Make these Chocolate Orange Mascarpone Cookies and your taste buds will thank you. A tangy twist on a dessert classic, these cookies are soft, sweet, and moist.
Happy FRIDAY, peeps! Goodness gracious, I love a good Friday. I mean, who doesn’t? What are you doing this weekend? I hope you’re doing something fun. This weekend I’m going to do a little recipe development, a little food photography, a little family pool party action, and a little resting. Oh, and a little boozing. #sorrynotsorry
I’ve been tryingggg not to do so much work on the weekends, but this weekend I do have to fit in work time because I’m going out of town to visit Georgie! We’re going to chillax in her hometown, Nantucket, dream and scheme (aka do major work for BGB Community), and hopefully she will feed me lots of coffee since she’s a badass barista. Cannot wait, friends!
Okay, can we talk about these cookies?
Thank you for saying yes. Although, I was going to talk about them regardless. God, I’m annoying.
Anyway, I was going to say “I cannot even begin to tell you how delicious these are” but YES I CAN BECAUSE THIS IS A BLOG and that’s what I do.
A few months ago I made these Gluten-Free Ricotta-Stuffed Pistachio Chocolate Chip Cookies, back when I didn’t understand how to consolidate wordy titles, and they were a huge hit both in my household and on TBB. What inspired these cookies were the ridonkulously delicious cannoli I had when we were in Sicily a few years ago. Of course, thinking back to my trip to Italy every single damn day of my life, as one does, I wanted to recreate those flavors, yyyyyet again.
Mascarpone is essentially an Italian cream cheese if you think about it, and it is used mostly for desserts and baking. It has a rich, creamy, and mildly buttery taste. And fun fact: it works wonders when used in cookie dough.
The mascarpone used in these cookies added such a moist note to them; it worked perfectly with the chocolate and orange combination, as well.
You may not know this, but I am a huge cookie monster. I have always absolutely adored cookies of all shapes and sizes. When I was younger, I could eat an entire tray of Publix (Florida grocery store) chocolate chip cookies. I remember, my mom used to pack them when we would go to the beach way back when. In the Florida heat, they’d get all melty and hot and AH MAH GAH I want some in my face right now.
Alas, I have these bad boys, though. These are some of my favorite cookies I’ve ever made. I kid you not.
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Chocolate Orange Mascarpone Cookies
- 1/2 cup coconut oil, room temperature
- 3oz mascarpone cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tbsp orange juice
- Zest of 1 orange
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips or dark chocolate bar chopped into chunks
- Preheat your oven to 325 degrees and grease a cookie sheet.
- Place coconut oil, mascarpone cheese, sugar, orange juice, zest, vanilla, and egg yolks into a stand mixer or large bowl.
- Mix (or use electric mixer) on low until well-combined.
- Add in flour slowly while mixer is on.
- Stop mixing when well-combined. Using a rubber spatula, fold in chocolate chips/chunks.
- Using an ice cream scoop, scoop dough onto cookie sheet and place 1 1/2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes.
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Marina @ A Dancer's Live-It says
Ahhhhh have so much fun with Georgie!! Can’t wait to see pics! These cookies though….YUP. Anything with mascarpone in it makes me so happy.
The Blissful Balance says
Thanks Marina!! And yep, me too. It adds so much creaminess t everything!
ACKTIVE LIFE says
I never ever get tired of COOKIES! Like cookies the size of my face…They are a decadent treat that I always look forward to, when I get the craving. I like to enjoy my weekends going out and maybe having a dance party, but also relaxing on the beach. It’s my time to just breathe and LET GO!
The Blissful Balance says
I love me a huuuuge cookie!! My company rents a co-working space and the space has these amazing cookies. I always try and eat before I go so that I don’t stuff my face with cookies LOL (I almost always end up doing so).
Claire @ My Pink & Green Life says
Mmmm. These look sooo light and fluffy and how can you go wrong with mascarpone cheese?! My new favorite dessert that I haven’t gotten tired of yet is Ben & Jerry’s non-dairy chunky monkey ice cream. I can literally eat a pint in one sitting, it is THAT good! 😛
The Blissful Balance says
OMG that sounds amazing I need some right now!! Thanks, Claire! <3
Les @ The Balanced Berry says
THESE. I am a total Cookie Monster too and recently fell in love with mascarpone. I started smearing it on toast then topping with fruit and honey. It’s basically crack. The texture on these bad boys looks incredible.
As far as weekends go, I recently started working at lululemon, so nowadays my weekends are filled with work work work work work (Rihanna voice..) but I’m actually really loving it!
The Blissful Balance says
No way!! I had no idea. That’s awesome, you get one helluva discount lmao #worthit
rachel at athletic avocado says
Hope you girls have fun! These cookies sound amazing. Anything with marscapone is always a winner <3
The Blissful Balance says
Thanks girlfriend – and I agree, mascarpone is the winning ticket!
Jamie @ Dishing Out Health says
I can’t even get over how amazing these look and sound. They really seem like something you’d find on the menu at a cute cafe in Italy. Hope you have a fun weekend and a great trip to see Georgie! Xo
The Blissful Balance says
OMG that is the best compliment I’ve ever received 😀
dixya @food, pleasure, and health says
these look like melt in your mouth type, additive cookies.
The Blissful Balance says
Haha thanks Dixya!! xo
Ellie | Hungry by Nature says
Well don’t these look incredible! Now the only thing that would make this Friday better is if I had one of these to eat with my lunch!
The Blissful Balance says
Haha! Cookies with lunch is the best thing ever. My company’s co-working space has free cookies and it’s a blessing and a curse LOL. Thanks so much Ellie!
Emily says
I’ve never used mascarpone before, but your description of it sounds AMAZING! And you and Georgie get to dream and scheme? Jealous… in a good way. SO HAPPY you get to do that!
The Blissful Balance says
You’ve got to use it!! Thank you Emily! <3
Kellen McAvoy says
Have so much fun visiting Georgie! You guys are going to have a blast! And yes, these cookies look delish. I want to eat one (or five) right off my computer screen.
The Blissful Balance says
Thanks so much Kellen!!
Linda Morgan says
Can you substitute the coconut oil?
Beryl says
I’ve used butter when out of coconut oil, they come out perfect.