Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

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If you love chocolate chip cookies, you definitely need to try your hands at these easy banana chocolate chip cookies too!

They have that perfect subtle banana flavor along with your classic chocolate chip cookie mixture, and are absolutely delicious.

This is a great recipe to put together when you’re craving for some soft and chewy cookies.

What I Love About the Recipe

My favorite part about this recipe is the fact that I can actually use up my overripe or ripe bananas as well!

These cookies have a chewy texture, are lightly browned and have that crunch factor from the chopped nuts, perfectly balanced with the chocolate chips.

If you love banana bread, you’ll absolutely love these cookies.

Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies Cooking Time

• Yield: 8-12
• Prep Time: 35 min
• Bake Time: 15 min
• Total Time: 50 min

Ingredients For the Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 1 cup COLD unsalted butter, cubed
• 1 cups Granulated white sugar
• 1⁄2 cup light brown sugar
• 2 large Eggs, room temp
• 1 tbsp Vanilla extract
• 1 cup Mashed Ripe Banana
• 1 tsp Baking soda
• 1 tsp Cornstarch
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups Cake flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups All purpose flour
• 2 cups Dark Chocolate chips, 1 cup divided
• 2 cups Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips, 1 cup divided
• 2 cups Crushed Banana Chips, 1 cup divided
• 2 cups Candied Walnuts, 1 cup divided

How to Make the Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

Once you have your ingredients ready, here’s what you’ll need to do to make these banana chocolate chip cookies.

Step 1: Whisk Banana, Butter & Sugar

In the bowl of a stand mixer or an electric mixer, cream butter, mashed banana, and the sugars, on low speed for 1-2 minutes.

Step 2: Turn the Mashed Bananas Airy

Increase speed to medium to high and continue beating for another 2-3 minutes until the mixture is light and airy, Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula.

Step 3: Add the Eggs

Add in the eggs, one at a time, vanilla extract to the creamed mixture, mixing well after each addition.

Step 4: Whisk Dry Ingredients

In a large bowl add the baking soda, cornstarch, salt, cake our and all-purpose our, whisk to combine.

Step 5: Combine with the Mashed Banana Mixture

Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture 1 cup at a time. Mix until incorporated.

Step 6: Add Chocolate Chips, Walnuts & Banana Chips

Split the chocolate chips, banana chips and candied walnuts into two bowls. Add 1 medium bowl of the chocolate chip banana walnut mixture, and mix on low speed until combined or just use a wooden spoon.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.

Step 7: Make Cookie Dough Balls

Using your large cookie scoop, scoop out large dough portions. Now using your hands shape the chilled dough into large dough balls Preheat the oven to 400 degrees

Step 8: Arrange on Prepared Baking Sheets

Cover the entire surface of the dough balls with chocolate banana walnut mixture. Make sure all gaps are covered. Place the dough balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake the dough balls on the prepared cookie sheets.

Step 9: Bake Until Lightly Golden Brown

Sprinkle each dough ball with crystalized sugar. Bake in the center rack of the oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for at LEAST 15 minutes on the baking sheet.

Tips to Make the Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

While making these banana chocolate chip cookies is super easy, you might want to take note of these little tips and tricks too.

• I’ve used light brown sugar for this recipe, because it has a more caramel-y flavor and color. If you don’t have brown sugar, you can just stick to using white sugar instead.
• These cookies have the perfect soft and chewy texture, but if you’re craving for that extra softness and richness, you can use egg yolk instead of whole eggs. This will give you a batch of more soft cookies.
• If you want to try a gluten free version of these cookies, you can use almond flour instead of regular all purpose flour.
• If you don’t have the baking soda that the recipe calls for, you can use baking powder instead. Using baking powder will give your cookies a more fine, smoother texture as opposed to the coarser, crumbly texture that baking soda will give.
• To give these banana cookies a bit of extra chocolate flavor, you can add some more chocolate chips to it too!

Can I Use Overripe Bananas For this Recipe?

You sure can! I love using ripe bananas, because they have the perfect texture and just the right amount of sweetness, but you can also used slightly overripe bananas if that’s what you have at hand.

Overripe bananas tend to be much more sweeter in taste, so you can also cut down the amount of sugar you’re using for the recipe.

Can I Make Vegan Cookies?

You sure can! You can skip the egg in the recipe and use any liquid egg replacement of your choice.

Coconut oil or vegan butter can be a good substitute for the butter in this recipe.

How Do I Store the Leftover Banana Cookies?

Your leftover banana chocolate chip cookies can be stored in an airtight container in a cool and dark place for up to 3 days.

I always love making a double batch of these banana chocolate chip cookies, allow them to cool completely before I transfer them to an airtight container.

Can I Prep the Cookie Dough in Advance?

You sure can!

You can make the cookie dough in advance, cover it up in cling wrap or plastic wrap and then freeze it until you’re ready to use it.

How Do I Serve the Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies?

These banana chocolate chip cookies are basically banana bread in a cookie form. Think of them as banana bread cookies.

You can enjoy them as is whenever you’re craving for a snack or a sweet treat.

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