Dark Chocolate Orange Toffee Cookies: A twist on the classic chocolate chip cookie, these cookies are stepped up by adding a Orange Toffee Dark Chocolate and then rolled in a orange sugar.
“What is it with food bloggers?? I wanted to learn how to make self raising flour from scratch today and there was an entire book chapter of writing about this person’s life story and 3.5 hours of speed scrolling down to get to the recipe! Am I the only one who just wants the freaking recipe?? 😋”
This was posted on Facebook by a predominately video blogger who mainly makes cupcakes.
He is the new breed of blogging where he makes videos of the recipes.
You know the ones that literally every blogger is doing these days:
Here’s an empty bowl.
And here’s ingredients dumped in the bowl.
Here is someone mixing the ingredients.
And so, on and so on, and so on.
I have never done step by step photos on this blog and video has no interest to me.
Now I can see the value in it when say you are braiding bread and what not.
But as a general rule I really don’t have any desire to learn how to do it.
You can pay someone to do it (like most bloggers) but that costs around $500 per post and well I don’t have that kind of money…especially to show you how to throw food in a bowl.
When I started this blog over 12 years ago I can probably guess there were about 100 food blogs give or take (I could be so wrong on this) and now there are probably millions (again lets not trust me on that).
I started this blog simply for connection.
We had moved to a new state where I knew no one.
I was married to the Picky Eater who wanted to eat the same things over and over.
And I wanted to find my people.
My people that like to eat. 🙂
To bake from scratch.
To talk about food.
And connect I did.
I mean I still meet up with readers for coffee when the come to town…something my mother lives in fear about.
She swears one of you will kill me one day.
The irony of course is that she invites strangers she meets in grocery stores over for dinner…but you Internet people are sketchy…haha. 😛
To me blogging is still about connection.
If you don’t want to read the stories (and there are certainly those that don’t) then scroll through.
I laugh at those that take the time to complain that they had to scroll through and they don’t have time for that…yet they had time to bitch about it. 😀
If you have time to complain to a blogger that you don’t want their stories or that their ads are annoying then your life is pretty amazing. #firstworldproblems
Also, one thing I see people write about is how they don’t have time to scroll that their time is precious.
Which I laugh at.
I spend several hours (and ingredients) testing the recipe.
Every recipe on here I have made more than once to make sure they come out.
I spend hours photographing and editing.
Then there are the hours writing a post…which some people don’t want but I am evil and apparently want those people to get calluses on fingers from all the scrolling they have to do.
While I certainly get viral posts from certain recipes…I get equally viral post from blog posts where the story is why it went viral….refund muffin anyone?
A body positive post about a men’s locker room.
My rant about running that I still get hate mail to this day about. 🙂
Speaking of recipes…these Dark Chocolate Orange Toffee Cookies are a take on the classic chocolate chip cookie.
TCHO which is the chocolate I use most made Orange Toffee Dark Chocolate Bars and I so thought they could make a good cookie…I was right.
If you don’t want to order it or can’t find it these would still be tasty with just dark chocolate rolled in the orange sugar.
Oh, and not to be snarky but the recipe for self rising flour is 1 cup all-purpose flour, 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder, and 1/4 tsp salt.
If you are baking blogger you shouldn’t be having to Google that…you should know. 😛
Last but not least…it’s a great time to order my cookbook. 😀
Want More Cookie Recipes?
Vanilla Bean Caramel Thumbprint Cookies
White Chocolate Dried Pineapple Salted Macadamia Nut Cookie
Caramel Cream Filled Snickerdoodles
Double Chocolate Rainbow Chip Cookies
Strawberry Cheesecake Chocolate Chip Cookies
Dark Chocolate Orange Toffee Cookies
Ingredients
- Orange Sugar:
- zest from one orange
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- For cookies:
- 8 oz. unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 cups light brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 1/2 cup All-Purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp. Baking soda
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 16 oz. TCHO Orange and Toffee Dark Chocolate, chopped (you can use dark chocolate chips)
Instructions
- Orange Sugar:
- In a medium bowl mix the orange zest and sugar.
- Rub the orange zest into the sugar with hands.
- You can sift out orange zest if desired or keep.
- For cookies:
- Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment cream together the butter and the sugars until very light and fluffy, about 3 minutes on medium high.
- Scrape down the side of the bowl. Continue mixing while adding the eggs one at time.
- Make sure each egg is incorporated before adding the next.
- Add the vanilla extract and scrape down the bowl with a spatula.
- In a small bowl combine the flour, soda and salt and mix to combine.
- With the machine on low, slowly add the flour.
- Mix until just combined, taking care not to over mix. With a spatula fold in the chocolate.
- Roll cookie dough in to 1 inch balls. Then roll the balls into the orange sugar.
- Bake at 360* for 12 minutes. They should be lightly golden on the outside but still look gooey on the inside.
- *Please note that yes that reads 360 and not 350. If you oven does not go to that I would stay with 350 and bake an extra minute.
Tiffany Porter says
No calluses on my fingers! Hope I can find the orange choc. toffee:)
Emily says
It’s funny – I see where that person is coming from, but I am not necessarily going to keep following a blog that isn’t personal at all. So, someone might go to that blog for one recipe, but isn’t going to come back. Blogs are for more than just recipes, IMO.
Kristin says
I can’t eat a lot of sugar, and can’t often find some of your ingredients (mint choc chips? definitely not the orange toffee choc), so I’m really only here for the stories 🙂
And the pictures 🙂
Cindy says
I agree. I find the stories interesting; I want to find out why someone finds that particular recipe better than another; why they decided to on those particular ingredients; what they found out about a particular ingredient and is it something they would make again. A video can sometimes be helpful if there’s a technique I’m not familiar with but there are probably hundreds of You Tube videos that can show the technique but I’m more interested in the who and the recipe.
cakespy says
Can I curse? I hope so because FUCK YEAH. To everything you wrote here. I completely agree that first and foremost the blog is something I do out of love, connection, and sharing the love of baked goods and art. While I love the new developments and get inspired by them, the idea of chasing the next trend is just exhausting to me. Also, all of those videos look the same to me, no offense to those who do them.
Annnnnnyhow just another post to remind me of how much I love you. And I even love this recipe even though I am not generally a fan of chocolate and citrus. The idea of the orange sugar and the addition of toffee in the chocolate intrigues me.
Peabody says
It’s always appropriate to swear on my blog. 🙂
hobby baker Kelly says
Lol, worse now than when this was first published! Lazy buggers just want to bitch about stuff because they are too bored. And then the people that ask questions on the social media post of the recipe that are 100% addressed in the post, they were just too lazy to actually click it or read it. Spoon feed me please! The entire social media posts about having to scroll through personal stories to get to FREE content still get under my skin. Golly, I think I’ve been following/reading since your blog was maybe two and I still remember a post from your other old blog about the time you found someone’s lace thong in a public bathroom somewhere? Something like that. But I totally want to make these because they sound delish, and I have been making and freezing hundreds of cookies for an upcoming reunion. It gives me carte blanche to try out SO much stuff that looks good!! I’ve made more and bought more flour, sugar, and butter than I do for Christmas baking!
Peabody says
So much worse now. Everyday I have someone demanding I make a Reel of the recipe and put it on instagram. Ummmm, no. 😀
Kelly says
“Entertain me with all the things! I am entitled to it!” ROFL. Yeah, get bent.
Well, these cookies are divine! I found dark orange chocolate and had toffee bits on hand so used those with the chocolate. Um, YUM. And orange sugar is the best thing ever.
Kelly says
These were one of the top two most popular cookies this weekend!
Peabody says
So glad to hear they were a hit.
Flour Child Carol says
I’m 76. My family have all passed. My friends who are still here live far away. I do talk to people when I go out on occasion. I don’t have a lot in common with most. HOWEVER… when I go to the dentist, my dental assistant is a BAKER! It doesn’t matter that she’s so young, we both get giddy and run on about current projects. I was in the hospital recently. My nurse confided in me that, although she loves her job, her passion is baking bread. We were off and running. She is young, too, and Puerto Rican and shared some of her baking culture. And I have read your blog forever…. for the recipes, of course, but more for the connection! For the comraderie of fellow bakers! Please never change nor give any credence to people who can’t lift a finger to hit “jump to recipe” and want to spoil it for the thousands of us that appreciate all the work you do for us. If you only want recipes, get your wallet out and buy a cookbook (Peabody’s if you’re smart!). Just don’t try ruining it for the rest of us who love this blog. BTW, for anyone interested… TCHO chocolate is available on Amazon. Already ordered to try these. Love citrus + chocolate.
Peabody says
Awww, thanks so much for saying that Carol. I love that you have so many people in your life who also love to bake!