Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies.
And that’s listening to me talk about how incredible they taste.
Or… I guess it COULD be worse – I could remind you for the 3700th time that the only way the peanut butter + chocolate combo (aka life itself) gets better is by adding banana, but whatever. I wouldn’t want to bore you.
But obviously, these cookies do contain three of my favorite things in the universe. I baked them in the morning, which meant that I ate cookies for a very balanced lunch and dinner. Oh, and three snacks.
… or four.
I tried my traditional sneak: leaving them on the counter for when my husband got home from work, in the hopes that he – the man who doesn’t love banana baked goods because he only eats bright GREEN bananas (dubyu tee eff?) – would pick one up and take a big bite. But my wife sense failed me and even though I lied when he asked “what’s in those cookies?” (“um, nothing. just chocolate chips. YOUR FAVORITE.”), I eventually caved because he just wasn’t taking the bait. Which meant he never took a bite. Which meant we had cookies for days. Which meant by late Saturday night I threw the last two in the trash (ziplock bag intact) then found myself fishing one out Sunday afternoon.
Hallllllp me.
There is one big major giant deal to note: these cookies are not cakey. Many moons ago I made some traditional banana chocolate chip cookies, and more often than not, cookies with banana come out fairly cake-like. No sir, not these. They are soft, but still have some chew. They stay soft for eons, or at least for the 16 hours they remain in your house before complete and total domination.
Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
[adapted from giant rainbow cookies]
makes about 18-20 cookies
2 cups + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons of unsalted butter, melted and cooled
6 tablespoons of creamy peanut butter, melted and cooled
1 cup loosely packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg yolk, at room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 ripe medium bananas, mashed
Next time I’m adding bacon because then these cookies will house all of my favorite things and be like, a complete meal.
219 Comments on “Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies.”
Holy moly. These look photoshopped / something that came out of a dream. IM SO HUNGRY!! Nice work!
Most banana cookie recipes and up turning out pretty cakey & I love that you said this is definitely chewy and not real cakey. They look incredible!
peanut butter, banana and chocolate chips are like my 3 favorite things in life as well. these would last about 1 day in my house.
Ummm… yum! Can’t wait to make these! :)
Oh BOY, these look incredibly delicious, will definitely have to try them!
o.m.g. seriously, i’m going to be craving these all day….maybe all week. These cookies look soooo good.
OMG. I think i’m in love.
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You say they last 16 hours in the house…do you think they would survive a next-day shipping to my boyfriend? Or would the banana part make it not stay in solid form?
you put banana in a cookie.
That’s pretty smart!
These look like the perfect texture. Well done!!
These look incredible! Do they have a banana-y taste/after taste?
You can definitely taste the banana.
ya knoo-o-o-w!…. bacon might just be realllly good in there…I think you jest, but I think I just might try that… then it would be a “breakfast” cookie! It will have (chocolate!) egg (protein), and (chocolate!) banana (fruit), and (chocolate!) peanut butter (protein), and (chocolate!) bacon (protein). How could it not be good for you??? and balanced and… yummy!
I’m so happy you found a non-cake like banana cookie. I’ve tried a couple, but I’m not a cakey-cookie kinda gal. Can’t wait to give this recipe a try!
I am totally making these and I don’t foresee them lasting very long in our house! (because of me, of course) :)
Jessica, write a cookbook and send me one, pretty please? :) I love the sound of these and right now, I’m thinking I NEED SOME STRETCHY PANTS. :)
Ohhhh these look delicious. My husband likes his bananas green too. Weird men.
these look scrumptious. omg. i eat a lot of oatmeal and banana and pb are definitely on top. and sometimes i add a little chocolate to make it more fun. :-)
Yay for non-cakey cookies! And curse you for sharing these. I am already having a hard time with the most recent batch of cookies I made and now I have to have these too. I will be eating 8 cookies in a sitting.
Oh my gosh. These sound incredible!!!! They’re a must-make for me…
Enough is enough. Let’s be best friends. ;)
Bacon would make these out of the world I bet!
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Another amazing recipe! I end up pinning almost everything you make, thanks for all the deliciousness!
If there were ever a cookie that required milk it would be this one!
I need a giant glass of milk right now!
I love PB and banana together :) Haven’t made a cookie with banana in a long time because I don’t like the cakey texture, but will have to try yours!
I am in need of some of these! Fabulous!
oh my goodness..Ive already made these! My fiances three favorite things are PB, Bananas, & Chocolate Chip Cookies. As soon as I saw these I knew he’d LOVE them..they were a total success! I love the soft chewiness..omg…HEAVENN!
Thanks for another great one!!
So glad you liked them!
Love your first photo! Nothing makes my mouth water like a huge heaping cup of peanut butter.
PB, banana, chocolate smooties are the greatest, but I’m sure it’s even better in a cookie.
FRICK~FRACK PADDY~WACK!!!! I cannot play hooky tomorrow but I think I feel a fever coming on for Thursday! I must make these cookies!
I’m new here. You are hysterical! Thanks for making me smile. I like you!
Get in my belly! These look like so much fun, yum!
These look seriously amazing! Love the pb/banana/chocolate combo!
Yay! I eat green bananas too!!
I made this right away. So delicious! A fantastic new way to use up extra bananas. I didn’t have any regular size chocolate chips on hand, so I used mini chips. They worked great.
I made these yummy cookies last night with dinner for family that came in to visit, and we all loved them!!!!! There are AMAZING!!!!!!! Has everything I love in a cookie!!!!!!
About how many cups do you think are 1 and a half bananas? The reason I ask is that I am considering substituting pumpkin or perhaps another mashed fruit. Is this a bad idea?
I think it depends on what you use. If you sub in pumpkin, the cookies might come out cakey (here are some chewy pumpkin cookies: http://www.howsweeteats.com/2011/10/chewier-pumpkin-chocolate-chip-cookies-2-ways/). If you mash fruit like strawberries or blueberries, they can have a really high water content and I have no idea how that will turn out. Banana is pretty *safe* to bake with so I think swapping something out will yield a totally different result… but I can’t be sure. I’d say the mashed bananas I used were about 2/3 cup!
I just made these and had the added surprise that it made 3 dozen and they are delish! I subbed out the butter for coconut oil. Yay!
PB & Banana…. & Chocolate in a COOKIE! WOW! I can’t wait to try these… what a perfect use for browning bananas!
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These are like all of my favorite things rolled in to one. YUM.
I just made these. I thought your puffy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies were my all time favorite. I made this dough, made some pretty large balls, baked them slightly under-done, and when these fluffy warm bundles of happiness came out of the oven I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Your cookies are my secret weapon to impressing anyone, even myself.
The combination of ingredients is simply perfect!Â
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I have been waiting to make these since I saw the post…I messed up and put in 8tbs of PNB and 6 TBS butter but they are still super yummy!!! A definite favorite to keep! Thank you!!
In the oven now! Can’t wait to taste them!
Wonderful!!!
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Do you think natural PB would be ok in this?
Yeah…these are incredibly good! I’ve never made a cookie where you melt and cool peanut butter so was interested to see what the outcome would be. Don’t know if that’s what did the trick but the texture of these cookies is great and I love the fact that they’re chocolatey-peanut buttery-bananaey-good :)