Soft and Chewy Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Soft and Chewy Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

Soft chocolate chip cookies on white ceramic plate with banana in background.

These FLUFFY banana chocolate chip cookies are the cookies of my childhood! You are going to love EVERYTHING about these banana bread cookies! It’s your favorite quick bread in cookie form!

The other day, a neighbor posted on Facebook that she had some ripe bananas that she was going to throw away unless someone wanted them. And then I sprinted to her door! Ok, just kidding, but never ever, under any circumstances, should ripe bananas be thrown away! I’ll take them all!

I’d use them to make these amazing banana cookies, and if there are any left over, I’d make a loaf of our perfect banana bread! Oh shoot, but what about our banana bundt cake?! We can’t forget about that one! Needless to say, don’t throw away the bananas!!

Ingredients for Banana Bread Cookies

  • Shortening: Creates a tender, softer texture and helps the cookies hold their shape without spreading too much.
  • Unsalted Butter: Adds rich flavor, moisture, and contributes to slight spreading and a crispy edge.
  • Brown Sugar: Adds sweetness, moisture, and chewiness thanks to its molasses content.
  • Sugar: Balances sweetness and contributes to crisp edges and spreading
  • Eggs: Bind the dough, provide structure while also helping with leavening
  • All Purpose Flour: Provides the structure for the cookies.
  • Baking Soda: Neutralizes acidity (from brown sugar and banana) and encourages browning/spread.
  • Baking Powder: Provides lift and helps keep cookies light and soft and not dense.
  • Salt: Enhances all the flavors and balances sweetness.
  • Banana: Adds natural sweetness and banana flavor, moisture, and a soft, tender texture while also reducing need for extra fat.
  • Vanilla Extract: Rounds out and enhances the flavor of the dough.
  • Chocolate Chips: Add rich bursts of chocolate, balancing the sweetness of the banana cookie base.

Shortening and Butter??

Yes, I know this is a little unusual but it just works in this recipe! Shortening helps with structure, while butter keeps flavor and tenderness. You can use all shortening or all butter, but I really prefer the combo of the two!

My mom made these growing up with only shortening and only white sugar. My adaptations are what work for our household but you can do it however you like.

Banana Cream Pie Cookies – Crumbl Copycat

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Banana Cream Pie Cookies – Crumbl Copycat

a photo taken over the top of a banana cream pie cookie topped with a Nilla wafer and graham cracker crumbs

Banana cream pie cookies are sweet and creamy with a graham cracker crust inspired cookie base and an easy banana cream filling. Now you can make this Crumbl cookie copycat in the comfort of your own kitchen!

Once upon a time I decided to make a peach crisp cookie which was like a peach crisp and a peach cobbler all in one. Then I figured an apple crisp cookie had to come next. It was divine!

So naturally I had to dabble into the cream pie-inspired cookies, and the key lime pie cookie was born and the pumpkin pie cookie quickly followed. And with each new cookie, someone would tell me that Crumbl had the same cookie. Ha! Blast those Crumbl people!

So I guess you can call these Crumbl cookie copycat recipes, but these recipes have really just been my imagination running wild. What kind of cookie should I try to make next that Crumbl hasn’t already made?! Is there anything? I know they have a banana cream pie cookie already, but ours is better! 🤫

Ingredients for Banana Cream Pie Cookies

The ingredients for this banana cookie recipe is divided into two components. First, you have the banana cream pudding and then you have the cookie base. Here is what you will need for both parts:

Banana Cream Pie Filling

  • Bananas: You want them slightly ripe, bright yellow with just a few brown spots on the peels to add real banana flavor.
  • Whole Milk: Combines with the pudding powder to make the creamy filling.
  • Instant French Vanilla Pudding Mix: Make sure it is the instant pudding mix and NOT the cook and serve kind.
  • Cream Cheese: adds richness and creaminess
  • Sweetened Condensed Milk: adds more sweetness and creaminess
  • Cool Whip: You can use regular whipped cream but Cool Whip holds its thickness and structure better.

Cookie Base

  • Unsalted Butter: make sure it is softened but not melting at all
  • Cream Cheese: need to be softened so it will integrate into the cookie dough smoothly
  • Brown Sugar: adds rich flavor and sweetness
  • White Sugar: adds sweetness
  • Vanilla Extract: adds flavor
  • Eggs: adds structure to the cookie base
  • Almond Extract: totally optional, but I love the flavor it adds
  • Flour: just regular all-purpose flour
  • Cornstarch: adds chewiness to the cookies
  • Baking Powder and Baking Soda: adds fluffiness and rise to the cookies
  • Salt

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookies

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookies

a photo of a baked peanut butter chocolate chip breakfast cookie

Indulge in a guilt-free treat with these easy-to-make peanut butter chocolate chip breakfast cookies. Made with whole grain oats and creamy peanut butter, these cookies are both nutritious and delicious. Try out the recipe today!

We have an apple cinnamon breakfast cookie and a spiced white chocolate craisin breakfast cookie so I thought it was high time to get a peanut butter chocolate breakfast cookie out there!

We use ripe bananas, molasses and pure maple syrup for natural sweeteners and oats for heartiness that will keep you satisfied and fueled for your morning. Our family can’t get enough of these!

Ingredients for Peanut Butter Breakfast Cookies

Just 7 household ingredients is all you need to make this breakfast cookie recipe! Here is everything you’ll need:

  • Peanut Butter: we prefer creamy peanut butter like Jif or Skippy
  • Overripe Bananas: adds natural sweetness, you want bananas with lots of brown spots on them
  • Maple Syrup: adds more natural sweetness
  • Molasses: adds sweetness and rich flavor, substitute honey if desired
  • Old Fashioned Rolled Oats: provides the best structure and texture for the cookies
  • Milk Chocolate Chips: We like the flavor of milk chocolate in these cookies, but feel free to use whatever chocolate chips like love best.
  • Salt: enhances all the flavors

Keep scrolling down to the end of the post for all the measurements and details for this recipe.

How to Make Peanut Butter Breakfast Cookies

One of the most beautiful things about this peanut butter oatmeal cookie recipe is that it’s all made in one bowl! Grab a wooden spoon, a large mixing bowl and our measuring spoons/cups and let’s make these easy oatmeal breakfast cookies!

  1. Prep: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with a silpat or parchment paper.
  2. Mix: Add the peanut butter to a large bowl along with the bananas, maple syrup, molasses and salt and mix mashing the bananas as you stir.
  3. Fold: Add the oats and chocolate chips and fold everything together until well incorporated.
  4. Scoop: Using a cookie scoop, scoop the cookie dough into balls on the prepared baking sheet. Press the tops gently to flatten them out as these will not spread at all.
  5. Bake: Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes and serve warm.

The recipe card below contains these instructions and the recipe in full detail. You can also save or print the recipe there.

Alternatives and Variations

If you aren’t a peanut butter fan or want a different nutty f

Spiced White Chocolate Craisin Breakfast Cookies

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Spiced White Chocolate Craisin Breakfast Cookies

a photo of a white chocolate craisin oatmeal cookie

Start your day with a delicious and energizing treat! These spiced white chocolate craisin breakfast cookies are packed with nutrients to keep you fueled and focused all morning long.

These spiced almond breakfast cookies turn almonds into almond butter for a healthier breakfast cookie that smells like the holidays and tastes delicious.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Fisher Nuts. The opinions and text are all mine.

Fall Memories

That little “kettle” on the stove. Yes, kettle, not pot or saucepan as I call it these days, but kettle like my mom called it. Vancouver is quite chilly during the fall because of all the moisture in the air. It really gets you to the bones and it’s harder to warm up. The sky is grey and moisture hangs in the air whether it’s raining or not.

Every day we would walk home from school and as soon as we opened the front door we were greeted with warm air and smells. It wasn’t from the food that was cooking, though that often happened too, but it was from the kettle of spices on the stove making our house smell like fall or the holidays. That’s what inspired this spiced almond breakfast cookie and our decision to continue our partnership with Fisher Nuts. 

That’s where these breakfast cookies come in. We love using good products for our family as it makes us feel better on the inside and we believe it sets our children up to make wise food choices in the future. I mean think about it, you buy what your mom bought. She only used wheat bread, you probably do the same. We choose to use and work with Fisher nuts because it is the only brand of recipe nuts entirely without preservatives.

And in the meantime, make sure you make these spiced almond breakfast cookies for the kids in the morning. It will start them off with a heart healthy breakfast that smells amazing and will have them feeling warm from the inside out!

Ingredients for Breakfast Oatmeal Cookies

There’s no flour or dairy in this recipe which makes them very allergy friendly. Make sure your oats are gluten free and you have a gluten-free, dairy-free cookie. Here is everything you will need:

  • Raw Whole Fisher Nuts Almonds: used to make homemade almond butter
  • Bananas: overripe to add the perfect flavor and sweetness
  • Maple Syrup: adds natural sweetness
  • Molasses: adds rich flavor and more sweetness
  • Dried Orange Zest: You can find this with the spices. It will be in the same type of container as the other spices. The brand we have is Spice Islands.
  • Spices: Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cloves and Ground Ginger
  • Old Fashioned Rolled Oats: The texture of old fashioned oats is what we prefer over quick or instant oats.
  • White Chocolate Chips:
  • Craisi

Fluffy Cheesecake Fruit Salad [+ Video]

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Fluffy Cheesecake Fruit Salad [+ Video]

a photo of a bowl of creamy cheesecake fruit salad topped with slices of banana and whole raspberry and sliced strawberries

This cheesecake fruit salad is awesome for a side at a potluck or BBQ or even as a dessert! Plus it’s so easy it’s foolproof! The perfect summer salad!

Ummmmm I could eat this berry cheesecake salad recipe for the rest of my life and die happy. Seven years ago we posted this recipe and I’ve been waiting all winter for berry season to hit so we could bring this recipe back to the front for everyone to enjoy.

It’s sweet deliciousness. It seems a little wrong to take all of those healthy berries and turn them into a calorie fest with everything you put in this dish, but guess what, WORTH IT!!

Seriously, you should all make this on a perfect sunny day and eat outside with the family. Or maybe take it to a BBQ so everyone can ask you what the amazing recipe is.

Cheesecake Fruit Salad Ingredients

This fruit salad recipe is so versatile. I’m going to list out the ingredients that we love, but know from the start that you can totally swap out different fruits or flavors of yogurt. Here is what you will need:

  • Instant Cheesecake Pudding: You want just the pudding powder to add that yummy cheesecake flavor.
  • Cool Whip: adds sweetness and creaminess
  • Strawberry Yogurt: adds more fruity flavor and creaminess to the salad
  • Bananas: cut into 1/2 inch slices
  • Strawberries: stem removed and sliced
  • Raspberries: left whole but rinsed
  • Optional: Blueberries, Blackberries, Peaches, Cherries or Grapes
  • Graham Crackers: If you really want to make this salad taste like a true cheesecake, add crushed up graham cracker.

PRO TIP: After trying many different combinations of fruit in this recipe, I’ve decided my favorite concoction is fresh bananas, fresh strawberries, fresh blueberries, fresh raspberries and fresh blackberries. So fresh! Haha!

The measurements for each ingredient can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post.

How to Make Cheesecake Fruit Salad

One of my favorite things about this side dish is that it couldn’t be easier! Just two quick steps and you have a delicious fruit salad.

  1. In a large bowl, mix the pudding powder, whipped topping and yogurt together.
  2. Add the fruit and carefully fold it into the creamy cheesecake mixture. Then let it chill in fridge until it’s ready to serve (at least 30 minutes).

These instructions can also be found in the recipe card below where you can also print or save the recipe.

Watch How This Fruit Salad is Made…

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