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No Bake Chocolate Orange Cookies
Variation: Orange is my favorite but I really do like any citrus-flavoring with chocolate. For fun, I occasionally use colored white candy coatings for the cookies: yellow for lemon, light green for lime and, you guessed it, orange for orange. For the lemon cookies, I add a tiny pinch of granulated citric acid. This adds a small bite of tartness to the cookies without making them sour.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 36 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 pound gluten-free confectionery coating (milk, dark, or white)
- 1/4 teaspoon pure orange oil NOT orange extract.
- 36 gluten-free shortbread cookies I use Schar cookies for this recipe.
Instructions
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Place confectionery coatings in microwave-safe bowl. Heat on high for 30 seconds. Remove bowl from microwave and stir. (This disperses hot-spots and prevents the coatings from burning.) Repeat, removing coatings from microwave every 30 seconds to stir, until confectionery coatings melt and no lumps remain.
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Add orange oil. Stir to combine. Taste. The coatings should taste of orange. If the flavor is light, add more orange oil.
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One at a time, dip cookies into candy coating. Using a fork, tap dipped cookie against the side of the bowl to remove excess melted candy. Place dipped cookie onto prepared baking sheet. Repeat. Allow candy to set. If desired, drizzle melted candy coating from a fork over cookies for a drizzle design. Store cookies in an airtight container.