Chocolate-Orange Cookie Stacks

Elegant layered dessert featuring chocolate wafer cookies sandwiched with whipped orange cream. Each stack is made with five cookies and orange-infused whipped cream, garnished with fresh orange zest.

8 servings
6 hr 15 min

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chilled heavy whipping cream
  • cup frozen orange juice concentrate, partially thawed
  • 40 pieces chocolate wafer cookies
  • 1 to taste orange peel

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Using electric mixer, beat cream and orange juice concentrate in medium bowl until stiff peaks form.

    5 min

  2. 2.

    Place 8 cookies on rimmed baking sheet, spacing apart. Spoon about 1 level tablespoon whipped orange cream atop each cookie, then top each with second cookie and another tablespoon cream. Repeat 2 more times with cookies and cream, creating 8 stacks of 4 cookies with 4 layers of orange cream. Top each stack with fifth cookie. Transfer remaining orange cream to small bowl; cover and chill cream. Cover and chill stacks at least 6 hours or overnight (cookies will soften).

    360 min

  3. 3.

    Carefully transfer 1 stack to each of 8 plates. Rewhisk reserved orange cream, if necessary, until stiff peaks form. Spoon dollop of orange cream atop each stack, sprinkle with grated orange peel, and serve.

    10 min

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