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Orange chocolate cream cheese cookies recipe

June 29, 2016 by Roxana 12 Comments

Rich chocolate flavor, refreshing orange flavor, and airy frosting make these soft and tender orange chocolate cream cheese cookies hard to resist.
Rich chocolate flavor, refreshing orange flavor, and airy frosting make these soft and tender orange chocolate cream cheese cookies hard to resist.

Last year, at a Christmas cookie swap I received a dozen of orange shortbread cookies dipped in chocolate. Since one of my favorite guilt-free Christmas treat is candied orange zest dipped in dark chocolate I could not wait to get home and do some taste testing on those shortbread cookies. I ate every single cookie and the crumbs all my myself.

Immediately I emailed my friend to give me the recipe. Printed it and placed it into my Christmas cookies-to-make folder. Unfortunately, I did not get around to make them last year but that doesn’t mean they were forgotten. Just put on the back-burner for a while.

A few weeks ago I fell and hurt my back. While resting and taking things slow I decided to go through my pile of printed recipes and see what I was still craving and was I could easily toss out. (so I can make room for new recipes, of course)

A few hours later I stumbled upon the recipe for the shortbread cookies my friend gave to me. Since I’m not quite ready to dig into Christmas cookies, I decided to take the flavors and turn them into a summer cookie, so light and refreshing it would be hard to resist.

Thus these orange chocolate cream cheese cookies.

Rich chocolate flavor, refreshing orange flavor and airy frosting in every single bite. Yum!!

Rich chocolate flavor, refreshing orange flavor, and airy frosting make these soft and tender orange chocolate cream cheese cookies hard to resist.

The rich chocolate flavor comes from the cocoa powder while the orange flavor comes from freshly squeezed juice used in the cookie dough and grated zest used both in the cookie dough and the cream cheese filling. In addition to cocoa and orange, you’ll also need – all pantry staples, I promise.

Butter, egg, milk, flour, baking powder, vanilla extract, and sugar.

In the cookie dough, I used both white granulated sugar and brown sugar. The addition of the brown sugar gives the cookies a subtle caramel flavor. But that’s not the reason I added both types of sugar. The brown sugar is added to keep the cookies soft and tender.

For the frosting you’ll need cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar and more grated orange zest.

Rich chocolate flavor, refreshing orange flavor, and airy frosting make these soft and tender orange chocolate cream cheese cookies hard to resist.

To get the recipe for these orange chocolate cream cheese cookies, visit Imperial Sugar website.

disclosure – this post is sponsored by Imperial Sugar. Although I’ve been compensated to develop the recipe and write this post, the opinions expressed here are all mine. thank you for supporting brands I love.

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Filed Under: Chocolate, Cookies and Bars, Recipe Tagged With: all purpose flour, butter, cocoa powder, Cookies, cream cheese, eggs, frosting, Imperial Sugar, milk, orange, orange juice, orange zest, sugar

About Roxana

Roxana has a passion for all things food, a sweet tooth that can’t be tamed and a severe case of the wanderlust
With an audience in search for real food and no fuss recipes, I make midweek meals exciting sharing approachable recipes, both sweet and savory, that taste completely sinful.

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  1. Catherine says

    June 29, 2016 at 11:02 am

    Delicious combo for these cookies. xo
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  2. Justine | Cooking and Beer says

    June 29, 2016 at 12:10 pm

    The orange in these cookies is making me swoon! They look amazing!
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  3. Cookin Canuck says

    June 29, 2016 at 5:11 pm

    I'm so sorry to hear you hurt your back - I hope you're on the mend. These cookies look good enough to fix any ailment!
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  4. Jessica | The Novice Chef says

    June 29, 2016 at 5:46 pm

    Orange and chocolate! Yum. These are beautiful!
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  5. Des @ Life's Ambrosia says

    June 29, 2016 at 7:48 pm

    Oh my goodness these look amazing! Chocolate and orange is one of my favorite combos!
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  6. Kimberly @ The Daring Gourmet says

    June 29, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    Orange and chocolate, it's like one my favorite Cadbury chocolates in cookie form - yummy!
    Reply
  7. Katerina @ Diethood says

    June 30, 2016 at 2:59 pm

    Oooooh! This recipe could get me into big trouble because I love those cookies!!
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  8. Vicci | It's Cheat Day Everyday says

    June 30, 2016 at 3:21 pm

    The sound of chocolate and oranges together reminds me of one of my favorite childhood British chocolates, Terry's Chocolate Orange! It's one of my favorite flavor combinations, so I can just imagine how irresistibly delicious these cookies are. Nomnom
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  9. Emily @ Life on Food says

    July 1, 2016 at 6:19 am

    My MIL would love these cookies. I should make some this weekend for our 4th of July cookout.
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  10. Lucy says

    July 1, 2016 at 6:45 pm

    Amazing pictures! Chocolate and orange cream sounds delicious!
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  11. Miranda says

    July 7, 2016 at 1:32 pm

    I love the combination of flavors! The photos are amazing too!
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  12. Michelle Goth says

    July 9, 2016 at 6:14 pm

    Orange and chocolate together is a serious weakness of mine. These cookie are so creative!
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