🍪 Royal Caribbean Ranger Cookies DUP: Make This Cruise Favorite at Home

If you've sailed with Royal Caribbean, you know there are certain cruise foods you start craving again the minute you get home. Ranger Cookies are one of them!

These hearty, chewy cookies are loaded with crispy rice cereal, oats, coconut, and chocolate chips. There is a little bit of everything in every bite—and they're perfect when you're missing those cruise-ship treats.

Whether you're counting down to your next Royal Caribbean cruise or dealing with a serious case of post-cruise blues, here's a Ranger Cookie recipe you can try at home.

🚢 Royal Caribbean-Style Ranger Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening or softened butter

• 1 cup light brown sugar

• 1 cup granulated sugar

• 2 eggs

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• ½ teaspoon baking powder

• ½ teaspoon salt

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 2 cups all-purpose flour

• 2 cups crispy rice cereal, such as Rice Krispies, or corn flakes

• 1 cup old-fashioned oats

• 1 cup shredded coconut or coconut flakes

• 1 cup chocolate chips

🍪 How to Make Ranger Cookies

1. Preheat the oven.
Preheat your oven to 350°F.

2. Mix the dry ingredients.
In a bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.

3. Start the cookie dough.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the softened butter or shortening, brown sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla extract, and salt.

4. Cream the mixture.
Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, beat until the butter and sugars are creamy and well combined.

5. Add the eggs.
Beat in the eggs until completely incorporated.

6. Add the flour mixture.
Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture. Mix just until combined. Don't overmix.

7. Add all the good stuff!
Add the crispy rice cereal, oats, and shredded coconut. Use a silicone spatula to gently fold everything into the dough.

8. Bring on the chocolate.
Fold in the chocolate chips.

Important Cookie-Dough Tip

Don't panic if the dough looks dry and crumbly. That's normal for this style of Ranger Cookie.

If it seems too dry to hold together, add approximately ¼ to ½ cup additional softened butter or shortening, a little at a time, until you reach a scoopable consistency.

You can bake the cookies immediately, or refrigerate the dough for about 30 minutes if it feels too soft to work with.

9. Scoop and bake.
Use a medium cookie scoop to portion the dough onto a parchment-lined or silicone-lined baking sheet, leaving room between each cookie.

Bake at 350°F until the edges are lightly golden and the centers are set. Because ovens and cookie sizes vary, start checking them around the 10-minute mark.

Allow them to cool briefly on the baking sheet before transferring them to a cooling rack.

🌴 Why Are They Called Ranger Cookies?

Ranger Cookies are an old-fashioned cookie traditionally made with a combination of oats, cereal, coconut, and chocolate chips. The result is a cookie with lots of different textures—crispy, chewy, buttery, and chocolatey all at once.

It's easy to see why this style of cookie makes such a memorable cruise treat!

💡 Cruise Cookie Tip

Make a batch before your next cruise countdown party or Royal Caribbean get-together. You could even package a few in individual bags for a fun cruise-themed treat.

And if you're suffering from post-cruise blues, pour yourself a cup of coffee, grab a Ranger Cookie, and start searching for your next sailing. 🚢😉

Have You Tried the Ranger Cookies on Royal Caribbean?

Are these one of your favorite cruise-ship cookies, or is there another Royal Caribbean dessert you look forward to every sailing?

Save this recipe for later—and send it to your favorite cruise buddy! 🍪🚢