I mean the chocolate oranges at Christmas time and the orange jelly sticks just aren’t cutting it for me (I’m not a big fan of either. I wish they offered better quality chocolate for the chocolate oranges and the sticks are just too much for me. I’m probably just too picky, I know).
One cookie I do love that is always available though, are those Orange Milanos (one day I’ll get around to making those homemade because they’re amazing, so I can only imagine how good they’d be fresh). These however, are my favorite use of the orange and chocolate combination, because it adds in another of my favorite things, chocolate chip cookies. These cookies are chewy, generously sized (as every chocolate chip cookie should be) and they’re decadently delicious! They have lightly crisp outsides and soft and tender insides. I chose to add three kinds of chocolate because that’s always my favorite way to make chocolate chip cookies, I love how it adds different levels of sweetness and varying intensities of chocolate so each bite is a a little bit different. And when you top all of that zesty orange flavor and melty chocolate off with sea salt, you’ve got a cookie that is destined for greatness. Try these and you’ll see why they’re one of my favorites. Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
