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These orange creamsicle cookies have a light and refreshing orange flavor, a chewy texture and creamy white chocolate chips.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe!
Orange creamsicle cookies are a fun take on one of my favorite flavors from childhood! The combination of orange and white chocolate chips in this chewy cookie is delicious and tastes almost as good as the original popsicle.
This recipe is easy to make. Use your stand mixer, an electric hand mixer or mix them up by hand with a wooden spoon. This recipe will become your new favorite cookie recipe.
Ingredients Needed
- All Purpose Flour. I prefer unbleached all purpose flour.
- Butter, salted and softened
- Sugar, granulated and light brown
- Egg, large egg
- Orange Zest
- Orange Extract
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- White Chocolate Chips
How to Make Orange Creamsicle Cookies
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy in a large bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment.
- Add egg, orange zest, and extract and mix well
- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in another bowl.
- Add dry ingredient mixture to sugar mixture slowly, mix just until combined.
- Stir in white chocolate chips
- Bake cookie dough balls on parchment paper lined baking sheets at 350 degrees F. oven until edges are lightly browned, about 10-12 minutes.
- Cool on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes and then move to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Tips from leigh Anne
- A good heavy cookie sheet makes a big difference in how your cookies bake and brown.
- Use a cookie scoop to ensure evenly baked cookies.
- Don’t over bake these cookies, you want them to just be slightly browned around the edges.
- If you’d like to, you can add a few drops of orange food color to the dough.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I freeze orange creamsicle cookies?
Yes! You can either freeze the dough before baking using the directions here. Or you can freeze the cookies after they are baked using the directions here.
Do orange creamsicle cookies need to be refrigerated?
No, store cookies at room temperature in an airtight container for 4-5 days.
Can I use fresh orange juice instead of orange extract?
I only use orange extract as you get more orange flavor that way.
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Orange Creamsicle Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 2/3 cups light brown sugar
- 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 Tbsp orange zest
- 2 tsp orange extract
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Mix together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy
- Add egg, orange rind, and extract, mix well
- Add together the flour, baking soda, and salt; slowly add to sugar mixture, mix just until blended Stir in white chocolate chips
- Bake on ungreased cookie sheet or parchment covered sheet
- Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned
- Cool for a few minutes on baking sheet and then move to a cooling rack
Tips & Notes:
- A good heavy cookie sheet makes a big difference in how your cookies bake and brown.
- Use a cookie scoop to ensure evenly baked cookies.
- Don’t over bake these cookies, you want them to just be slightly browned around the edges.
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Chaffy says
These sound great, I am going to try them for a cookie exchange. How many cookies did this make?
Leigh Anne says
It made just about 3 dozen cookies – have fun with your cookie exchange!
jeana says
my recipe is similar but calls for Tang, so it gives it a nice citrus bite to go with the sweet creaminess
Suzanne says
These sound really good. Thanks for the recipe!
Susan says
This is also my favorite flavor. There is a restaurant in West Seattle that makes the most delicious creamsicle milk shake. So yummy, I think I need to get one. I will definity try this recipe and pass on to my sister who also likes this flavor. She has a recipe for a cake in this flavor.
Sarah says
I have a recipe that is almost identical to this except it has 1 tsp. of Vanilla extract. I think it gives the flavor of the vanilla ice cream. Try these frozen they are excellent! My husband likes them best only a few minutes out of the freezer.