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.
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Just made these….used whole wheat flour and 1/4 cup apple sauce instead of butter. OMG the flavor is soooo goooood. Perfect for this peanut butter banana lover!!!! Will be making these again for sure! Thanks for the recipe :)
Well, I made these last night, and would not make them again. Chemically they “worked” — they mixed up and baked up okay. But they are bland, boring, dull. I like cookies that have big flavor. These have very quiet, mild hints of banana, of peanut butter, but no strong flavor of anything in particular. Bland. I brought them in to work (where admittedly, they will eat anything) and people here are finding them odd, as well. Not going to keep this recipe, sorry.
ok so i made these for a work shower today and only problem was that i had to make them twice!!! because i made them yesterday morning and my family ate nearly all of them by last night so last night i find myself baking an entire new batch. i don’t know if i will ever bake any standby cookie recipes again because these are so good. my coworkers are going crazy and i know my kids are going to request more tonight.
i am a glutton
i’ve made 3 batches of these in 3 days
best cookies ever.
So glad I came across this, I was one day away from freezing my rather dark banana, speaking of freezers, I totally freeze cookies as well. also microwave slightly aged ones, in the hopes bringing back their youthful chewiness. Works pretty well.
Bacon is just insane, unless, ooh, wait bacon cookies with maple glaze. why do i have the feeling someone else will have thought of this…
Made these last weekend, they are AMAZING. I couldn’t stop eating them!
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Made these today. They’re simple and so good!
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I made these just now…the dough is amazing! I`m lazy and hate getting my hands dirty so i just mixed everything in the mixer. Hand folding isn’t my idea of a good time. Also 8tbsp = 1/2 cup.
I just made these, but subbed applesauce for the butter. They turned out more cake like, but still delicious!
I’ve been reading your blog for quite some time, but this is the first recipe I’ve tried (everything you post looks delicious, but I’m a student and don’t currently have the time/money to indulge all my culinary whims). Anyhoodles, we all know that the good ol’ banana, pb, and chocolate combo is the food of the gods, and these cookies did not disappoint! Absolutely fabulous and wondrously chewy :) I subbed in 1c whole wheat flour to decrease the guilt factor and added a little extra baking soda to compensate (don’t know if that was necessary or not, but they turned out great!). I imagine oatmeal would be yummy as well- I shall try that next time I make them because I will definitely be making these often. Thanks again for the great blog!
I made these last Sunday and after spilling one bowl of melted butter all over my kitchen they turned out fabulous! The way your described them was spot on: not cakey and stay moist forever! My boyfriend has declared these his new favorite cookies.
So let’s say I’m too impatient to wait for the butters to cool…would it be a disaster? This is a serious question because that picture is staring at me and I just can’t wait. But would it mess the cookies up to mix it all up without the butters being completely cooled?
If you don’t let the butters cool, the cookies will most likely be really thin and possibly crispy. They may even run together, but I haven’t tried it. Stick the butter in the fridge for a few minutes!
Oh my GOD these cookies are amazing
How about if you just soften the butter instead of melting and why do so many recipes say UN salted butter then add salt to the recipe?
because that is the way that YOU control the butter in the recipe. you can add as much/little salt as you’d like instead of adding the salted butter which doesn’t allow you to control it.
Made these cookies tonight and there are GREAT. Next time I would add a little less sugar because the banana adds a lot of sweetness. BUT these are a keeper!!!
Maybe I’m the only one but these cookies took way longer to bake than advertised! I had to cook them at least 5 minutes longer to get them brown on the edges. Maybe my oven is messed up? Next time I will cook them at 350.
My original attempt at these took longer to bake than directed as well but still turned out magically delicious! I am making them for the second time today (as a special request from my boyfriend for our long weekend camping adventure). The first go – around my cookies didn’t cook down at all so they looked like mounds of slightly cooked, cookie dough (also delicious!). I am excited to have a batch of these around again! Yum!
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Baking my first batch now… I can’t stop eating the batter if that tells anyone how good this is…
Wonderful!
try carmalizing the bacon with brown sugar first, break it into tiny chocolate! chip sized pieces. no regrets. i also addbacon and peanut bytter to my hamburgers just so we’re clear :)
I made these last night they are so good. I did substitute the milk chocolate chips for dark chocolate chunks though. I don’t know why but the cookies didn’t flatten out but they are still really good!
I pinned this recipe (what feels like) forever ago and finally baked them today! I made a half batch the way the recipe prescribes and included oats and cinnamon in the other half. Delicious!
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These are AMAZING! I made them for my colleagues, but there’s no way that they’ll even make it out of this house…
These cookies taste great, but I’ve made them twice and mine don’t turn out flat like the pictures show. Mine pretty much hold the shape I put them in on the baking sheet! It might be because I use whole wheat flour instead of AP flour, but they still taste wonderful!
SO so AMAZING . . . my new favorite cookie recipe. Yummy batter, sweet aroma while baking (better than every candle I’ve ever owned), and that moist, peanuty, soft banana taste. Thank you so much for taking the time to whip up this concoction, I’ve made these cookies no less than a dozen times.
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!!!!BIG HIT!!!!
took these to work, they were gone within 5 min, and i only work with 4 people…
with the next batch, my boyfriend kept burning his mouth with the ‘fresh ones out of the oven’ because he couldn’t wait for them to cool down.
if you have them the next day, nuke them for about 15 seconds and they taste fresh!
when you cook them for the 10 min and they still don’t look done, take them out, they continue to cook on the pan for a little as the pan cools down. and they are chewier then ever!!!
I made these for the first time today and did a double batch….I used four bananas and one whole egg instead of two egg whites and all I can say is AMAZING! I am in love…they are so moist and chewy and delectable! This is a forever recipe!!
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I made these this weekend but substituted Nutella for the peanut butter (it was all I had) – they were AMAZING. I’ve been having trouble making flat chewy cookies since I moved to Germany (apparently their baking soda is weird) but these turned out perfectly! I also didn’t wait for the butter to cool down (I heard this makes them flatter, which is what I was going for). My new favorite cookie!!!!!!!
Mine definitely didn’t come out as nice and flat as yours. They’re tasty (especially with milk!), but I think next time I’ll want more peanut butter and a bit less banana.
These are so dang good. They are super chewy and just straight amazing. I somehow got double the stated amount of cookies.. double score!
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I just have to say I made these last night for my book club this evening and they are out of this world delicious. Perhaps the most amazing cookie I have ever made. Problem is I’m getting married in 10 days…cannot afford to binge eat cookies- ahhh – damn wedding dress! ;) Thanks Jessica, as always- you’re the first place I go to whenever I need inspiration!
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Oh. My. Word. Honestly the best cookie I’ve ever made. Amazing. I used coconut oil instead of butter and a mix of nut butters since I was out of plain peanut. I also used coconut sugar instead of the white sugar. Mine wouldn’t flatten either, but they still were delicious and moist! Thanks for the wonderful recipe!
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just made these. holy crap delicious.
made a double batch today, very yummy! But I think I will cut the sugars in half next time, they are SUPER sweet. Thanks for sharing!!
What did I do wrong? Just made a batch, melted and cooled both the butter and peanut butter and let egg yolk come to room temp. My cookies were good, however they were soft and puffy not flatten like a chocolate cookie (like your picture) There was no way I could have rolled out the dough as it was pretty wet/sticky. Maybe the bananas were too big? thoughts? WE loved them anyway, so good and tasty. Just wondering why they didn’t flatten.
Just made these and they are amazing :D It has every sweet thing that I love, I am soo glad you put this recipe up :D love all your food! thanks x
These are phenomenal! I sprinkled a little coarse sea salt on top to bring out the buttery flavor and oh god were they good! Thank you! :)
I made these cookies, and they are SO FREAKING GOOD!!! They’re so soft, and the taste is just delish. If you have a couple extra bananas, they are a perfect treat! Especially with milk. Yum.
I just made these. I wish I would have had some chocolate chips or nutella to mix in. As it is they are wonderful. So soft and chewy and rich…. like a brownie almost.