Chocolate orange can (and definitely is) eaten throughout the year, but chocolate orange and Christmas go hand in hand in my opinion. What better way to enjoy it than these Chocolate Orange Cookie Bars?
Chocolate orange is one of my favourite types of chocolate and flavour combinations in general. I’m not a massive fan of fruit and chocolate, but orange and chocolate is the exception. Last year I made Chocolate Orange Rocky Road so this year I wanted to step it up a notch.
I have wanted to make cookie bars for quite a while now. I love cookies – especially soft cookies. For me crisp cookies are a waste of a cookie. You need the soft squidginess in a cookie. Which is why these Chocolate Orange Cookie Bars are so good!
Apart from their delicious softness, these Chocolate Orange Cookie Bars are also really easy to make. Don’t get me wrong, cookies aren’t difficult to make, but they take a little bit of time to portion up and then I usually have to cook them in batches. With these, you just tip all of the batter into the tin with no faffing at all – perfect!
Time saving steps like this is great at any time of year, but especially at Christmas when everyone is so busy. These don’t take long to make or bake which is another advantage. And if I haven’t convinced you to make these yet, they are also delicious!
As I have mentioned, I like a soft centred cookie so I recommend baking these for twenty minutes. This means you get the gooey centre and the chewy goodness around the outside. If however you like a firmer cookie, bake these for an extra five minutes.
I would always pick a middle square of cookie – which would you pick?
Chocolate Orange Cookie Bars
Chocolate orange can (and definitely is) eaten throughout the year, but chocolate orange and Christmas go hand in hand in my opinion. What better way to enjoy it than these Chocolate Orange Cookie Bars?
Ingredients
- 125 g margarine
- 100 g light brown sugar
- 125 g caster sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- 225 g self raising flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 200 g chocolate orange chopped
To finish
- 100 g small chocolate orange segments (16 segments)
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 180ºC (fan assisted, 200ºC non fan) and line a 20x20cm tin with baking paper
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Cream the butter and the sugars together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until combined
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Add in the flour, salt and chopped chocolate orange and mix until combined
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Tip all of the mix into the prepared tin and smooth the top until it is level. Place the small chocolate orange segments at regular intervals across the cookie dough
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Bake in the oven for 20 minutes for a soft cookie and 25 minutes for a firmer cookie
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Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before leaving to cool completely on a wire rack. Cut into 16 equal squares
Recipe Notes
Keep for up to two days in an airtight container.
Nutritional information is given as a guide only.
