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Wow your guests these 4th of July with Patriotic Marble Chocolate Chip Cookies! Easy to make, festive in red, white, and blue, and always a crowd-pleaser!

Closeup on a white platter filled with a batch of Patriotic Marble Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Get ready to wow your friends and family this Independence Day with a cookie that’s festive and fun and perfect for the 4th of July. Our Patriotic Marble Chocolate Chip Cookies are the ultimate crowd-pleaser, full of warm, chocolately nostalgia and all dressed up in Red, White and Blue.  Whether they are displayed on your neighborhood party dessert table or served up as a sweet treat during the fireworks show, they are guaranteed to disappear in no time. Plus, they’re ridiculously easy to make. A little food coloring is all it takes to turn a timeless favorite into a star-spangled treat everyone will rave about! Trust us, these yummy cookies are about to become your new July 4th tradition!

How to Make the Cookie Dough

Collage image showing the steps for creaming the butter and sugars for the Patriotic Marble Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Step 1: Cream the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a mixer.  
Step 2: Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until fluffy.  

Collage image showing the steps for adding the dry ingredients to the cookie dough.

Step 3: Add the Baking Soda and salt and mix until just combined.
Step 4: Add the flour.

Close up on a large white mixing bowl filled with cookie dough and a spatula.

Step 5: Mix just until the flour is completely incorporated. You don’t want to over-mix the dough on this step.

How to Make the Marble Cookies

Collage image showing the steps for adding red and blue food coloring to two portions of cookie dough.

Step 6: Separate the cookie dough into three equal portions. (We used a food scale but you can eyeball it if you don’t have one.)
Step 7: Now color two portions of cookie dough red and blue.  We used Wilton Color Right food coloring to color the cookie dough. Here are the combinations that we used:

Red – 6 small drops of Crimson
Blue – 5 small drops of Blue, 1 small drop of Red and 1 small drop of Pink

Collage image showing how to add the chocolate chips to the three portions of cookie dough.

Steps 8-9: Add 1/3 of the bag of chocolate chips to each portion of cookie dough and stir until combined.

Overhead shot of a food scale sitting on a white table along side three bowls of red, white and blue chocolate chip cookie dough.

Step 10: Using a food scale, we measured 2.0 oz. of cookie dough for each cookie. We randomly added pieces of red, white and blue cookie dough to the food scale until it weighed approximately 2 ounces. Sometimes we used more of one color than the others. There is no right or wrong combination. The more random the pieces of dough, the prettier the cookies will be.

Baking Instructions

Collage image of a cookie sheet filled with marble chocolate chip cookie dough before it goes in the over and after it comes out of the oven.

Step 11: Add the marble cookie dough balls to a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
Step 12: Bake in an oven preheated to 350 degrees for 8-9 minutes or until they are golden brown around the edges. Cool and serve!

Storage Instructions

These Chocolate Chip Cookies should be stored in an airtight container. They will stay fresh longer if they are completely cool before you pack them up.  We usually add a layer of parchment paper between each row of cookies in our plastic container. The cookies will be fresh for 2-3 days at room temperature. If you want them to last longer, you should freeze them. They will be fine in the freezer for 2-3 months.

Closeup of a batch of Patriotic Marble Chocolate Chip Cookies sitting on a white table in front of an American Flag kitchen towel.

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Patriotic Marble Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yield 18-20 cookies
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Wow your guests these 4th of July with Patriotic Marble Chocolate Chip Cookies! Easy to make, festive in red, white, and blue, and always a crowd-pleaser!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Softened Butter (Sweet Cream, Salted)
  • 1  cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Brown Sugar (packed)
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 3/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 Bag Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chips (10 oz.)
  • Wilton Color Right Food Coloring

Instructions

  1. Cream the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a mixer.
  2. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until fluffy.
  3. Add the Baking Soda and salt and mix.
  4. Add the flour and mix until it is completely incorporated.
  5. Separate the cookie dough into three equal portions.
  6. Use food coloring to color two of the portions red and blue.
  7. Add chocolate chips to each portion.
  8. Create a 2 oz. cookie dough ball out of the red, white and blue cookie dough.
  9. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 8-9 minutes or until golden brown around the edges.

Notes

Food Coloring Amounts
Red - 6 small drops of Crimson
Blue - 5 small drops of Blue, 1 small drop of Red and 1 small drop of Pink

Storage Tips
Patriotic Marble Chocolate Chip Cookies should be stored in an airtight container. They will stay fresh longer if they are completely cool before you pack them up.  We usually add a layer of parchment paper between each row of cookies in our plastic container. The cookies will be fresh for 2-3 days at room temperature. If you want them to last longer, you should freeze them. They will be fine in the freezer for 2-3 months.

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Cuisine: American / Category: Cookies