Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

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I have a sweet tooth, and it’s not easily satisfied with healthier desserts. I’m working on that. These banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are helping. They’re healthy chocolate chip cookies that help you fight cravings for sweets, and they stay well in the fridge!

Our flour-free Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies are made with only five simple ingredients. Ingredients that you most likely always have on hand, and are ready to go in a sweet craving emergency.

Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies on a wood platter with chocolate chips in the background.

Ingredients

  • Bananas: You’ll need a mashed bananas or two on hand that are ripe. We’ve used overripe bananas too, and they work great, also. The mashed banana will naturally sweeten the absolutely delicious oatmeal cookies. Don’t worry, the banana flavor isn’t overpowering in this recipe. You’ll enjoy a subtle banana flavor in our banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
  • Oats: Quick oats or old fashioned rolled oats, it didn’t seem to matter which I used. You may also use gluten free oats in this cookie recipe if needed.
  • Cinnamon: Anything with cinnamon will taste amazing. The cinnamon combined with the oats, mashed banana, and dark chocolate chips is perfection in a bite.
  • Vanilla Extract: Yum. Vanilla flavor mixed with oats and chocolate chips. Swoon.
  • Sea salt: In my opinion, all things delicious have a solid blend of sweet and salty.
  • Dark chocolate chips: We love the flavor of dark chocolate chips with these banana oatmeal cookies. If you do choose to use a different type of chocolate chip, like semi sweet chocolate chips, please recalculate your healthy eating plan points.
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How to Make Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

mashed bananas in a white bowl with a red and white polka dot towel underneath

Step 1: Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Mash the bananas with a fork. I tried to do them with my mixer, but they didn’t get as mushy as I wanted. The fork works well.

white bowl of oats, cinnamon and salt

Step 2: Add everything but the chocolate chips to the large mixing bowl and mix for 1 minute.

mashed banana with oats, cinnnamon, chocolate chips to make cookies

Step 3: Add the chocolate chips and stir by hand.

Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies on a wood board

Step 4: Drop large spoonfuls of unbaked cookie dough onto a prepared baking sheet, you should get about 8 cookies per batch.

Cook for 18-22 minutes. It’s not easy to tell when they’re done because they’re so dark. I poke them and see if they fall apart. If they start to come apart, give them a few more minutes.

Remove and cool completely and store in the fridge.

Recipe Tips

  • Be sure to let the banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies cool completely before transferring them to an airtight container if storing in the refrigerator.
  • You can freeze these, too, if you’re storing for a longer period of time. To thaw the cookies from the freezer, simply move the cookies to the refrigerator. We don’t recommend heating them in the microwave.
  • Use ripe bananas for this recipe. You can identify ripe bananas as bananas that are yellow with brown spots on it. Overripe bananas tend to turn mostly brown. They will still work, but we’ve found the most success in using ripe bananas that just have a little bit of brown spots on the peel.
  • Normally cookies turn a nice golden brown color when finished. Since these are darker in color, you won’t be able to use the golden brown coloring as a key to tell when finished. We use the poke test on this. If you poke them, and they start to fall apart put them back in the oven for a few minutes.

Healthy Eating Plans

21 Day Fix Containers

Counts as a yellow container treat swap. 2 cookies = one yellow container.

If you’re using raisins in these cookies, your swap will be 1/2 purple, 1/2 yellow, 1/2 teaspoon :)

Weight Watchers Points

Each serving counts as 2 2025 Plan Points

Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies on a wood board
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Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Created by: Becca Ludlum
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Approximate Serving Size: 2 cookies
Servings 8 cookies
These healthier banana oatmeal cookies are the perfect healthy cookie! I think you could even have them for breakfast.

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Equipment

Ingredients 

  • 2 banana mashed, ripe
  • 1 cup oats quick cook or rolled, it didn’t seem to matter which I used. Use gluten free oats if needed.
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325º.
  • Mash the bananas with a fork. I tried to do them with my mixer, but they didn't get as mushy as I wanted. 2 banana
  • Add all of the ingredients, except for the chocolate chips, to a mixing bowl and mix together for 1 minute. 1 cup oats, 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/4 tsp salt
  • Add chocolate chips and stir by hand. (this will keep them from breaking). 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
  • Using a spoon, place 8 cookie-sized portions onto a greased cookie sheet.
  • Cook for 18-22 minutes. It's not easy to tell when they're done because they're so dark. I poke them and see if they fall apart. If they start to come apart, give them a few more minutes.
  • When done,  cool and store in the fridge.

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Nutrition

Calories: 98kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 79mg | Potassium: 177mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 20IU | Vitamin C: 2.6mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 0.6mg
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14 Comments

    1. I’ve used quick oats and rolled oats and didn’t notice a difference between the two. I think the instant oats are similar to quick cook so should be fine.

  1. Just wondering as I’m not a fan of dark chocolate, is there a different chip that can work here? White chocolate? Butterscotch? Or other?

  2. These cookies are amazing!! They are so easy to make and they definitely satisfy a sweet tooth craving without being bad for you!! Love them!

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