | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 11mg (1%) | Iron: 0.3mg (2%)
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  1. nancy

    November 30, 2022 at 11:43 am

    wow such a creative recipe with those orange chocolates. I love that citrusy combo with chocolate. Everyone loved it and devoured them in minutes!

    Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      December 01, 2022 at 7:00 am

      Thanks, Nancy - so glad you enjoyed them!

      Reply
  2. Bernice

    December 01, 2022 at 4:36 pm

    GENIUS! These orange segments are so darn cute. I know my family would LOVE them and they'll be such a fun addition to the good tray this year.

    Reply
  3. Jeff the Chef @ Make It Like a Man!

    December 02, 2022 at 7:05 am

    I love chocolate with orange! These cookies seem delightful!

    Reply
  4. Vanessa

    December 02, 2022 at 2:16 pm

    How fun are these!! Love chocolate and orange together so these are definitely going on my holiday baking list.

    Reply
  5. Kristen

    December 03, 2022 at 10:11 am

    I LOVE terry's chocolate orange and these taste just like them, I can't believe how close they are to that flavour. My Mom and Stepdad will love them, we're going to make a batch and mail them - hope they make it!

    Reply
  6. Asha

    December 03, 2022 at 7:53 pm

    These cookies are so cute. Such a great idea. The orange slice shape is so festive and the cookies are really tasty too!

    Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      December 05, 2022 at 9:17 pm

      Thanks - glad you enjoyed them!

      Reply

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