Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2009

These were delicious, but not entirely worth all the effort to make the half and halfs. I think a better option may be to make the cookie entirely orange flavored and then dip half in melted chocolate once it has cooled.

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Rima

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Reviewed: Jun. 25, 2009

Great recipe! I doubled to make for a bake sale. I took the advice and refrigerated dough after dividing into two. Then I rolled the two together into a log(need no flour).They looked and tasted great. Perfect cookie for summer treat. My kids loved it and I told them they would be charged for eating them! Thank you!

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Heather

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Home Town: Delaware, Ohio, USA

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Reviewed: May 24, 2009

YYUUUMMM!!! I was a bit nervous to make these at first, but they are awsome! I did play with the recipe a bit though. First, I used half white and half whole wheat flour. Also, I used the zest of a whole orange (a pretty big one). I also added a splash of orange juice to the orange part of the dough and added a bit more flour to make it stiffer. I used cocoa powder for the chocolate part to. I couldnt be happier with the way they turned out!!!

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Home Town: Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2008

Followed the recipe exactly and they turned out wonderful! The only problem is that I wish I would have made a double batch because they were so good!

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Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2008

I thought these were pretty bland and not worth the trouble.

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norma

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Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2008

These turned out really well. I am a huge fan of the chocolate orange flavors mixing so this was the perfect cookie.

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becky

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Reviewed: Aug. 24, 2008

This is an attractive tea cookie that is easy to make. I used a cookie scoop and cut the dough balls in half. Putting half chocolate and orange scoop together produced a perfect looking cookie. Thanks for the post.

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Marie C.

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Reviewed: Apr. 10, 2008

Goodness gracious, I love these cookies. So does my entire family- its all I am ever asked to make now. Getting them to look perfect took a few tries, but once I got the feel of it, my cookies began looking great. The flavor is a great mix, I can not recommend these cookies enough.

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Caitlin

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Reviewed: Jan. 26, 2008

Delicious. I added about 1/4 cup extra flour so the dough was stiffer. I don't like flat cookies. They came out perfect. Not dry. To make the orange flavored part look "orange" I added about two drop of red food color and maybe six drops of yellow. They looked really pretty. I also topped them with chocolate by melting about 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips in the microwave. I ended up putting a large drop of chocolate on the top and then took the back of the spoon to spread it a little. Added to the richness of the cookie and also took the presentation up a notch. I'll definitely make these again.

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Lisa Michelle

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Reviewed: Jan. 20, 2008

I really liked these. Chilling the dough was important for the chocolate half. Both the chocolate and the orange portions make excellent cookies all by themselves. I tried out the chocolate dought to make cookie cutter cookies and it handled beautifully as a roll out dough. This one is a keeper.

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Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2007

i find it very wierd that i did not care for these cookies at all. im sure there was something on my end that i did wrong, eventhough i followed the recipe perfectly. cookies came out more like a cake than a crunchy or chewy cookie.

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Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2007

Great cookie! I made eight Christmas cookies this year & this was the favorite. However, I made the entire cookie orange -- adding two tablespoons of orange zest and orange extract to the dough -- and dipped half the cookie in melted semi-sweet chocolate. Not only did the cookie taste great, it looked great too.

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Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2007

I followed Cindy's suggestion and made logs and sliced the cookies that way to bake them. Easier said than done because this dough is quite sticky. I refrigerated it in the balls for a few hours, then let them warm up a little before forming the logs. Good taste, but the orange seemed to overwhelm the chocolate. My boyfriend gave these 'the nod', so they have to be pretty good. Thanks!

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Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2007

Tasty, interesting presentation with the color mix, fairly easy/quick to make. When the "swirl" method just didn't work for me as hoped, I reverted to the "pinch and ball" making route and it was no big deal; didn't even need to flour my hands. Had to bake for a good 11 min. and then some. Next time, I'll probably punch up the orange flavor a bit with some extract added. Also may try using semi-sweet choc. and other flavor combos with choc., such as lemon or banana.

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Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2007

I guess I'm just lazy, I combined all ingredients and dropped them onto a silicone baking sheet for 10 minutes, worked out great.

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Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2007

I have made these cookies several times - both as written and with an extra 1/2 cup or so of flour (in a doubled recipe). Though I like the looks of the extra flour version (more puffy), to me they turned out too flour-y tasting. Also, the extra flour took out the almost-fudgy quality of the chocolate side when made as written. Regarding how to form the balls - I was skeptical of the "logs" approach, but am a convert. It was easy, fast, and kept my fingers cleaner (cleaning up the flour from the counter is easy).

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Judy

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Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2007

I just made these delicious cookies for the first time today - and they are just great! Cakey texture, good balance between the orange and chocolate...just all around good. I made orange sugar, and dipped the orange side in that, and the chocolate side in melted semi-sweet chocolate. They look so pretty. Thank you for this recipe!

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LovestoCook

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Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2007

Mine turned out looking just like Mallinda's photo...and the flavor is out of this world. I did add an extra 1/2 cup of flour and chilled the dough for 30 minutes before rolling into balls. These were easy to make and yielded me 36 cookies. Will make these every year at Christmas!!!

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Emily Tisdale

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Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2007

This is a FANTASTIC recipe! They pass the taste test of my extremely picky husband. When forming the cookies, I split the dough (each flavour) into two, then made a long log of each one, joining the two colours together. I sliced off 1 inch, rolled it into a ball (with floured hands so the dough doesn't stick). I also baked for 11 minutes rather than the 8-10 as suggested. I took them out when the edges started to brown. GREAT RECIPE!!!

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Heather Cox

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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2007

Well, these are terrific. I too made 4 logs as soon as they were mixed, two of each, then fitting them together half orange and half chocolate, then chilling, then slicing. Easy as pie!

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