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    Home » Recipes » Home Baking » Home Baking Cakes and Biscuits

    Dark Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies

    Published: Dec 6, 2018 · Updated: Apr 3, 2021 by Neil 8 Comments

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    A wire baking rack of dark chocolate chip cranberry cookies. Pin title text overlay at top.

    Dark chocolate chip cranberry cookies are delicious sweet soft and chewy holiday treats. The combination of melted dark chocolate chips and sweet cranberries is irresistible!

    A plate of 3 delicious dark chocolate chip cranberry cookies served and ready to eat.

    Folks these dark chocolate chip cranberry cookies are irresistibly soft and chewy.

    They're full of delicious sweet cranberries and melted dark chocolate chunks.

    Incredibly easy to make too.

    I can guarantee these will disappear fast from your kitchen!

    Plate of 3 delicious dark chocolate chip cranberry cookies with a glass of milk and rack of cookies behind.

    Seeing as it's Christmas I decided to "loosen" the healthy theme of my blog.

    So these chocolate chip cookies should be eaten as a treat.

    After all we all need to treat ourselves at Christmas don't we?

    However, if you are looking for a healthier cookie, then do hop on over to check out my wholemeal chocolate cranberry cookies!

    Dark chocolate chip cranberry cookes just taken out of oven and resting on a wire rack.

    When you bake these in your oven and then take them out, it's highly unlikely they'll look as neat and round as mine do.

    No, I will confess to you folks that I used a round cookie cutter to make these look as they do for the photographs.

    In fact, let me also confess that with my first trial batch of these chocolate chip cranberry cookies, the cookie dough amalgamated into one large baked cookie! 😆

    So don't worry what your cookies look like when they're baked. Just enjoy them!

    Birds eye view of a plate of 3 dark chocolate chip cranberry cookies served with a glass of milk to the side and the remaining baked cookies on a baking rack behind.

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    Dark Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies Recipe

    These delicious chewy cookies are perfect for the holidays. Make sure you share them though as they're rather tempting!!

    I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂

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    Dark Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies Recipe

    Dark chocolate chip cranberry cookies are delicious sweet soft and chewy holiday treats. The combination of melted dark chocolate chips and sweet cranberries are irresistible!
    Prep Time20 mins
    Cook Time20 mins
    Total Time40 mins
    Course: Home Baking
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 15 cookies
    Calories: 298kcal
    Author: Neil

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    Equipment

    • Baking tray
    • Kitchen scale
    • Measuring spoons
    • Large mixing bowl
    • Wooden spoon
    • Wire baking rack

    Ingredients

    • 250 g butter at room temperature
    • 200 g light brown muscovado sugar
    • 75 g caster sugar
    • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 2 large eggs
    • 300 g plain flour
    • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
    • 80 g dried cranberries
    • 80 g dark chocolate chips
    Metric - US Customary

    Instructions

    • Pre-heat your oven to 180°c. Lightly grease a couple of baking trays.
    • In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and both sugars until creamy.
    • Add the vanilla extract and eggs, beat well into the creamy mixture.
    • Fold in the flour, bicarbonate of soda, dried cranberries and dark chocolate chips. The dough should be of a smooth consistency.
    • Tear off golf ball sized pieces, roll them into balls using your hands, place them on the baking sheet about 5cm apart and press down slightly to flatten them.
    • Place the cookies in the oven and bake for 15 - 20 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
    • Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
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    Notes

    Keep the cookies in an air-tight sealed container. The cookies will be good for a week.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 298kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 221mg | Potassium: 84mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 450IU | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 1.2mg

    Nutrition Facts
    Dark Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 298 Calories from Fat 144
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 16g25%
    Saturated Fat 10g63%
    Cholesterol 57mg19%
    Sodium 221mg10%
    Potassium 84mg2%
    Carbohydrates 35g12%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 18g20%
    Protein 3g6%
    Vitamin A 450IU9%
    Calcium 38mg4%
    Iron 1.2mg7%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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    Comments

    1. Mimi

      December 06, 2018 at 1:41 pm

      Oh yes!!! Such a lovely combination. My favorite Christmas cookie that I’ve made a few times is a cranberry hazelnut cookie. I should add chocolate to those!

      Reply
      • Neil

        December 06, 2018 at 6:31 pm

        Ooh a cranberry hazelnut cookie, lovely! I can imagine they've got a lovely crunch to them! 🙂

        Reply
    2. Jeff the Chef

      December 09, 2018 at 9:40 pm

      5 stars
      That's a very interesting, Christmassy combination!

      Reply
      • Neil

        December 10, 2018 at 4:43 am

        Thanks Jeff! That's exactly what I hoped everyone would think of it! 🙂

        Reply
    3. David @ Spiced

      December 10, 2018 at 1:38 pm

      5 stars
      I love cranberries in desserts...especially around the holidays! And while I'll never turn down a cookie, I must say that I'm often partial to a crunchy cookie. This sound delicious, and I love the cranberry + chocolate combo you've got going on here, Neil!

      Reply
      • Neil

        December 11, 2018 at 1:19 pm

        It's not Christmas without cranberries is it David? Nor is it Christmas without a cookie. Glad you like them. Thanks David. 🙂

        Reply
    4. Ben|Havocinthekitchen

      December 12, 2018 at 12:49 am

      5 stars
      While I like your healthy everyday recipes, I am glad you've decided to "loosen” the healthy theme of your blog, Neil. After all, that's Christmas! I do love the combo of cranberries and pecans, but the marriage of cranberries and chocolate sounds great too. Indeed, I don't even mind one amalgamated cookie...because I would still count calories as one serving, and the fact I've eaten only one cookie (even a gargantuan one) instead of 12 feels good to me 🙂

      Reply
      • Neil

        December 12, 2018 at 5:30 pm

        Ben, wait until you see my last 2 Christmas recipes. One tomorrow and then one next Tuesday. There's very little healthy about them! 😀

        Reply

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