Remember Terry’s Chocolate Oranges? Years ago, my mom brought home one of these chocolate oranges for my brother Brandon and I to share. How excited were we upon reading the directions, which involved whacking this solid ball of chocolate so that it would splinter into “orange slices”? To answer that rhetorical question, we were very excited! I’m sure a fight broke out over who could whack the chocolate, and I’m quite sure that we each whacked the ball, and I’m also quite sure that the ball fractured more than it should have as a result of this over-whacking. Alas, I digress. These awesome chocolate, orange-scented balls of goodness first convinced me that chocolate and orange really belonged together!
There’s something quite refreshing about an orange-kissed chocolate treat. With that awesome combination in mind, these orange-kissed chocolate cookie bars were born. Why bars? Because I didn’t feel like scooping cookie dough (my scoops have been giving me trouble, as of late). The texture is cookie-ish with a hint of brownie density in the bite. Chocolate is the predominant flavor: ground chocolate, chocolate chips, and cocoa powder satisfy any chocolate craving. But, the orange stands up for itself and provides a sweet, citrusy after taste (especially after you let these babies sit for 24 hours). It’s the “Oh-What-Is-That?” in the cookie. I got the orange flavor by zesting a large orange and mashing the zest into the granulated sugar.
Orange-Scented Chocolate Cookie Bars
1 cup AP flour
1 cup cake flour
½ cup cocoa powder (not Dutch process)
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup of orange sugar (made by mashing zest of one orange into the cup of sugar)
½ cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease 9x13 baking pan.
2. Sift flours, cocoa, soda, powder, and salt together. Set aside.
3. Cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and egg yolk until just combined. Add in vanilla.
4. Beat in flour mixture in two-parts, mixing until just combined.
5. In a food processor, grind 1 cup of chocolate chips, until most of the mixture resembles a powder (some remaining chunks are fine). Stir processed chips and remaining 1 cup of chips into dough. Press dough into baking pan.
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into bars comes out clean.
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I used to love Terry's chocolate orange. Me an my brother would fight over who could whack it and of course, I always won..haha. I agree that chocolate and orange go so well together. During Christmas, I went and bought a Terry's chocolate orange and it tasted totally different. I guess when you're young, you don't notice the graininess of chocolate and just focus on the fun!
I love chocolate and orange together. The bars look amazing!!
I definitely remember the Terry’s Chocolate Oranges. I am not sure if I ever had one though. They were the candy that seemed so impressive and out of reach.
Yum! These look delicious... but, I have to admit... I'm always afraid of the fruit flavored chocolate. I should really broaden my chocolate horizons a bit :)
I've recently discovered that I really like choc/orange and choc/raspberry together. Even got a chocolate bar with orange peel for my giveaway. That would be awesome in these brownies, too. Mmmm.
And for the record, I'm loving your yummy blog!
These look great! I love chocolate and orange together, it's one of my favorite flavor combinations.
We loved those oranges when I was little, too! Your bars look delightful - maybe better than cookies.
Nancy
I love orange and chocolate - I'd be happy eating these!
Those look really tasty since I love chocolate and orange. Thanks for posting!!
Hehe I put one of those chocolate oranges in my boyfriend's Christmas stocking last year!
Mmm, your orangey sugar looks good enough to eat by the spoonful.
In a word... yum!
My husband adores those chocolate oranges, so he would go nuts for these bars. Thanks!
I have not seen one of those oranges in ages. They still sell them I guess? I enjoy orange and chocolate together. That was the flavor I put in my pots de creme. These bars look so dense and delicious! The orange sugar sounds incredible and would be nice in so many other recipes too.
you know you say in the recipe not to use dutch process, but I bet if you did use it, this would make wonderful orange-chocolate shortbread bars. Hmmmm
These look unbelieveably good. I LOVE that orange/chocolate combo, but don't see it around nearly enough. I am bookmarking this recipe. Great blog!
Oooh, these look great! The chocolate and orange combination was made in heaven. I had to laugh - my sister and I also fight over who gets to whack the orange. LOL!
I love the orange-sugar method. I would have just mixed the zest in with the rest of the ingredients. I imagine mixing it with the sugar thoroughly does a better job of it. If I weren't so chocolate sensitive, I'd try these, and glaze them with Triple Sec. But then I wouldn't be able to sleep.
These look fabulous. I love the chocolate-orange combination. Starred!!
These look great, Elyse. I'm gonna star them in my reader so I can give them a try soon. And don't you hate when the cookies scoops start acting up on you?? Grrr...it makes me so mad! Anyway...yummy cookies, again!
Hi Elyse,
If you like chocolate orange, there's a crazy website on Nestle's site (very best baking) for chocolate orange & feta brownies. Believe it or not, the brownies are excellent! I like the sound of these too.
Yummmy these look delish!!!
Hi Elyse,
It's a great idea to make orange sugar this way! Wow! This is really creative! Seriously, one of my favourite combination is chocolate & orange!! Yummy!!
I love chocolate and orange! Never had it in this format before though. Great idea! Glad you liked the Oreo recipe!
These look like awsome brownies!! MMMMMM.... I adore the combination of chocolate & orange!
Just wanted to let you know this post inspired me to make Orange Chocolate Chips Scones. I have not posted them on my blog yet, but will soon!
Citrus and chocolate go so well- These sound great!
So I finally managed to find this post, I'm not sure how I missed it. I'm gonna blame it on the tons of new posts in my google reader:) but oh man these bars look fabulous! I have some oranges I need to use up, it may have to be for these. I also found a recipe for an orange and chocolate brownie I'm dying to make.
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