I really wanted to love these because I love orange and chochalte, but it wast just a little to bitter for me.

I made this twice and my second batch was so much better. The first time I put too much orange zest by packing down the tablespoon. On my second attempt I added the zest a teaspoon at a time and tasted the batter (before adding the raw eggs) until I got the orange flavor right. It ended up being about a tablespoon, just not packed down. Also, make sure you don't get any of the white rind when zesting because it will make the cookies bitter. It took about 10 minutes to bake for a chewy texture. I will definitely make these again. They're so yummy!! One more thing... put the batter in the fridge for at least 10 min before baking and the cookie won't be flat or hard. These also freeze well. I just balled them up and put them in a freezer bag. Place the frozen balls on a cookie sheet and by the time the oven is preheated, the they're ready to go in. It took an extra minute or two to bake. This way I can have fresh baked cookies any time I want.

I used this recipe as a base recipe - what I was looking for was a tangy orange cookie that would bake up like a chocolate chip cookie. Success! They were flavorful, chewy, crispy on the outside, and nicely orange-y. I might add a tidbit of orange extract next time, but I think they were excellent. I omitted the chocolate chips, and used the zest of two large oranges. I also grated up 2 dark hershey's kisses and added them to the batter for a hint of chocolate and an interesting texture. Phenomenal!

Great flavor, orange wasn't too strong. I almost added orange extract, glad I didn't. I left the nuts out. I added the rest of the bag of choc chips (a small handful more). My son and I liked these quite a bit, my husband did not. He prefers plain cc cookies without alterations, so he was not happy about these. Be warned, these do spread quite a bit and came out rather flat and crispy on the edges, chewy in the middles, similar to how the tollhouse recipe does only more so. I used margarine not butter. Too bad my husband didn't like these because I'd like to make them again. A nice twist on a cc cookie! Thanks.

Wow! These cookies are amazing! Just the right shot of orange. Really set off the taste of Bittersweet chocolate chips.

A a gal that's 20lbs overweight, I think I know a thing or two about cookies!Tastewise they were yummy but I personally had a few problems with them. First, as most people before me already knew, 16 minutes is way too long. I always bake most cookies at 9 minutes and they come out nice and soft. As well next time I'll be using baking soda instead of powder as that will also make them be a little softer. Also, 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips AND the cup of nuts seems to overload it a little...try 1 cup of the chips and 3/4 cup of nuts. I also added an extra half cup of flour as the dough was pretty sticky. This is all personal preference though so if you like your cookies a little harder and full of chocolate chips and nuts then by all means, follow the recipe! All said and done...good taste but needed some tweaking.

I have one big issue with this recipe: That it wasn't double to begin with :-) No, seriously - if you're like me and love the combination of chocolate and orange, these will be your favorite cookies from now on. I just can't understand why I haven't thought of this before! I baked them for 10 minutes - and that with my oven, that was enough. I cut back somewhat on the chocolate to about 150 grams. I think that was sufficient. Also, I used walnuts instead of pecans, and as the walnuts have a stronger flavor, I cut back on the amount here as well. The result was great, and I know I'll make these cookies again and again. Thank you so much for sharing this awesome recipe!

Made these cookies last night and went exactly by the recipe except I used 1&1/2 tsp of orange extract instead of zest and didn't add nuts. I was hoping that they would be thin and chewy and that's exactly how they turned out. To me they were perfect. Just enough orange flavor and really chewy. I think the real trick for them to come out chewy is to let them cool on the baking sheet. I took some to my neighbor and all she could say when she bit into one was "Ummmmmm-ummmmmm- ummmmm" I am going to use this recipe instead of the popular toll house cookie recipe for when I just want regular chocolate chip cookies (with vanilla extract)they are so good. I can't thank you enough for posting this recipe. I will be making these again and again.

Ugh! These cookies were terrible!! The orange made the choclate extra rich, so the cookies became sicking. I would rather have a regular chocolate chip cookie.

I love the combination of flavors in this cookie. I used orange flavored craisins in place of the chopped pecans and it turned out great! The 15 minute cook time did seem a bit long to me, but I like my cookies to be soft. 10-12 minutes seemed to work out perfect.

Wow! These are delicious cookies! I just got them out of the oven, and they taste greaaat. ^_^ Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I used two teaspoons of orange extract instead of orange zest, because I didn't have a zester. Even with that substitution, though, the cookies were delicious. ^_^ The consistency of the dough was great. The cookies were crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. I overbaked them a little... 20 minutes... and they came out slightly hard, but still delicious. I also forgot to grease the cookie sheets, so they stuck to the sheet slightly, but I didn't really have a hard time getting them off. Follow the recipe exactly. Thanks again! I will be baking these repeatedly.

I used tsp orange flavor instead of orange zest and didn't grease cookie sheets other wise made as is...my family was divided on the taste will make these again though because I really enjoy the taste of orange and chocolate

Oh soooo good!! Smell and taste great!

JUST pulled these out of the oven not 5 minutes ago. All I can say is Mmmmmmmmmm! Not only are they delicious, but my whole house smells wonderful. I followed to recipe exactly and would not change anything. I used my micrograter to get the orange zest nice and fine. Will definetely make on a regular basis. Thanks for sharing!!!!!!!

A very tasty cookie i did however add orange extract as well as the orange zest and only 1 cup of pecans the end result was a delicious orangey cookie that everyone loved thanks for a great recipe.

These cookies are great and a nice change of pace to the regular chocolate chip. I made the recipe as written and must say that I found the orange flavor to be perfect - faint, but definitely there.