Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
Updated Dec 24, 2025
These Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft and cake-like with chocolate chips and a subtle banana flavor - great for using up ripe bananas!
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Chocolate Chip Cookies with Bananas!
I love a good chocolate chip cookies, but if I have extra ripe bananas around, I love using them to make these Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies. Aside from mashed bananas, they have all the same ingredients of a regular chocolate chip cookie, but with less sugar since the ripe banana add sweetness. The riper the banana, the sweeter the cookie!
Happy Baking!
– Yumna
Banana Chocolate Chip Cookie Ingredients
- Dry Ingredients: You’ll need all-purpose flour (or 1:1 gluten-free flour), baking soda, baking powder, granulated sugar, and salt for this recipe!
- Wet Ingredients: These cookies call for vanilla extract, unsalted butter, egg, and banana. Go for an overripe banana, if you can!
- Chocolate Chips: I like to use semi-sweet chocolate chips for these banana cookies, but chocolate chunks or dark chocolate chips will also work.
How to Make Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 large egg room temperature
- ½ cup ripe banana about 1 banana
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the sugar and butter until well combined and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the egg, mashed banana and vanilla extract until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients and process at low speed, just until a few streaks of flour remain. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and fold any visible flour in by hand with a rubber spatula. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Using a 1.5 tablespoon-sized cookie scoop, scoop the batter and place on the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between each cookie. They will be softer than traditional chocolate chip cookies.
- Bake for 12 to 14 minutes, or until the cookies are slightly golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
Equipment
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information provided is an estimate. It will vary based on cooking method and specific ingredients used.
Recipe Video Tutorial
Recipe Tips
- Use room temperature eggs and butter. Softened butter and room temperature eggs will help everything combine easily, without leaving any clumps! 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.
- Chill the cookie dough, if you have time. 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.
FAQs
Yes, you can use frozen bananas! Before baking, just thaw out your bananas, mash them, then add them to your cookie dough. Just keep in mind that frozen bananas may release more moisture than fresh, so you may need to adjust the flour slightly.
For chewier, less cake-like cookies, use a smaller banana, and increase the sugar slightly.
Comments
Lovely and soft. Added some chopped apple with dark chocolate chips. Used agave as the sweetener. Delicious!
Thank you so much, Lindy! Love the addition of chopped apples and dark chocolate chips—yum!!
So so so yummy
Thank you, so happy you liked them!
Didn’t change a thing except used dark chocolate chips, as it was all I had. Delicious!!!
Dark chocolate chips sound so good! So glad you enjoyed the cookies, Jean!!
These were pretty good, puffed up nicely. But I thought the banana flavor was a little muted. Any suggestions?
Also, did this recipe substituting butterscotch (it’s how I make my bread and how my husband prefers it), and it turned out really good, although a little sweet for my taste.
Great question, Becca! I would double the amount of bananas and either increase the flour or bake time to compensate for the extra moisture. If your batch was too sweet, you may want to slightly reduce the portion butterscotch chips you add as well. Enjoy!
Thank you for the tip(s)! We will try doubling the banana next time and adjust the flour so it’ll be a similar consistency. (This is why I always make the recipe exactly as is before adjusting it in any way). The butterscotch is no biggie – he thought it was amazing. I’m just not a big fan of butterscotch, and I thought the chocolate chips were a perfect sweetness level.
I am making these for the 3rd time today. My granddaughter absolutely loves these cookies. Thank you for the recipe.
Aww, I’m so happy your granddaughter loves them!! You’re welcome!
Mine didn’t flatten as much but tased exactly as described! I added walnuts and mixed in some peanut butter chips as well to boost the flavor/textural profile. They end up being a huge hit with the whole family. Such a well balanced cookie too. Thanks for the awesome recipe!
Sounds so good!
Mar. 30, 2024
Made these today with my 5 year old granddaughter. Easy to make, we used a stand mixer; it was easy to add the next ingredient and watch.
Baked for 14 min. in a convection oven. They turned out perfectly soft. A great cookie; I can’t believe they last 3 – 4 days in a sealed container because they go too fast. A great nibble.
So happy you enjoyed them!
Excellent, easy recipe! I doubled it & weighed each spoonful: 26 grams = 54 cookies (baked 15 minutes). Next time, I’ll double the vanilla extract & try it with light brown sugar for stronger flavor. I used frozen bananas, thawed & drained before mashing (it took 3 of those to equal 1 cup). Thanks so much!
Glad you enjoyed these!
The flavor is nice, but the texture is too much like cake for my taste.
Thanks for your feedback.
Thank u so much for sharing, my 3 yr old absolutely loves them. Thank you
Yay, I am so glad to hear!
Hi! Im wondering how much grams the cookie dough balls has to be before baking?
So sorry but I don’t test my recipes in grams.
These banana cookies are so soft and delicious 😋 everyone loved them and my 2 year olds new favorite! Thank you so much for sharing
Yay, so happy these have been a hit with little ones, too!
The cookies turned out delicious, however they got really flat in the oven. I know better to refrigerate the dough for an hour before baking. They also stuck to the parchment paper. Next time, silicone mats and chilled dough for sure. Thank you for the recipe.
Glad you enjoyed the taste and thanks for the feedback.
Just made three dozen of these incredible cookies. Super easy recipe. I was pleasantly surprised on how well they turned out. The texture is crispy on outside and soft and fluffy on inside. I sub maple syrup, added 1tsp more of vanilla and 1 tsp of cinnamon. Flavor is amazing. Thanks!
Yay, glad you enjoyed the cookies!
These so good and soft like a pillow! I made three batches and put some in my freezer ,I hope they freeze well. We all love them , and they are on the healthy side which is good for us. Thank u ! For sharing your recipe. Kay PS I don’t see how to post my photo.
So glad you loved them! You can share your photo of them on Instagram and tag me, @feelgoodfoodie.
My 8 year old daughter absolutely loves these! I’ve been making them for at least a year and a half. They are super easy and fast. The recipe is perfect. I don’t measure the chips (we like a lot) and I also add however much of oatmeal I’m feeling. Adding oatmeal doesn’t change the cook time or anything else in the recipe.
Gotta love extra chocolate chips! Glad these are a family favorite!
The cookies are ok. I had much higher expectations for them based off of the reviews… That being said, I’m not going to throw them out but will give them away.
Thank you for the feedback, Kellie!
Do these freeze and defrost well?
They should!
please send banana chocolate chip cookies recipe
The recipe can be found on the recipe card at the bottom of the page!
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!
That makes me so happy to hear! I love that! I would just add a few teaspoons of peanut butter.
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.
Thank you! I use imperial cups, as I’m based in the US.
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💖
I love the sound of that! You’re so welcome!! Hope you continue to enjoy!
Hi! Love your recipes!
Can I use oat flour instead?
Is ghee ok instead of butter?
Thank you!
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.
These cookies turned out really good! I was hesitant at first because we added extra banana, but they were delicious. Nice, light and fluffy.
I’m so glad it worked out! Yay!!
I made these last week with oat flour and they were perfect! I did refrigerate the dough a bit before baking. They were, soft, moist and the flavor was phenomenal!! Currently making them again, but with Toll House Hot Fudge Sundae mixture (marshmallows, choc chips, & graham pieces)! ❤️
Oo that sounds amazing! Thank you for sharing!
These cookies are amazing😍! I tried them with light brown sugar and it’s still super yummy. I also made extra big ones (12 instead of 24) and let them 5 min more in the oven. I’m so glad I found this recipe✨!
I love that! Me too!!
These look so good! Def going to try these! I don’t have an ice cream scoop, so how many tbsp of dough would you recommend for each cookie? Thank you!
Excited for you to try it! There is roughly 1.5 tablespoons in a cookie scoop.
These cookies were so delicious and the recipe was easy to follow! Will definitely be remaking them ☺️
That makes me so happy to hear! Yay!!
Just read all the comments. Def making these tomorrow! Thank-you so much for the recipe!
Yay! Let me know what you think once you do make it!
Can I use 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4cup white sugar for this recipe?
Thank you..
Yes, that will work. The taste may come out a little different though.
Just put these in the oven now… I’m sure they’ll taste good but it only made 11 cookies ?!
I followed the measurements exactly (converted things to grams to get accuracy) 🤔
Let me know how they end up tasting! Sometimes that happens depending on the size of each cookie formed. Otherwise, it may be what the number the servings were set to!
Another amazing recipe I have made MULTIPLE times this year. And with the banana, they are somewhat healthy cookies, right?! Love the cakey/cookie texture.
Haha, yes, totally healthy cookies! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
Awesome recipe, delicous cookies. Cookies turned out nice and soft. Recipe is also very easy to follow.
So glad to hear it! Thanks so much for the feedback 🙂
I’m so thankful to you for sharing your recipes!! They always turn out amazing! My family loved these cookies so much! They are a perfect little snack!
Aww so glad to hear it! Thank you so much!!
Love the cookies!!! Soft and def cake like without all the guilt. Super easy to follow. Def adding to my recipe book!
So happy to hear that! Thank you!
Made these today with my 4 year old son. It was my first attempt at baking cookies. They turned out fluffy & delicious but I made the mistake of leaving the tray in the oven while it was being preheated so the bottom of the cookies kind burned but it was nothing I couldn’t just scrape off with a knife😉. Also, I used peppermint m&ms instead of chocolate chips and it was like Christmas in my mouth🥰. I definitely need more practice making these but they were delicious anyway
Awww, great job making your first cookies! That’s awesome! And I hope you make them again, you’ll be a pro soon!
Thank you
Hello I absolutely love your page make lots of your recipes question can the flour be sub for almond or maybe oat but almond has anyone tried it.
Unfortunately almond flour can’t be used since it’s gluten free and reacts differently. But if you can find the 1:1 Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free baking flour, that works really well!
Came out too like cake rather than cookies.
Sorry you didn’t enjoy it! It’s definitely a cake-like texture which I mentioned in the recipe 🙂
This is the exact same recipe as taste of home banana chocolate chip cookies!
Oh yes, it does look like it! I actually got the recipe from my another blogger’s site which I credited, so it’s possible that’s where she adopted it from 🙂
These are tasty and quick to make when you can’t kick the craving. 🙂
Just made these and they are soooo good! Cakey, fluffy, chocolatey deliciousness! I didn’t completely wait until the butter and eggs were room temp and I thought they were still amazing.
That’s good to hear! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Absolutely perfect! Doubled the recipe to have a little extra, great way to use ripe bananas if you don’t want to make banana bread. These cookies were a hit!
Awesome! That was smart to double the recipe!
I made these cookies today and they are so yummy. They are very moreish, I’ve had 5 already! Quick and easy to make. 🙂
LOVE these cookies. They are easy, pretty guilt free, and delicious! We’ve been making them about once a week since I found this recipe! So yummy!
Yay, that’s so awesome. Thank you!!
Amazing cookie!! Found the recipe this week and already baked them twice!! They are soft and squishy in the middle just delicious
Oh perfect!! So glad you already made them twice!!
These aren’t cookies! They are little cakes. Sorry I didn’t like the recipe. I wanted to taste the banana as well, and i wanted the texture to have more bite, like a cookie!
Sorry you didn’t enjoy them. It says multiple times throughout the recipe that they have a cake-like texture and you can see that in the comments too.
Can I sub butter for coconut oil? Really looking forward to trying this recipe tonight!
Yes I think that should work, but I haven’t tried it myself.
I used margarine instead of butter, because butter was sold out at the store. These cookies still turned out great despite the substitution! Soft, cake-like textured cookies are my favorite type of cookie! This is the best use of a lone ripe banana! Thank you!
Yay! So glad to hear it!! Thank you!
These came out like little cakes- fluffy texture. They are good but not exactly like a cookie like I was expecting.
Yes, they are super soft…definitely a different texture!
This is hands down my favorite cookie recipe! My friend wants to make this but has a banana allergy, can the banana be substituted for apple sauce?
Yay! So glad to hear it! And yes, you can sub applesauce for the bananas, but add a couple extra tablespoons of flour since the applesauce is more wet than mashed bananas. Thank you!!
So yummy and easy to bake! My family loved it. I’m not a huge banana fan myself but the cookies only had a hint of banana so I loved them too! So soft and fluffy!
So glad you liked them! Yeah, the banana flavor is actually not overpowering, which is nice!
I only have salted butter, can I use that but eliminate the salt from the recipe?
Yup that works!
Hi! Can this recipe be frozen? And if so, how much longer would it need in the oven?
Yes it can, and you just need to add 5 minutes if you’re baking from frozen.
Best and yummiest banana cookie recipe! They taste like little cookie cakes! Delicious! And was so excited that it called for one banana…as that’s all I had! Perfect!
Haha that’s perfect when it works out like that. Thank you so much!!
Yummy. Just made it today. Right now I am enjoying every bite of these delicious cookies. Love all your recipes
These are excellent! I am not a baker and usually inept in the kitchen, yet these turned out great! I added walnuts and coconut shreds to the recipe. It worked out very well! Thank you!
So glad to hear that you enjoyed them. Thank you!!
Hi! Can you use gluten free all purpose flour?
Yes, that should work well!
Yummy and easy! We added chopped walnuts and baked for 20 minutes. Turned out great!
So glad to hear you enjoyed it. Love that you added walnuts 🙂
Can I make this with all purpose wheat flour?
Yes, that works.
Amazing cookies!!!! A hit in our home!! My teenager couldn’t get enough of them.!
I added 1/2 cup of dark chocolate chips and 1/2 cup walnuts. I also added that healthy grounded flaxseed!
Thank you for sharing!!!
Love that you added nuts to these and flaxseed! Thank you!
So delicious and easy! We all loved them in the house, thank you
So glad to hear it. Thank you!!
Perfect and yummy!
So glad to hear it. Thank you!!
These are perfect! Made half chocolate chip/half peanut butter chip and both were a hit. Couldn’t stop my kids from eating just one!
That’s awesome! Love that you used peanut butter chips too…yum!
These are amazing! We made them with banana frosting (https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7554/banana-butter-icing/). Huge hit with the fam! We made them two days back to back.
Oh great idea! I love that!
These cookies turned out amazing! So good and so easy to make! Thank you for the recipe!
So glad to hear it. Thank you!!
I just tried this recipe while self isolating. The cookies were really good! I really like the soft/fluffy texture. Great recipe to try when you have an old banana leftover and a lot of time to kill due to global pandemic.
Yes, baking has been so therapeutic lately! Glad you enjoyed this recipe!
I am no fan of baking and am even more not a fan of store bought quick sweet fixes. These where very easy to make, moist and delicious. I uses 1 1/3 very ripe bananas that I had left. I only have 1/2 cups of chocolate chips, but worked fine. I also add crushed pecans. I’m sure I mismeasured something because the cookies were extra fluffy. I wish I could add a pic.I will definitely make these again.
So glad you liked them! And can you share your pic with me on Instagram? I would love to see how they turned out Thank you so much!
So soft and delicious!
Thank you!!
These sound so nice! Would I be able to use oat flour rather than all purpose?
Unfortunately it won’t work with oat flour.
So delicious ? and easy to do. We love it?. Thx ??
Yay! I’m so happy you loved it!!
Sub’d the butter for sunflower oil, used two free run fresh eggs and used cane sugar. I also used ancient grains flour, same amount. I used mini chocolate organic chocolate chips. Oh yeah and Two crushed bananas:) these Puffed up and made 12 dense huge cookies,.. delish,,,:)
I love the substitutions you made!! Thanks so much for sharing and glad you liked them!!
Can I use brown sugar instead of white sugar?
Yes you can
Can I freeze these cookies for a week or so? It’s that time of year again!
Yes, you totally can! Happy Holidays!
Can I substitute with almond flour ?
No it won’t work unfortunately. But I have a “flourless chocolate chip cookie” that uses almond flour. You can search it up top or I can send it to you. Thanks!
Do you mind sending it to me ?
Just curious, in your picture above it shows almond extract but the recipe says vanilla extract. I want to confirm. I didn’t read through all of the comments, so this may have already been asked. Thank you.
Good eye! I actually photographed the wrong thing…it’s supposed to be vanilla extract! I’ll make sure to note that above the picture. Thank you!!
Made them last week and they were a hit with my son and husband!
So glad to hear it!! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
Made these with Bob’s One to one gluten free baking flour and they cane out great!
Oh that’s awesome! I’m so glad to hear that! Thanks for sharing the gluten free version 🙂
As soon as I saw the picture of the cookies, specially the one cut in the middle with the chocolate chip still melting, I grabbed the recipe. I am enjoying every bite of those moist banana chocolate chip cookies.
Yay! I’m so glad to hear it! Enjoy!!
This looks Yummy! Do you have the proportions in grams? I would like to try them but a bit lost with cup and teaspoon. How much 11/4 cup for flour in grams ?
Thanks !
Thanks so much! Unfortunately I don’t have a quick way to convert the proportions to grams for the blog. However, the flour is 150grams total. Hope that helps! Thank you 🙂
Delicious and easy to make especially with children. Loved the cake like texture.
Awww, I’m glad to hear that! Thank you 🙂
Hiiii! I’ve just made this cookies and oh my God they are delicious and so easy to make! LOVE THEM! ❤️ Thank you very much Yumna! ❤️
So happy to hear that! Thanks for sharing 🙂
So happy to hear that you enjoyed the cookies! Thank you so much for sharing 🙂
Just made these banana chocolate chip cookies yesterday and they were so good?? Already ate them all ?
So glad to hear that you enjoyed them!! Thanks so much for sharing!
I can’t count how many batches of these I have made in the 2 weeks since finding this recipe!! It is currently 11pm and I am up making another batch because I am craving them! I have never been a cookie person until now. These are addicting!
Wow, that makes me so happy to hear! Thanks so much for sharing!
I accidentally added 2 eggs (I used 1 egg, but it had 2 yolks). I think this is why my cookies came out super cake like. I still have some of the batter left and would love to salvage the rest. What can I add? Thanks so much!!!!
Hi there! I think the cookies are actually on the softer side, but if you add 2 tablespoons of flour, you should be able to get a better consistency! Hope you like them!
Great recipe!!! My family really loved it, so thank you! I will definitely make them again!
So happy to hear that! Thank you so much for leaving such a positive review!
I baked the banana chocolate chip cookies recipe and they were absolutely delicious. My husband and I ate every one I baked! I made more the following day. I surprised myself that I could bake cookies as great as these. Thank you for this great chocolate chip recipe.
Yay! So glad to hear you’ve already made two batches and enjoyed them so much! Thanks for sharing!!
These cookies are everything!! They reminded me of choc chip banana cake, except a lot faster to make hehe. Yum yum!!
Yay! I’m so glad you like them! 🙂
Loved the cookies, so delicious! But can you tell me why I did wrong, they came out golden at the bottom but didn’t get any color on the top. How can I fix that?
I’m so glad you loved the cookies. Because we’re using less butter than traditional cookies, that tends to happen with these. As long as you remove them from the oven when they become golden brown and let them cool off on a wire rack, then you’re fine. They’re going to be a little lighter and softer on the top and that’s completely normal.
Used whole wheat flour and extra baking soda, less sugar. Delicious recipe!!
So glad to hear it! Thank you for sharing your feedback 🙂
These were sooooo yummy!!! I make regular chocolate chip cookies all the time so I compare every other cookie to that. And most of the time it doesn’t live up, but this was different and so good!!! And my kids loved it too! Thank you for the recipe, it was perfect. 🙂
Yay! So glad to hear that you loved them so much!! We are obsessed with them too and can’t get enough! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Delicious!!!!! My kiddos can’t stop eating them… And me neither!
Yay! So excited to hear that! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Hello! I was just wondering if you have to use an electric mixer or would mixing it with a utensil be okay? This recipe looks really easy and delicious and something healthy for my baby boy and I to enjoy together ?. Thank you for your time!
Hi there, you don’t have to use an electric mixer. If you have a whisk though that will really help especially with creaming the butter and sugar. Hope you enjoy the cookies with your baby boy!
Yes. Followed your recipe and got to enjoy those delicious cookies
Thanks for all your recipes.
Going to try this for my kids. Thanks for the recipe! loving the idea of bananas in cookies.
Yay! Hope they love it Rena!
I’m going to make these cookies with the kids this week for some bonding time and eating time ?
Yay! So glad to hear that! Hope you enjoy it 🙂
hello, can we substitute vanilla extract with vanilla powder?
Yes that would work!
This is awesome.! Nice idea.
Thank you!
I Love when you share recipes that we can try Thank You Lady
You’re very welcome! Hope you try it and like it Rose 🙂