Orange-Chili Chocolate Cookies

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Total Time:Prep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch

By Taste Of Home Editorial Team

Recipe by Debbie Blunt, Wickenburg, Arizona

Tested by Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Updated on Oct. 02, 2022

Whenever I make these cookies I’m always asked for the recipe—we love a bit of spice in our chocolate in the Southwest! Because they start with a packaged sugar cookie mix, these favorites are super easy to make. —Debbie Blunt, Wickenburg, Arizona

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Orange-Chili Chocolate Cookies

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Yield:3 dozen
Prep:15 min
Cook:10 min
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Ingredients

  • 1 package (17-1/2 ounces) sugar cookie mix
  • 1/3 cup baking cocoa
  • 4 teaspoons grated orange zest
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon Triple Sec, optional
  • topping:
    • 2 tablespoons sugar
    • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 350°. Combine cookie mix, cocoa, orange zest, cinnamon and cayenne. Beat in butter, egg, vanilla and, if desired, Triple Sec.
  2. 2
    Mix sugar and cinnamon. Roll dough into 1-in. balls; roll in sugar mixture. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until set, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 89 calories, 4g fat (2g saturated fat), 13mg cholesterol, 52mg sodium, 12g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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