Banana and chocolate together in chocolate chip cookies! Yasss!! Perfect Banana Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies for summer-time are the perfect treat featuring bananas and milk chocolate together in yummy chocolate chip cookies!
These delightful and delicious cookies are derived from these Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies, which if you’ve ever been on Pinterest, there’s a good chance you’ve seen them. They’ve been pinned over 1 million times!
But if you’ve never had the pleasure… (wha??) …Trust me, you really need to bake up a batch and see for yourself!! It’s an easy recipe and hot piping cookies 15 minutes later, works really well and makes everyone happy, right? That’s how it works around our house!
Truly exceptional and my all time favorite chocolate chip cookie to make.
So, the only changes are using a banana and omitting the egg and using milk chocolate chips, because milk chocolate and banana is freaking dreamy.
These perfect banana cookies are buttery, chewy, thick and chocked full of rich, milk chocolate chips. Absolutely divine!
I took some of these to my mom and sister a few weeks ago.
We met at my sister’s house, so I brought 2 bags of cookies for each to keep. We were getting ready to go shopping and it was so hot out that day, so we decided to leave them on the counter, so they wouldn’t melt in the car.
But, we forgot to grab a few for the ride to town, so before we left, I ran back into my sister’s house and realized there was only one bag on the counter! Ok…weird!!! Only outside 3 minutes and BOOM!!
It wasn’t hard to figure out though. My sister’s husband was home, spied them and took them. I yelled out to him, but didn’t hear a word.
Or did he? Anyways, it ‘s so typical of him, really. ha!
I always have bananas, because I dearly love bananas and banana desserts and I know I’m not alone!
Here’s just a few of many banana recipes on the blog!
Ultimate Banana Cake with Fluffy Nutella & Toffee Frosting
Luscious Banana Cream Delight
Double Dark Chocolate Banana Snack Cake (We can’t stop eating it!)
Perfect Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins! Fluffy & Moist!
‘Winning’ Banana Bars {Browned Butter & Caramel Frosting}
Need more? Just put ‘bananas’ in the SEARCH to find your favorites!
Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies has a video and more tips for making perfect chocolate chip cookies like these! YUM!
Perfect Banana Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter see notes below room temperature, use vegan butter for vegan option
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 1 ripe banana large & mashed well
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups Milk Chocolate Chips I used Ghirardelli, use vegan chocolate chips for vegan option
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or spray with non-stick spray.
- In a medium bowl, sift the flour, baking soda and salt together.
- In another large bowl, using an electric mixer at medium speed, beat together the butter, and sugars about 2 minutes and is smooth.
- Add the mashed banana and vanilla and mix on low speed until mixed in.
- Gradually add the flour mixture and mix in until just incorporated. Do not keep mixing - do not overmix.
- Add chocolate chips and stir with a wooden spoon, again no overmixing, just until incorporated.
- Chill dough if dough is warm.
- Using a small or large ice cream scoop or heaping tablespoon, drop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, 6 to 8 per pan, depending on size you are making.
- Bake the cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until the bottoms and edges are lightly browned and the tops feel firm when lightly touched,
- Small cookies bake 8-10 minutes
- Large cookies bake 10-13 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
- Makes 18 -30 cookies depending on size.
Notes
Nutrition
Is SWERVE an appropriate sugar substitute?
Yes it is Nick. Hope you enjoy!
Love the idea of replacing eggs with bananas but I didn’t enjoy these cookies. The cookies came out looking great but they were too soft for me. I enjoyed the banana flavor, but the chocolate was overwhelming and I used less than the recipe recommended. I tried to bake it a couple of minutes longer to get a nice chewy texture but it was still so soft.
If I wanted to add peanut butter to this cookie for creativity, how much would you suggest?
Hi Kelly, I don’t know, but maybe 1/4 cup and see how they turn out or add peanut butter chips? Let us know! 🙂
Why are there no eggs in the recipe? Will they still turn out ok?
The banana serves as the egg substitution in these cookies JoAnn. No need for them and they turn out wonderfully.
Hello!! I was wondering if it’s possible to omit the granulated sugar and still have the same results?
No the results will not the same, however you could reduce the sugar or add in a sugar replacement like Lakanto which is sugar-free. The lower the sugar, the less cookies spread, the drier/more crumbly they are. Cookies with less sugar taste will obviously taste less sweet, but their flavor also becomes flat.