Chocolate Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies

Do you see the little sugar-ized orange zest on the tops? Oh, yeah.
(Pardon the phone camera picture. I'm getting lazy in my old age.)

These look innocent enough. Until you realize you've eaten the entire pan all by your little lonesome.

A holiday tradition from 2000 when Dan and I met the Mizukawa family in our first student ward at the University of Utah. Amazing. Enjoy!

Chocolate Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup sugar
2/3 cup butter, softened
1 Tbsp. orange zest
1 egg
1 1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp. orange zest

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees. Mix 1 cup sugar, butter, 1 T. orange peel, and egg. Stir in flour, cocoa, salt, powder, and soda. Stir in chocolate chips.

Mix the 1/3 cup sugar and 1 t. orange zest together. Roll dough into 1 1/2" balls. Roll into mixture. Place 3 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten to about 1/2 inch thickness with the bottom of a glass. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until set (but still a bit gooey).