Healthy Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

These healthy banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are a perfect treat for the whole family! Chewy, vegan, gluten-free, and made in only 20 minutes!

Table of Contents

• Ingredients
• Visual Step-by-Step Instructions
• Storage & Freezing Instructions
• More Banana Recipes
• 📖 Recipe
• 💬 Comments

Looking for the perfect vegan and gluten-free oatmeal cookies that are healthy and filling? Try this recipe! These banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are truly delicious and don’t taste gluten-free, refined sugar-free, or vegan at all!  They are light and airy inside, crispy on the outside, and chock-full of oats, bananas, and chocolate chips. 

I also love them because they are super quick to prepare in 20 minutes with only 4 ingredients – perfect for a healthy vegan snack or sweet treat without feeling guilty.

Besides being so healthy, these banana oatmeal cookies taste really delicious of banana, nuts, and chocolate. Plus they are crunchy and best when still slightly warm! 

I find the variation with nuts and chocolate chips very tasty. If you like, you are welcome to add winter spices. For example, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, or a pinch of ground nutmeg. Raisins or dried cranberries also do well!

In the summer, they pack a punch if you add a handful of blueberries or raspberries – this makes these healthy cookies juicer and adds more vitamins and antioxidants! Vanilla extract is also a great addition.

We always prepare this banana oatmeal cookies recipe when we’re craving something sweet after dinner. It’s a perfect little dessert with the best banana flavor! Plus, you most certainly have those ingredients at home anyway. 🙌

Ingredients

See recipe card for quantities.

• Banana → I recommend using ripe bananas, as they are a little sweeter than unripe ones. But it also works with fresh and rather unripe bananas, depending on what you have at home. Banana contains fiber and ensures that the cookie dough sticks together without using eggs.
• Rolled Oats→ I recommend using rolled oats, but quick oats would work too if that’s what you have at hand.
• Nuts → Use a mix of nuts or add your favorite nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, walnuts, pecans).
• Dark Chocolate Chips → Make sure they are vegan!

Good To Know: No refined sugar is used in this recipe, nor is any other sweetener added. Bananas still contain fructose, and chocolate, even dark, contains sugar. Health food stores sell sugar-free chocolate, or you can omit the chocolate altogether – depending on your diet 😉.

Visual Step-by-Step Instructions

This visual step-by-step instruction will help you along the way – definitely recommended if you’re a baking beginner! 😉

• Preheat your oven to 355°F (180°C).
• Mash bananas in a bowl using a fork.
• Add dry ingredients: rolled oats, chopped nuts, and chocolate drops. Mix well into a sticky cookie batter.

• Using a spoon and your hands, form 10 cookies from the mixture. Lay them on a with parchment paper lined baking sheet.

• Bake the cookies for 12 minutes in the preheated oven.
• Allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely or enjoy them slightly warm.

Storage & Freezing Instructions

Store those cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. They keep fresh for 2 days.

Freezing: I recommend freezing leftover cookies, so you can enjoy them anytime you crave something sweet. You can freeze them in a freezer bag for a maximum of 3 months and let them thaw individually at room temperature.

More Banana Recipes

• Healthy Paleo Brownies
• Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
• Paleo Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
• Paleo Banana Walnut Bread
• Vegan Avocado Banana Chocolate Mousse

📖 Recipe