Cranberry chocolate chip cookies that you will make all year round!
This popular cookie recipe has been on my blog for about eight years now. I decided to remake these cookies over the weekend after so many of you tagged me in your pictures of the cranberry chocolate chip cookies. I had forgotten how delicious they were, so thank you for inspiring me to make them again! Whether you’re looking for a delicious chocolate chip cookie recipe or love all things cranberry, you will adore this recipe. If I had to pick the perfect chocolate chip cookie consistency, it would be these cookies! The insides are soft and gooey, while the outsides are crunchy and chewy!
You will LOVE this recipe:
This cookie recipe is perfect for a last-minute dessert. I used to bring these cookies to backyard BBQs and parties when I needed a quick dessert dish. You can make them faster than stopping at a grocery store to pick something up, and fresh homemade cookies are so much better! They take about 20 minutes to make (zero chill time!), and you can make them mini or jumbo. There’s something so delicious about a jumbo chocolate chip cookie.
I first made this recipe when I had a ton of cranberries left over from Thanksgiving, and it eventually became a staple cookie all year round. They become even more sophisticated with a few sprinkles of orange zest on top.
The prettiest chocolate chip cookies!
Just look at the inside of that cookie! The hardest part is trying not to eat the whole batch.
The cranberries add a fun twist to the cookie with their slightly sour and tart flavor. When combined with the chocolate and sweetness of the cookie, they transform into a candy-like treat. Plus, the touch of pink from the cranberries makes the cookies even prettier.The ingredients are simple! Like my other recipes, you can make swaps to fit your dietary needs!
In an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugar, and brown sugar together until creamy. Lightly mix in the vanilla and egg.
Gradually add the flour mixture on low speed.
Fold in the chocolate chips and cranberries.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place oversized tablespoon-sized dough balls two inches apart. If you’re making larger cookies (using 3 tablespoons of dough), place them three inches apart.
Cookies with NO CHILL time 🙂
For this batch, I doubled the size of the cookies. I usually make miniatures, but this time, I wanted them to be jumbo. I used about three tablespoons of dough for each cookie and placed them three inches apart on the baking sheet.You’ll know the cookies are done when the edges look lightly golden, but the middle still appears soft. Even if the center doesn’t look fully cooked, take them out once the edges are golden—they’ll continue to cook on the baking sheet for the next five minutes. The soft and gooey middle is the best part, so be careful not to overcook them! For the jumbo size, I baked them for about 10-12 minutes.The recipe makes about 22 jumbo cookies! These are seriously the best chocolate chip cookies ever! The cranberry is a delicious addition, but you cannot go wrong with this recipe! Don’t forget to pin this recipe to make later!
If you want, make a big batch of this dough and freeze it for emergency bake moments! This recipe is saved in a folder in front of my family recipe binder. Let me know if you want to see which recipes I have saved in my binder! I started saving recipes (even printing ones like this out) to place in my binder just in case my family later on in life wanted a list of recipes that are my absolute go-to. I remember my grandma always keeping a recipe box, and I’d snap photos of them to add them to my binder.
Perfect Chewy and Gooey Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies
Sift the flour, salt, and baking soda together and set aside in a separate bowl.
In an electric mixer, beat the butter with the sugars until creamy.
Lightly mix in the vanilla and egg.
Pour the flour mixture into the wet ingredients gradually.
With a spatula, fold in the cranberries and the chocolate chips. (if they're dried cranberries, use the electric mixer to do so)
Scoop oversized tablespoon dough balls onto a baking sheet two inches apart.I also made jumbo cookies with this recipe using 3 tbsps sized doughballs
Bake for approximately 8-12 minutes. The edges should be slightly brown, and the middles will still be soft.The middles will continue to cook on the baking sheet, so make sure to take them out as soon as the edges are golden.
I would love to see the recipes in your binder! Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful holiday cookie recipe! Blessings to you & your household! Donna
Yum these look amazing! I love chocolate chip cookies, but I hardly make them. I find it too dangerous to keep around the house. Maybe I should do it like you and make them for other people and just leave one or two for myself. 😉
I’m curious, did the cranberries conflicted with the chocolate chips?
I tried fresh cranberries for the first time and was shocked at how tart they were! Since then, I realized the delicious cranberry flavor I previously knew was actually very sugared to get to that state. I can see how it would work in a cookie, but I’m wondering if any tart flavor is left. Very cool idea, would love to make this cookie with white chocolate for Christmas! Thanks for all your great tips and recipes!
I was scared of that happening too, so I made a test cookie. Once you bake the cranberries, they become so sweet and juicy! They become sweet and lose all the sour/tart taste! They are soooooo good in the cookies! & pretty! xo
I’m planning on trying a cream cheese chocolate chip cookie recipe soon with lots of mini chocolate chips. I’ve been unable to get enough chocolate lately.
These look delicious Taralynn! Chocolate and cranberries go so well together.
I resort to chocolate chip cookies when I am in the mood to bake but only have the basic ingredients on hand. They are one of my favorite things to make! I use my moms recipe, which is almost identical to the Toll House recipe 🙂
They are so good and SO festive! I always make sure to have everything in the house for cookies. They are my boyfriend’s little brothers favorite! I need to try the TH recipe! I heard it’s awesome! 🙂
You can never go wrong with a chocolate chip cookie, but a tried and true recipe is the way to go! My go to recipe is from one of my moms cook books, it’s always a hit! Also, one tip I have discovered is you need to use the right kind of pans. The pan really makes a difference in how they turn out! I’ve never thought of cranberries in cookies, I’ll have to try that out.
OH YUM!!!! I just happen to have four bags of fresh cranberries. I’m making these this week for my yoga class! We are doing a sunrise yoga challenge (even on Thanksgiving Day) and I’ve been looking for the perfect treat for them. This is it! Thank you!
You’re welcome Julie! Also, if you’re ever looking for a healthy chocolate chip cookie recipes, you can use my almond flour one!:) You could also do the cranberry chocolate with those as well!
These look super pretty with the cranberries in them! I bet the white chocolate macadamia but cranberry cookies will be delicious too! I regret not picking up a bag of cranberries when I did my shopping this weekend, I will have to wait until post-thanksgiving craziness now 😛
Hi, I have one batch of the cranberry white chocolate cookies chilling and I wondered if I could use golden Crisco instead of butter in my second batch? The dough tasted sooo good!
I’m making these cookies right now! Can’t wait for them to come out of the oven. 🙂 I love that you used fresh cranberries instead of dried. Great idea!
Just happened across this recipe today on my phone and made with dried cranberries. Very good complement to the chocolate chips. Will definitely make these again. Might also try with dried cherries. I would love to see the recipes on your binder. Thank you.
Making a second batch tomorrow. 😋Didn’t have chocolate chips. Only used dried cranberries. Yum! Wonderful. Chewy! We enjoyed an after meal treat and froze others for later treats. Cutting back on the sugar for second batch. A little sweet. Will not cut back on sugar when using fresh cranberries. Thanks for a great basic recipe. Easy.
Really delicious. I”m a bit of a lazy baker, so I made these into a bar baked in an 8×8 pan, 350* in my convection oven for 20 minutes. Perfection! I did use white chocolate chips and dried cranberries. Next time I might try dried cherries and milk chocolate chips. So glad I happened upon your site. You mentioned some of your favorite family recipes are in your binder? Is that available to me? Thank you.
Hi Taralynn.
I just made your jumbo size cookie recipe with butterscotch chips substituted for the chocolate chips. I used dried cranberries and I also added in one cup of chopped walnuts.
You mentioned being able to freeze the dough.
Do you recommend freezing the baked cookies…if so for how long?
Plus once these are baked, they will go quickly…would like to know how you store the baked cookies for premium freshness.
Thank you.
Love, jojo
These are dangerously delicious. I used Toll House dark chocolate chips and our Bible study group devoured them. Good thing because if not, I would have, single-handedly. I LOVE cranberries. Thank you for this recipe.
I tried this recipe and enjoyed both the process and the finished product! I did not grow up baking and this recipe was easy for me to follow and not mess it up either! So thank you for sharing!
This will be my 16th dozen of these wonderful cookies! Everyone loves them and they are being requested at every gathering. Thank you so much for sharing this gem of a recipe.
The ingredients are simple! Like my other recipes, you can make swaps to fit your dietary needs!
You’ll know the cookies are done when the edges look lightly golden, but the middle still appears soft. Even if the center doesn’t look fully cooked, take them out once the edges are golden—they’ll continue to cook on the baking sheet for the next five minutes. The soft and gooey middle is the best part, so be careful not to overcook them! For the jumbo size, I baked them for about 10-12 minutes.
The recipe makes about 22 jumbo cookies! 
These are seriously the best chocolate chip cookies ever! The cranberry is a delicious addition, but you cannot go wrong with this recipe! 
Don’t forget to pin this recipe to make later!
This recipe is saved in a folder in front of my family recipe binder. Let me know if you want to see which recipes I have saved in my binder! I started saving recipes (even printing ones like this out) to place in my binder just in case my family later on in life wanted a list of recipes that are my absolute go-to. I remember my grandma always keeping a recipe box, and I’d snap photos of them to add them to my binder. 
I hope you enjoy this perfect chocolate chip cookie with cranberry recipe! Don’t forget to watch the video to see how easy they are to make!
I am ALL about cranberries this year. I saw you Instagramed this batch of cookies and was hoping you’d post the recipe. I can’t wait to try them out!
Cranberries are where its at!;) and super duper good for you! xo
I would love to see the recipes in your binder! Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful holiday cookie recipe! Blessings to you & your household! Donna
Thank you so much, Donna!
Yum these look amazing! I love chocolate chip cookies, but I hardly make them. I find it too dangerous to keep around the house. Maybe I should do it like you and make them for other people and just leave one or two for myself. 😉
They are so dangerous to have around the house. If you do make them, give them away or keep them out of site lol
I know what I’m bringing to my family Thanksgiving celbration now! Thanks so much! 🙂
Enjoy!!
Hi Taralynn,
I’m curious, did the cranberries conflicted with the chocolate chips?
I tried fresh cranberries for the first time and was shocked at how tart they were! Since then, I realized the delicious cranberry flavor I previously knew was actually very sugared to get to that state. I can see how it would work in a cookie, but I’m wondering if any tart flavor is left. Very cool idea, would love to make this cookie with white chocolate for Christmas! Thanks for all your great tips and recipes!
Hi Crystal!
I was scared of that happening too, so I made a test cookie. Once you bake the cranberries, they become so sweet and juicy! They become sweet and lose all the sour/tart taste! They are soooooo good in the cookies! & pretty! xo
I’m planning on trying a cream cheese chocolate chip cookie recipe soon with lots of mini chocolate chips. I’ve been unable to get enough chocolate lately.
That actually sounds really really good. Chocolate needs are the story of my life.
These look so delicious! Awesome idea. I can’t wait to make them and try them out 🙂
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Thanks Brooklyn!!
These look delicious Taralynn! Chocolate and cranberries go so well together.
I resort to chocolate chip cookies when I am in the mood to bake but only have the basic ingredients on hand. They are one of my favorite things to make! I use my moms recipe, which is almost identical to the Toll House recipe 🙂
They are so good and SO festive! I always make sure to have everything in the house for cookies. They are my boyfriend’s little brothers favorite! I need to try the TH recipe! I heard it’s awesome! 🙂
You can never go wrong with a chocolate chip cookie, but a tried and true recipe is the way to go! My go to recipe is from one of my moms cook books, it’s always a hit! Also, one tip I have discovered is you need to use the right kind of pans. The pan really makes a difference in how they turn out! I’ve never thought of cranberries in cookies, I’ll have to try that out.
Its always nice finding that perfect recipe! “THE GO-TO.” And I definitely agree, pans DO make a HUGE difference! :)!
My favorite new (to me) chocolate chip cookie recipe!
I may have to try that recipe out! 🙂
I will be using this recipe for my Holiday Cookie swap at work! Thanks for sharing!
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Hope you enjoy it!!
I made these yesterday with dark chocolate chips and they are so so so so so good!!! Awesome recipe, thank you!
I bet they were SO good with dark chocolate!!
OH YUM!!!! I just happen to have four bags of fresh cranberries. I’m making these this week for my yoga class! We are doing a sunrise yoga challenge (even on Thanksgiving Day) and I’ve been looking for the perfect treat for them. This is it! Thank you!
You’re welcome Julie! Also, if you’re ever looking for a healthy chocolate chip cookie recipes, you can use my almond flour one!:) You could also do the cranberry chocolate with those as well!
https://simplytaralynn.com/2014/03/01/healthy-game-day-paleo-chocolate-chunk-cookies-dairy/
I’ve made these 3 times now, and they are scrumptious!!!!! I love them!
SO glad you like them!:)
These look super pretty with the cranberries in them! I bet the white chocolate macadamia but cranberry cookies will be delicious too! I regret not picking up a bag of cranberries when I did my shopping this weekend, I will have to wait until post-thanksgiving craziness now 😛
Lol I did all my shopping yesterday!!
Hi, I have one batch of the cranberry white chocolate cookies chilling and I wondered if I could use golden Crisco instead of butter in my second batch? The dough tasted sooo good!
I’ve never used crisco! Let me know how it works out!
I’m making these cookies right now! Can’t wait for them to come out of the oven. 🙂 I love that you used fresh cranberries instead of dried. Great idea!
They give the cookie more flavor and texture! 🙂
I just made these with white chocolate as a christmas eve dessert. They turned out amazing and are so gooey inside. Thanks for the awesome recipe! 🙂
Glad you liked them! 🙂 thanks for sharing!
These look bomb! Thanks again Taralynn! ❤️✨
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Thanks so much!!!
Just happened across this recipe today on my phone and made with dried cranberries. Very good complement to the chocolate chips. Will definitely make these again. Might also try with dried cherries. I would love to see the recipes on your binder. Thank you.
Thank you!!! ♥️ Cherries in this recipe!? Genius!
These cookies didn’t last an hour in my house!
Making a second batch tomorrow. 😋Didn’t have chocolate chips. Only used dried cranberries. Yum! Wonderful. Chewy! We enjoyed an after meal treat and froze others for later treats. Cutting back on the sugar for second batch. A little sweet. Will not cut back on sugar when using fresh cranberries. Thanks for a great basic recipe. Easy.
Thanks, Jo Ann!
What are the nutrition facts for this recipe? I am diabetic and have celiac disease. So I have to watch for for as well as carb counts.
I didn’t calculate for these sine they are on the sugary/more carb side! If you use a nutrition calculator online, you can insert your ingredients.
Really delicious. I”m a bit of a lazy baker, so I made these into a bar baked in an 8×8 pan, 350* in my convection oven for 20 minutes. Perfection! I did use white chocolate chips and dried cranberries. Next time I might try dried cherries and milk chocolate chips. So glad I happened upon your site. You mentioned some of your favorite family recipes are in your binder? Is that available to me? Thank you.
May I use frozen cranberries in this recipe? Can’t wait to try it if okay!
Yes!
I just made these. Thank you so much. I can’t stop eating them now!
I made these today & they are indeed, THE BEST COOKIES IN THE WORLD 😫🔥👏🏽
Hi Taralynn.
I just made your jumbo size cookie recipe with butterscotch chips substituted for the chocolate chips. I used dried cranberries and I also added in one cup of chopped walnuts.
You mentioned being able to freeze the dough.
Do you recommend freezing the baked cookies…if so for how long?
Plus once these are baked, they will go quickly…would like to know how you store the baked cookies for premium freshness.
Thank you.
Love, jojo
substitute coconut oil for butter? Honey or maple syrup for sugar?
Followed your recipe the other day.. SOOO GOOD
These are dangerously delicious. I used Toll House dark chocolate chips and our Bible study group devoured them. Good thing because if not, I would have, single-handedly. I LOVE cranberries. Thank you for this recipe.
AMAZING!
I tried this recipe and enjoyed both the process and the finished product! I did not grow up baking and this recipe was easy for me to follow and not mess it up either! So thank you for sharing!
I’m so glad you enjoyed!!:)
This will be my 16th dozen of these wonderful cookies! Everyone loves them and they are being requested at every gathering. Thank you so much for sharing this gem of a recipe.
Hi, Christina!
Yay!! So glad you’ve been making these and everyone loves them! I have to store this cookie dough in my freezer/fridge to have on hand all the time!!
I made them AND THEY ARE SOOOO GOOD, THANK YOU 🤩🤩
I have tried many variations of this type of cookie for years and this recipe is hands down the best one I’ve found! 😄
Love your recipe!! I’ve made these twice now, thank you for sharing😊
I used the dried cranberries from costo and they were delicious in this recipe.
absolutely the easiest fastest best tasting cookie. my oven needed 14 min though.
Thank you, Mailie!