Chocolate Orange Biscotti – A delicious breakfast treat packed with sweet orange flavor and drizzled with chocolate! Put on a pot of coffee and make some of the best biscotti you’ve ever tasted.
Today’s recipe is right up there with Caramel Macchiato Biscotti on my favorites list. If you love chocolate, you’ll like this Turtle Biscotti too.
Why this Recipe is Best
My mind always is thinking of the next great biscotti recipe. Anyone else with me on this?
Okay, so maybe not everyone thinks the same way I do. But, biscotti is a delicious, crunchy treat that is perfect for breakfast.
Seriously, cookies for breakfast! What could be better?
Ingredients you would never think to eat on their own first thing in the morning become fully acceptable when baked into biscotti!
- Easy instructions make this recipe perfect for beginner biscotti makers.
- Orange extract makes the citrus flavor pop.
- These are drizzled with milk chocolate to make your morning better!
This recipe features milk chocolate and sweet orange. The combination of bright citrus and rich chocolate flavors is absolutely perfect with a strong cup of coffee.
Ingredient Notes
- Orange extract. You can find this near the vanilla extract in your grocery store. It’s highly concentrated to give the biscotti dough its orange flavor and fragrance.
- Milk chocolate. Regular milk chocolate morsels work fine here but melting wafers will give the chocolate drizzle a smoother shiny finish.
- Orange zest. Use a microplane grater or zesting tool to remove the zest from a fresh orange. You’ll sprinkle this over the baked biscotti and the melted milk chocolate. Use our guide on how to zest a lemon for best practices.
Easy Biscotti Instructions
Biscotti is not difficult once you learn how to make it!
- Make the dough – the cookie dough may be crumbly.
- Shape dough -Using your hands, press the dough into a rectangular log, about 1/2 inch thick.
- Bake – the key to biscotti is the double (or triple) bake. First you bake the log uncut, then cut your slices and lay them on their side and bake again. Flip the biscotti to other side and bake a third time.
- Garnish – Combine the orange zest with the sugar in a small bowl. Drizzle melted chocolate over each biscotti slice, then sprinkle tops with orange sugar.
Recipe FAQs
Unfortunately, orange juice can’t be substituted for orange extract. The extract is much more concentrated; a little goes a long way.
To get the same amount of orange flavor from juice you’d need a lot more and would wind up ruining the balance of liquid to dry ingredients in the dough.
It sure would! I used milk chocolate today but if you’re a dark chocolate fan, go ahead and drizzle it all over your chocolate orange biscotti!
I use a ziploc bag. Melt the chocolate in the microwave, then transfer it to the ziploc bag.
Snip of the corner of the bag. Drizzle over the baked cooled biscotti in your desired pattern.
This biscotti dough is supposed to be crumbly when first shaped. Use warm hands to help gradually bring the dough together as you form it into a rectangle.
More Cookie Recipes
- Snickerdoodle Biscotti. Truly it’s a cookie for breakfast. But, totally acceptable too!
- Cranberry Orange Biscotti. Another delicious combination if you love orange!
- Snickerdoodles
- Oatmeal Cream Pie
- Lofthouse Cookies
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Chocolate Orange Biscotti
Ingredients
For the Biscotti:
- 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon orange flavoring extract
- 1 orange zested
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
For the Garnish:
- 1 orange, zested
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- ¾ cup milk chocolate melted
Instructions
- Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat softened butter with sugar until combined, about two minutes. Add in eggs, orange extract, and orange zest.
- Slowly add flour and baking powder.
- The dough will be crumbly. Using your hands, dump dough onto parchment paper, and shape into a 12-inch by 4-inch rectangular log. Pat evenly so it will be about 1/2 inch high. Using your warm hands you should be able to press dough together smoothly.
- Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and slice biscotti into 16-18 slices. Arrange slices on their sides, leaving a little space between each slice. Return to oven and bake an additional 10 minutes.
- Flip slice to other side. Bake 10 more minutes.
- Remove and cool completely before garnishing.
- In a small bowl, combine the zest of one orange with sugar, using a fork. Drizzle melted chocolate over each biscotti slice and immediately sprinkle with orange sugar. ENJOY.
Notes
- To drizzle chocolate, pour melted chocolate into a small ziploc bag. Snip off the corner and drizzle over biscotti.
- How to store: Cooked and cooled biscotti should be kept in an airtight container at room temperature. If well sealed, it should last up to two weeks.
- How to freeze To freeze biscotti, slide cooked treats into an airtight, freezer safe container (or ziploc bag). Seal and freeze until ready to enjoy. Thaw overnight.
- Serve with hot coffee for dipping. Or make yourself a Mocha Latte for an extra sweet morning!
- See blog post for more recipe tips and tricks.
Nutrition
The BEST Chocolate Orange Biscotti is so much easier to make than you might think! Enjoy it for breakfast or an after dinner treat.
I love Biscotti, and these look great! Looks like I’ll be adding this one this fall. Thank you for an easy version.
I’m Gluten Free want to know if I could use a Gluten Free Bob’s Mill 1 to 1 Baking Flour for these Scones?
Would appreciate a response.
I’ve never used their gluten free products, but if it says it’s 1:1 then I say give it a go!!
OH my – this looks so delicious! I love chocolate and orange flavors together.
I LOVE the combination of orange and chocolate, and I’ve never seen it in biscotti! These look amaaaaazing!
Oh wow, I love biscotti so much and this chocolate & orange combination sounds perfect 🙂
I rarely make biscotti since I CAN NOT STOP eating them! They totally addictive and it just happens that orange and chocolate it’s a combo dear to me.
I can hear my oven calling me
I know the feeling. But it’s nice to keep in a ziploc (lasts weeks) and just dunk one a day with my coffee 🙂
These sound soooooo good!!
This looks completely delicious!!
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