Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Name: Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 23 min
Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ¾ cup butter (softened); ½ cup granulated sugar; ½ cup light brown sugar (packed); 1 egg; 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; ½ cup mashed ripe banana ((about 1 large)); 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats; 2 cups chocolate chips

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These Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies are easy to make and full of flavor. For a chocolate fix, we recommend these delicious cookies.

The perfect way to use overripe bananas is these Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies.

These cookies are so chewy and soft!

We even froze half the batch and ate them a week or two later and they were just as good.

Recipe Ingredient Notes

To make Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies, you will need the following ingredients:

All Purpose Flour
Salt
Baking Soda
Butter
Granulated Sugar
Brown Sugar
Egg
Vanilla Extract
Ripe Banana (about 1 large)
Old-fashioned Rolled Oats
Chocolate Chips

Equipment Needed

For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:

How to make Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Preheat oven to 375 ℉.
Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda in a small bowl and set aside.
Place butter and sugars into a mixing bowl and beat on medium speed until pale and fluffy.
Reduce speed to low. Add egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
Mix in banana. Add flour and mix until just combined. Stir in oats and chocolate chips.
Using a 1 ½-inch ice cream scoop or cookie scoop, drop dough onto baking sheets spacing about 2 inches apart. Bake cookies until golden brown and just set, about 12 to 13 minutes.

Storing Suggestions

If you manage to not eat the whole tray of cookies immediately, these Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies store well. Once cookies have completely cooled, here is how you can store them:

Refrigerator: Store in an airtight container in a single layer for up to 7 days in a refrigerator.
Freezer: You can freeze precooked cookie dough for cookies later. Just roll out and freeze for 30 minutes, and then transfer to an airtight, freezer safe bag for up to 3 months. To store cooked cookies, let them cool completely before you put them in a freezer-safe bag for up to 3 months.

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Questions & Reviews

Heidi Lisa says:

Oh! These sound good! Bananas go bad so quickly here, my freezer is full.
Cindy Riggs says:

These Choc. Chip Banana Oatmeal Cookies look so yummy. I will be making them for my grandchildren this weekend. You have lots of yummy things. Thank you, Cindy
Janine (sugarkissed.net) says:

What a great flavor combo... These sound scrumptious!
Jolleen says:

Fun! Can't wait to try these! Pinned it, glad I found your blog!!
Debra Kapellakis says:

Never thought of putting banana in my cookies. Cool!
cathincolor says:

I made these today and substituted white chocolate chips, because that?s all I had on hand. They were terrific! Love all that banana flavor. My kids were eating them before they cooled.
cschelnick says:

OMG!!! OMG!!! These are amazing!! I just took a bite of my first one still warm from the oven. One problem, I doubled the batch not thinking about my son being out of town for the weekend! I see much time on the eliptical for me!
Stefani says:

These look amazing!! You guys are killing my feeble attempts at a diet though! :) Great to know that they freeze well, too. Thanks so much!
Kate Simpson says:

These are great! Here in New Zealand our cookies are traditionally hard and may a cookie recipe I have tried has been no good. I will be making these again. Thanks for sharing.
FeliB says:

I made these one night last week, immediately after finding your recipe on Pinterest...at about 10pm! They were delicious!! will be making them again :)
Anglayne says:

These are great with white chocolate chips as well! Next time I'm going to try Peanut Butter chips too :) Thanks for the recipe!

Q: How do you typically store these? I feel like they may go bad if not eaten within a few days (which I'm sure we won't have trouble doing!)
Six Sisters says:

Hi Anglayne!

I just store them on my counter in an airtight container or in a freezer bag in my freezer. They are great even after being in the freezer for days and then being thawed!
lynde pendleton says:

Just made these and they are the BEST cookies ever! Thanks for the recipe! You guys have some great ones! Me and my sister love baking your desserts together. :)
lynde pendleton says:

Just made these and they are the BEST cookies ever! Thanks for the recipe! You guys have some great ones! Me and my sister love baking your desserts together. :)
My Bugzz Boutique says:

After baking a storm already, I didn't feel like dealing with cookies, so I spread this out in a shallow pan lined with parchment paper, baked for 10 min - ah.may.zing!!! These are going to be great treats in the Fab Five's lunch boxes !!!
Angela Blizman says:

I don't see where it says how many cookies this makes...
Mom O Matic says:

These were delicious!! I added some diced walnuts. Yum...
Matt and Arrica Hess says:

This is our second time making them. It is unanimous that these are the best cookies ever! Thanks so much. We love them.
il0veb0ris says:

Can i substitute the butter for unsweetened applesauce?
Anna D says:

I have made these several times and my family loves them. I am having a problem though, and hope you can help. My cookies don't flatten and look nothing like yours. They pretty much stay the same shape as the scooper I use and are very cake like. What am I doing wrong? I'd appreciate any help.
14c59ee0-40af-11e2-beb9-000bcdcb471e says:

These are amazing. I think I like them better than plain CC ccookies now. I used salted butter bc it's what I had. I added just a touch less salt. My 4 yr old son loves to bake with me. So it's nice to have a cookie that doesn't just have chocolate chips but the oatmeal and banana. Yum-O!!
Six Sisters says:

Hi Anna!

I am so sorry about that! It may have something to do with elevation or humidity of where you live. I am so sorry I am not more help! You could try adding a little less flour to help them flatten out.
Kait says:

These are great! I made them this weekend using Guittard super cookie chips. Delicious! I'll be making them again for my staff meeting this week :)
poky says:

These really were delicious and the banana flavor was just right. however, they were a tad too sweet and I didn't even add the whole amount of chocolate chips. Next time will definitely cut back sugar!
Rach says:

I made these today and they are perfect! So yummy! Thanks for the recipe!
MrsK says:

Made these today!

Yum!

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Blackbird says:

Substituting butterscotch chips is another option. I made them for the field hockey team i coach and they loved them!!
Heather Lamont says:

Thanks, they look delicious. I'm going to bake them leaving out the egg and see how they turn out.
Tina says:

Easy, peasy! Love these cookies. Not too sweet but delicious. I did use 1C choco chips and that worked out just fine.
Jacqulyn Rose says:

Makes exactly 36 for me.
Lynese says:

I just made these a little earlier & unfortunally I had the same problem as Anna. Mine came out very cake-ish & dry. The idea was great and the batter was delish but I didnt care for the cookies for that reason bc i like chewy! I am no baker though so I am sure I went wrong somewhere :)
Crystal says:

These were wonderful- I made them for "Santa" with my young son for Christmas. I like the banana combination but my husband doesn't- he enjoyed these cookies because the flavor of the banana was not too strong. Thanks so much for the recipe.
Kari V. in OK. says:

Just made these and they are absolutely delicious!!!! Thanks for this wonderful recipe!
Pamela says:

I made these last night for my kids, they were delicious, and the kids loves them. They kind of remind me of banana bread.
Cindy Enzenauer says:

They are hot out of the oven and are great!. Mine seemed a little thin (could be because I didn't measure the banana!) so I just added more oats. They are going to be fabulous for my pot-luck luncheon at work tomorrow
Sandra says:

Just made these and they are delicious! As with a great recipe, I did a little substitute, 1/2 coconut oil with butter. They turned out great! I am going to hide them from myself, can't just eat 1 or 2 or 3. Soo Good!!!
ChillyP says:

I made these cookies last week! Since then I've saved the recipe to my Pinterest, to a word document (so I will never lose it), printed it out and put it in my FAVES RECIPES collection and added to my blog (hope you don't mind) http://panopticpiecesofachillypepper.blogspot.ca/2014/08/keeping-up-with-all-things-bad.html I have tried other cookies with similar recipes but none compare to the final chew of these! DELISH! The only change I made was using my homemade, no sugar/sweetener, from my apple trees apple sauce for the 1/4 cup of sugar. Fab! Very addictive morsels of maharvelous, dahlings ;) These will be made A LOT! No other banana cookie that I've made compares to this one. I found two great banana recipes keepers the same day. THAT is unheard of!
Cyd says:

Hi ChillyP! You made our day with your sweet comment! So glad you have finally found your banana cookie recipe! :)
Terri says:

Was looking thru Pintrest a few weeks back, and paniced when ur recipe wasnt on my page. Glad I found you again. Am trying these cookies today. Thanks Sisters!
Grit says:

Just made them and can't wait to have one or two (three, four)!
Andrea says:

I made these and would prefer a stronger banana flavor. I got exactly 4 dozen cookies.
Rose says:

Made these last night and they are GREAT! Using 1/2 cup of banana gave the cookies the perfect amount of banana taste. Might try these again using raisins instead of chocolate chips.
Diane says:

Hi, I just tried this recipe, like a couple others my cookies didn't flatten. Made me feel terrible. But the cookies are very good. There has to be a reason for them not to flatten. If anyone has a tip I would kindly appreciate it. I think I will research online :). Happy Holidays to You and your Family Thankfully, Diane
Tsaiwei says:

Hands down the best cookies EVER. I subbed out half the chocolate for pecans, and it is amazing!
Monique says:

I loved these. Made them today. I didn't mind that they were not flat. I like a thick/chewy cookie. I used applesauce in place of 1/4 c of the butter. I will use coconut oil next time. Maybe a tad bit more banana too.
Kalie says:

These have been a favorite at our house for YEARS! Add 1 tsp cinnamon and 1/4 tsp nutmeg to this recipe. YUMMO!! I love all of your recipes :-)
Kalie says:

Mine often are not flat, I think I add too much flour. If one pan doesn't flatten out, I sometimes flatten them by hand and that works.
Erin says:

Hi, A quick question: Do I use quick cooking oats or the regular? These sound great and I have a cookie exchange today and didn't like the way my first cookies (different cookie) turned out. Thank you, Erin
Cyd says:

We used quick oats but either one will work.
Morgan says:

Anybody try them without the oats?
Emily says:

One of the easiest most delicious cookies I have tried and I've made plenty of different recipes but this one is the best
Carrie says:

These are absolutely delicious and easy to make. My 8 year old made them!
Brittany says:

So, I decided to make this recipe as a substitute for banana bread since I have a bajillion bananas to use up. I made this recipe three times in one night before I found a version I liked the best. The first version I cut down on the butter and did half butter/half applesauce. The result was a cookie that had more of a consistency of a muffin. Tasty, but not exactly what I was looking for. The next version was all butter; however, with the amount of oats in it, it still was a little on the cakey side. Still tasty, but, again not what I was looking for. The third and final batch was all butter, no oatmeal whatsoever. This is the batch I like the best, the consistency came out how I wanted with the added bonus of the banana flavor. If I were to make this with oatmeal again, I would personally cut back. Also, if you're having trouble with them not spreading make sure you wait ten minutes after the oven has pre-heated to make sure the oven has completely reached temperature. Also, my cookies didn't spread as much as I hoped when I had the oatmeal in them. I used quick oats, which may have been the problem. The cookies spreaded out like they should when I didn't add the oats. If you live at a lower altitude, this may not be a problem for you.
Jen says:

Made these this morning- they are delicious! The only change I made was to add another banana. They will definitely be a part of my regular rotation.
Ashley says:

Looks delicious! How many cookies does this recipe make?
Cyd says:

It makes around 24 cookies. You can always scoop the dough out into smaller or larger amounts depending on how many cookies you will need. Just watch closely while cooking.
Marla j says:

I made it with all light brown sugar and smart balance instead of butter, and they are delicious
Cynthia Smith says:

I happened upon your recipe for chocolate chip banana oatmeal cookies & made/baked them today in anticipation of a visit from my daughters this weekend. They live in St. Louis & we live in Paducah KY. My girls love banana bread so I know they will love these cookies. My husband & I each ate one for dessert this evening. We agreed they are soft, delicious & are akin to “mini banana bread with chocolate chips”! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe!!