Chocolate-Orange Cocoa Hearts

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Made these many time, always a big hit with everyone! I only use the chocolate cocoa powder, and don't always sprinkle with sugar! Comes out great every time. Don't really understand all the negative reviews...

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I bought all the ingredients for this recipe before reading the comments, and so I was unsure how it would turn out after reading all these negative reviews! I actually found it to be quite tasty personally, the cookies tasted like regular sugar cookies and the filling was an interesting addition.

A few words of advice for anyone considering making this recipe: I found the dough was much easier to work with when rolled out in batches, I made sure to roll it out very thin as each cookie is really two cookies, and I would suggest adding a bit more jam in the filling as I could hardly taste the orange.

Overall though, a great recipe for any time of the year!

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I was planning to make these cookies, and was slightly discouraged by the other reviews. I decided to see it as a challenge, and made them anyway since I'm not a fan of overly sweet cookies and that appeared to be the major problem in the other reviews- that it wasn't sweet enough. I made some slight alterations to the recipe, and did not have any of the problems the other two reviewers mentioned. I am lactose-intolerant, so I substituted earth-balance vegan buttery sticks for the butter, and soymilk for the milk. I also added about 1 tbsp more sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, and cut back on the cocoa slightly in the dough. Using confectioner's sugar on my counter and rolling pin, I had no problems rolling out the dough. In fact, I found it easier than usual with cookie dough. I also checked them frequently and rotated them half-way through cooking and they were done at around 10 minutes. What came out was a crunchy, but chewy, slightly sweet chocolate cookie with a rich chocolatey filling. Were they my favorite cookies? No, But they certainly weren't terrible, and they got gobbled up pretty quick. I only made half the dough, so I'll probably experiment with some other fillings.

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I was also excited to make these for my Valentine, but they were a big disapointment. I did have a little trouble with them sticking to the counter so I had to start using flour instead of the confectioner's sugar like it suggests. The worst part is the taste, they have no sweetness to them! I experimented with different fillings, Nutella is the only thing that came close to salvaging these cookies.

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I was so excited to make these for my husband for Valentine's Day... I even went out and splurged on the 'good' chocolate and went to 3 stores to find white sparkling sugar. I won't ever make this recipe again. I had a very difficult time with the dough- if it wasn't too cold and hard to roll out, it was cementing itself to my work surface - powdered sugar and all. The cookies came out of the oven looking rather like heart shaped rocks. As for the taste, the cookies themselves were rather bland, and the filling was exactly the opposite- WAY too rich and thick, even for us choco-lovers. The only way that this recipe could be salvaged, I think, would be if the cookies had a different, lighter filling- maybe a seedless strawberry jam or something like that. I have a whole binder full of recipe success from the Food Network - both cooking and baking - but this one sure won't be added to it.