With 6 simple ingredients, a delicious chewy texture, and about 20 minutes to prepare, you'll end up with some wonderful banana oatmeal cookies!
While I enjoy these as a delicious dessert, I am a sucker for these cookies with a warm cup of tea in the afternoon.

Why You'll Love these Cookies
- Easy to make - With only 6 ingredients and no special equipment needed, you can whip these up easily and have them ready whenever you need a snack or dessert.
- Versatile - You can make your own flavors by adding your favorite mix-ins. Either replace the chocolate chips or do half and half with other add-ins. You can use anything you would like. Chopped nuts, dried fruit (like raisins, blueberries, raspberries, etc.), and dried coconut would all be delicious.

What You'll Need
- Bananas - You want to use overripe bananas with lots of brown spots. This will help enhance the natural sweetness.
- Nut butter - I prefer peanut butter in this recipe, but you can also use almond butter or sunflower seed butter.
- Coconut sugar - Coconut sugar is a natural sweetener that tastes similar to brown sugar. It adds a bit of depth to the flavor to the cookies.
- Vanilla extract - Just a little bit of vanilla helps enhance the cookies' flavor.
- Oats - If you need a gluten-free cookie, use old-fashioned rolled oats or gluten-free oats. Quick oats will also work but do not use steel-cut oats.
- Chocolate chips - Dark chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips are best.
See the recipe card below for full ingredients list and instructions.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Peel the bananas and add them to a large mixing bowl. Use a fork to mash the bananas.

Add the nut butter, vanilla extract, and sugar to the mashed banana and stir to combine.

Add the oats and stir till fully combined. Then stir in the chocolate chips.

Use a cookie scoop or large spoon to scoop golf ball-sized rounds onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet.

Bake for 15 minutes.

Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool for a few minutes before serving.


Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 very ripe bananas
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Peel the bananas and add them to a large bowl. Use a fork to mash the bananas.
- Add the peanut butter, vanilla extract, and sugar and stir them to combine.
- Add the oats and stir till fully combined. Then, stir in the chocolate chips.
- Use a cookie scoop or large spoon to scoop golf ball sized rounds onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
- Bake for 15 to 17 minutes until the cookies are golden brown.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool for a few minutes before serving.







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