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.
Great flavors and beautiful biscotti, Aimee! I love the extra sprinkle of orange zest and sugar. Such a little touch, but it makes such a big difference in appearance and adds a great boost of orange flavor. These have my favorite texture in biscotti too. Crunchy but not hard. (My mind buzzes over biscotti possibilities too.) 🙂
Glad I’m not alone in this!
That is some seriously lovely biscotti! I love the combo of orange and chocolate. So incredible!
THese are beautiful! And I’m pretty sure they’d make my afternoon coffee at work WAY better! 🙂
Absolutely they would!!
Well you know I love lemon and white chocolate on my biscotti, but DUDE Aimee chocolate and orange sounds like all sorts of awesome. 😀
Yeah, I love lemon and white chocolate too. But I promise this is the next best thing!
You know I tried making biscotti because of you so I will definitely be giving this one a try too!
Love it!
Such a great flavor combo on such a classic recipe. love it
ohhhhh biscotti. I dont think I’ve ever met a biscotti I didnt like, and I think I’d really really like this one! Thanks for a tasty recipe!
Seriously I have actually never tried to make biscotti. I need to jump on this! I could see it becoming very addicting!
Oh it’s like a cookie, just so many flavors once you start making them!
I’m completely down with cookies for breakfast. I’m coming over for some coffee and one of your fabulous biscotti creations…K???
Yes! Please please please come for coffee and biscotti!
Homemade biscotti! I don’t know why I never thought about someone doing it at home, but I didn’t… brilliant. The flavors you chose sound great. YUM!
Thanks Tiffany, I truly adore having a bag of these on the counter. YUM.
Orange and chocolate are an amazing combination! I love biscotti, I don’t know know why I save them for my Christmas baking!
Yeah, you need to change that!!
I am newly in love with orange and chocolate. These are gorgeous Aimee!
I’m a long time lover, haha!!
Biscotti is that thing that makes your coffee that much more delicious. This one looks really yummy, I would like this for breakfast or dessert! My favourite biscotti is dark dark chocolate, with black coffee. Mmm 🙂
I’m all over any excuse to have a cookie with my coffee! And these look SO delicious – love orange and chocolate!
Cookie with coffee is a perfect pair, so why not make biscotti 🙂
Chocolate and orange is a fabulous combo! I don’t normally drink coffee but would love dunking these biscotti in a nice cup of hot chocolate!
Yup, I’m with you! I’m making a classic almond biscotti this week. You got me hooked, woman! This one looked gorgeous and scrumptious. I’ve got them all bookmarked! 🙂
~April
Yeah for getting you hooked 🙂 Or, sorry?? haha!
Definitely YAY!!
Great combo. I am such a biscotti fan as well.
I love espresso chocolate biscotti and gingerbread biscotti. I want to try an apricot white Choctaw recipe, and now this! I love orange and chocolate together. These look amazing, Aimee!
Oh apricot white chocolate sounds lovely Marcie!!
Aimee…I think of you as the fudge and biscotti queen 😀 This new biscotti concoction looks fantastic!
Wow, I feel so honored. I wear my crown with pride 🙂
This looks so delectable…adore biscotti! It’s my favorite Italian cookie to give as gifts! This flavor is lovely!
Thanks Carol. They do make great gifts and they ship quite well too!