Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies are extra soft, a little gooey & packed with flavor. If you like your chocolate chip cookies a little cakey – or if you love the combination of peanut butter and banana – then these are for you!
I’ve made peanut butter cookies. And I’ve made banana bread. And I’ve most definitely made chocolate chip cookies.
But for the first time, I decided to combine these 3 kitchen classics and create the most delicious, flavor packed, soft & chewy cookie. Enter: Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies.
They’re going to change your cookie eating life in the most fantabulous way.
Because these peanut butter banana chocolate chip cookies are the softest, thickest, chewiest chocolate chip cookies you’ll ever eat. If you like your cookies thin & crispy – then I suggest you try this recipe instead.
But if you like your chocolate chip cookies almost cakey – then these my friend ar for you.
Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
They start off just like peanut butter cookies (cream together the butter, peanut butter, sugar, egg & vanilla), but then we’re adding in mashed banana. The mashed banana adds a delicious hint of banana bread flavor and creates super soft cookies.
Plus banana & peanut butter are a match made in heaven.
Then the dry ingredients are mixed in, and we stir in some chocolate chips.
At this point, you’ll notice that the batter is very soft for chocolate chip cookies. So it’s time to cover the dough and chill it in the fridge. This is 100% mandatory to get soft, chewy, thick, cakey chocolate chip cookie perfection. Otherwise your cookies will spread too thin and burn 🙁
Then after the mandatory chilling (I recommend munching on a few chocolate chips to pass the time….), the cookies are formed into balls, flattened slightly, and we’re ready to bake.
Once they come out of the oven, I like to add a few chocolate chips on the top of each cookie for visuals (and extra chocolate). And then it’s time to devour.
These are definitely the softest chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever made – and the combination of peanut butter, banana and chocolate is seriously on point. So if you like your cookies a little cakey, or want to take your CCC’s up a notch – these peanut butter banana chocolate chip cookies are for you!
For More Peanut Butter & Banana Treats – try these other favorites:
- Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
- Peanut Butter Banana Bread
- Banana Chocolate Chip Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter , softened to room temp
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 1 cup brown sugar , packed
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup mashed banana , about 1 medium-sized banana
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Beat together the butter, sugar & peanut butter in a large bowl using an electric mixer. Once combined beat in the egg, vanilla and mashed banana.
- Turn the mixer down to low speed and carefully mix in the flour, baking soda and salt.
- Then turn off the mixer and stir in 1 cup of the chocolate chips. The batter will be very soft and sticky.
- Cover the bowl withe clingfilm and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350F degrees and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- Form the dough into balls about 1.5-2 tablespoons in size. Place 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets, flatten the balls slightly and place the remaining ¼ cup chocolate chips on the top of each cookie.
- Bake for 7-9 minutes or until the tops look just set. Allow to cool on the tray for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack
Ok I have never made a banana anything type of cookie and this combo with peanut butter looks and sounds so crazy good, I love all of these flavours together! 🙂 thanks so much for sharing!
These cookies look gorgeous! Banana and peanut butter are so perfect for each other 🙂 And the cookies themselves look so thick and soft, I just want to munch them all.
Thanks so much! I’m totally with you there about banana & peanut buttter going so perfectly – there’s no way I can resist the combo
What a great idea with the bananas!
Hi Fiona!
Is it possible to use natural peanut butter for this recipe?
The problem with natural is that it can separate. If using natural peanut butter, you’d need to really stir the peanut butter very well before measuring it. If the batter seems too sticky, I’d add a tablespoon or 2 more of flour
These are great! Nine minutes didn’t work for me. At 13 I got a very soft cookie with a little crispness at the edges. Thank you for sharing!
Delicious.I agree that they need more time in the oven though. (I’m at high altitude, maybe that is why??) It took about 13 mins.
I’m glad that you love the cookies! Thanks for the tip about the baking time 🙂
Great recipe! Thanks so much, new favourite!
Thanks so much Jennifer! Glad you loved them
Love this recipe! I didn’t have enough flour so I substituted 1/3 cup of flour with 1/3 cup of vanilla whey protein! Soooooo delicious!
Such a good idea! Definitely need to try that
These are a regular in my household. My daughters and I love them. They take 12 minutes for me, for whatever reason, but they’re still chewy and delicious! Thanks for sharing!