Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

4.97 from 181 votes

If you like banana bread, you'll love these Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies. They are a great way to use up overripe bananas and have a soft cake-like texture

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If you’re looking for easy cookie recipes like my Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies or my Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, you should try Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies. I make them with mashed bananas so you’ll end up using less eggs and butter than traditional chocolate chips cookies. The result is chewy cake-like irresistible cookies!

Final baked banana chocolate chip cookies

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How to make banana chocolate chip cookies

Here are all the ingredients you’ll need to make these banana chocolate chips cookies. It’s the usual suspects for making chocolate chip cookies, but also with an over-ripe banana that we’ll be mashing soon.

Ingredients to make banana chocolate chips cookies

First start by creaming the sugar and butter together until light and fluffy. And continue by adding in the egg, mashed banana and vanilla extract. Those are all the wet ingredients for the banana cookies.

Process shots of the butter and sugar getting creamed in stand mixer

Next, you’ll add the combined dry ingredients into the mixer and blend until there are no more streaks of flour. Finally, it’s time to fold in the chocolate chips.

The banana cookies batter will be more moist that the typical cookie dough batter. It will be fluffy and airy and this is what helps make them cake-like.

Collage of two images showing the batter with the chocolate chips before and after folding in.

Use a cookie scoop to place the cookies on a silpat or greased baking sheet or a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Cookie dough on parchment paper before baking

The cookies are ready when you start to see the edges slightly brown. That’s your signal to remove them from the oven and let them cool on a wire rack. They will look slightly undercooked on the top, but as long as the edges start to brown, then they are ready and will continue to set as they cool.

Banana cookies on wire rack after baking

Tips for making banana cookies

  • Use over-ripe banana. This makes it easier to mash the banana, but it also adds a lot more sweetness and flavor to the recipe and helps give them that cake-like moist and chewy texture.
  • Use butter and egg at room temperature. This helps to make sure everything mixes well together without getting clumps. It gives the cookies an even texture and consistent taste. If you’re in a rush to get the butter to room temperature, you can place the butter in the microwave for 7-10 seconds. And you can place the egg in a bowl of warm tap water.
  • If you have time, chill the cookie dough. Chilling the cookie dough helps to improve the texture and flavor of the cookies. It solidifies the fat in the butter so that it doesn’t spread as quickly when baked, making for a richer tasting cookie that doesn’t spread as easily.
Stack of banana cookies cut in half to show soft chewy texture

These banana chocolate chip cookies are legit chewy, rich and bursting with a sweet banana flavor. They are like little pillowy banana breads in cookie form and make the perfect treat for kids, holiday gatherings or just Friday night cookie cravings!

Banana chocolate chip cookies getting stored in tupperware

If you make this healthy-ish feel good Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe, please be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! I would love to hear about your experience making it. And if you snapped some shots of it, share it with me on Instagram so I can repost on my stories!

Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you like banana bread, you’ll love these Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies. They are a great way to use up overripe bananas and have a soft cake-like texture
5 from 181 votes
Servings 24 servings
Course Dessert
Calories 113
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Total Time 24 minutes

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Ingredients
  

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and granulated sugar until well combined and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the egg, mashed banana and vanilla extract until combined.
  • Mix flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda and gradually add to the creamed mixture. Stir in the chocolate chips.
  • Scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake 10-14 minutes, or until the edges are lightly browned.
  • Cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

Notes

Recipe: This recipe is from Lil Luna. I didn’t make any changes and it came out perfect.
Storage: They will typically stay fresh in a sealed container for 3-4 days but can last up to a week when stored with a piece of sliced bread.
Substitutes: For best results, follow the recipe as is. However if you have any questions for substitutions, please let me know!

Nutrition

Calories: 113kcal, Carbohydrates: 14g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 5g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Cholesterol: 14mg, Sodium: 57mg, Potassium: 89mg, Sugar: 7g, Vitamin A: 95IU, Vitamin C: 0.4mg, Calcium: 16mg, Iron: 0.8mg

Nutrition information provided is an estimate. It will vary based on cooking method and specific ingredients used.

Cuisine American
Course: Dessert

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  1. Just made these – they are FANTASTIC! They literally taste exactly like eating chocolate chip banana bread just in cookie form. So soft and moist, will definitely make again!

    I wondered how it would be to add peanut butter to them? Not sure how it would be or what measurement I would do for that. Just something to consider!

  2. This sounds like a great recipe and I’m going to give it a go but why no weight measurements? A cup of flour can vary by about 20% depending on how tight you pack it and I don’t know if you mean metric or imperial cups. Pleeease include weight measurements.

  3. I used brown sugar and added half bitter chocolate chips and half white chocolate chips. The cookies came out very delicious and pretty healthy! Thank you for this successful recipe!
    I am saving it and will fo it again and again💖

    1. Thank you so much! For best results, follow the recipe as is. However, those substitutions should work! Let me know if you give it a try.

  4. These cookies turned out really good! I was hesitant at first because we added extra banana, but they were delicious. Nice, light and fluffy.

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