These Paleo Orange Dark Chocolate Chip Scones are perfect with a side of eggs for a healthy breakfast. Better yet? With only 6 ingredients, this easy scone recipe is a cinch to make. All you’ll need is almond flour, an egg, dark chocolate, orange zest, honey, and baking soda.
I went gluten-free in 1998 when I was diagnosed with celiac disease. I then went totally grain-free in 2001 to improve my digestion further. Ever since then I’ve been creating easy paleo recipes using as few ingredients as possible. I love cooking, but I love playing outside even more. So creating easy recipes for you is quite a passion of mine. Well, here’s another one!
This healthy gluten-free scone recipe is a favorite of my wonderful mother-in-law. She makes it all year round, and has a batch ready for us whenever we visit her. I hope you all enjoy these paleo scones as much as we do!
Orange Dark Chocolate Chip Scones
Ingredients
- 2 cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons honey
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine almond flour, baking soda, dark chocolate, and zest
- In a small bowl, combine egg and honey
- Mix wet ingredients into dry, thoroughly
- Form dough into a circle that is about ½-inch in thickness
- Cut dough like a pizza, into 8 slices
- Bake at 350°F for 10-15 minutes
- Serve
The idea for this gluten-free scones recipe comes from Joy the Baker. When I saw her Orange and Dark Chocolate Buttermilk Scones using regular flour, I was inspired to make my own paleo scone recipe out of it!
Here are some other easy paleo scones recipes for you:
Ruslan says
I love your recipes, they’re so simple!
Elena, I’m not a big fan of agave, since i’m not great in the kitchen, would honey or maple syrup work as an alternative with this recipe?
Melanie says
I’ve subbed honey for all of Elana’s recipes and they have all turned out wonderful! -Melanie
Ruslan says
Thanks Melanie!
I’ll try this out with honey!
Anita says
FYI, honey becomes toxic when heated at high temps :( Try Brown Rice Syrup instead.
Rhea Miller says
Anita-
Regarding your comment about honey being toxic at high temps–do you have any links to information on this? I imagine it destroys the enzymes and isn’t health-giving but I’ve never heard of it being toxic and I’d like to learn more!
Thanks,
Rhea
Diana Lesire Brandmeyer says
I have to make these. I’ve been on an orange and chocolate fixation for a week. Nutella and orange marmalade. :)
Nana Rogers says
Oh our family loves orange and chocolate together… Mmmm
And I adore your rooster tea towel. Too cute!
Thanks again for such wonderful healthy and helpful recipes.
Ashley @ Taste for Healthy says
Those look so tempting! Do you think a “flax egg” would work as a substitute for the egg to make it vegan? :)
Kris | iheartwellness.com says
oh my goodness, these look so simple and so delicious!
I love big chocolate chips like this and when you take that bite you get a creamy bit of chocolate :)
have a great day!
xxoo
Gluten Free Diva says
Elana,
What time is tea? And when will your next batch be finished and out of the oven? These look simple, and simply delicious.
~Ellen
Jac says
nice! and minimal ingredients. I just made my own almond flour by soaking almonds overnight, making almond milk, dehydrating the pulp and grinding it once dried. A lengthy process but I’m left with the fluffiest, tastiest almond flour ever.
bob says
Thanks for the tip! I was just wondering what to do with the leftover pulp = )
demi says
is it ok to mke first almond milk and then flour or is the oil and nutricions go away with milk first??is it really working in recipes if making milk first???
Heather says
Just what I needed ANOTHER one of your amazing scone recipes to tempt and taunt me! I love them all!
Kristen says
I couldn’t agree more :)
Tia says
Thanks for the link love, Elana.
These look and sound great. My MIL and fiance are visiting in a couple of days, as well as, we have a new nephew in our family. So, it looks like I will be making a bunch of these for everyone. The new parents need some noshing food while the little one sleeps. Another fabulous recipe!
xoxo,
Tia
Sarah says
I am allergic to oranges (clementines, mineolas, etc. but not lemons or limes), does anyone have a suggestion for a substitute? Is the function in the recipe simply a liquid or is it important that it be acidic?
Karen says
Sarah,
It looks like the only ingredient containing orange is the orange zest and only a tablespoon, so I’d guess it would be easy to replace with a different flavoring you like that would go with chocolate, such as an extract of some sort, e.g., vanilla. Or you could go without – you can never go wrong with just almonds and chocolate :-)
Helen Harnage Blount says
Sarah, how do you blanch Almond flour?
Lorri says
Sarah,
I suggest you try the scone recipe using lemon zest, it looks to me that the purpose of the orange zest in the recipe is flavor without adding any liquid.
Let us all know how you make this recipe work for you.
Lorri
Denise Biencourt says
how about cherry extract? even some chopped bits of dried cherries. Cherries and chocolate are yummy together!
Shannon says
Sarah,
I have been making a recipe very similar to this using lemon zest and dried cranberries (instead of chocolate chips). I also add pecans. It is YUMMY.
Dori says
I made the recipe and my dough is so sticky that I couldn’t cut it or use a spatula. What am I doing wrong? I followed the recipe. I use honey because that’s what I had. They are baking now. I can cut them when they are done. I was hoping someone can guide me.