I feel a little bad calling these cookies a recipe; that’s how simple they are. There was a bunch of ripe bananas in my house that no one was going to eat and I was set the task of making something. Just for the record I do not like bananas. I do however like chocolate, oats and cookies. I decided to make cookies from them as they would be quick and simple, and there would be a slight chance of me liking the product that came out of the oven.
Spoiler: I didn’t actually hate them despite the underlying banana taste.
You can make these as simple as you like, or add as much as your sweet tooth desires. The base for this recipe required a mere two ingredients. The version I’m making today uses four.
The best part about these cookies is that they are naturally sweet so totally healthy*. They’re a great guilt free snack and would be perfect to make with kids.
*Healthy without the chocolate, but even then a small amount of dark chocolate isn’t necessarily bad for you…
These cookies are gluten free, dairy free, vegan, soy free and nut free. They also contain no added sugars.
Prep time: 5 minutes
Bake time: 10 minutes
Serves approximately 10 cookies
Ingredients:
• Two cups of oats
• Two medium to large bananas
• Approximately 40g chocolate chips/ chunks
• 1tsp vanilla extract
Method:
1. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees and line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
2. Pour oats and bananas into a blender or food processor and leave to combine until the oats have broken down but still have a slightly coarse texture.
3. Once combined stir in the chocolate and vanilla.
4. Take a spoon and drop the cookies on the baking tray. The mixture will be very wet, this is normal. As the mixture is so wet it’s much easier to do this step with a spoon rather than by hand.
5. Place tray in the oven and bake for 9-12 minutes, or until the outside of the cookies are firm.
6. Once cooked leave to cool for 10 minutes.
And that’s it! I told you they couldn’t be more simple.
Enjoy!
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I’m not a fan of bananas myself either, but cookies are so yummy and these look delicious! Will definitely have to try this out in the future, but probably without the bananas haha.
Amy,
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I was always told that dark chocolate is healthy ahah. These cookies look so tasty and easy to make! I am looking at healthier alternatives than sainsbury’s cookies so this is perfect!
Haha same here, for the sake of this recipe I’m choosing to believe it. Hope you enjoy x
Sophie
Omgosh how amazing do these cookies look?!
So fab that they’re vegan too. I love oatty cookies, I love the texture. Thanks for this recipe!
Monica
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Thank you. I love them because of the texture too! x
Sophie
I’m not a huge fan of Banana but I am definitely going to attempt this recipe since it is healthy but I may end up adding extra chocolate to it! x
The more chocolate = the less it tastes of banana so that’s definitely a winning strategy! x
Sophie
I had no idea cookies would be so easy to make. Thanks for sharing I’ll definitely be trying these.
I’ve always hated the texture of bananas! But this is definitely a great way to use them to make something yummy! Will definitely give this a go!
They’re so gross. I never thought I would end up liking something made from banana! Hope you enjoy x
Sophie
my sister has made something similar to these before and they were so nice!! xx
Wow these are so easy to make. I will have to try it when I am in a rush!
Hope you enjoy! x
I love making simple healthy recipes these look fab hunni! Great post
It’s the best when something can be good for you but still taste like the not so good for you version x
Sophie
These look delicious and thank you for sharing the recipe.
These look amazingly delicious ☺️. I love dark chocolate! And they are healthy too? Win!! xx
Bexa | http://www.hellobexa.com
Thank you! I was very happy when they didn’t taste too healthy! x
Ooh these sound so good!
Thank you! x
Sophie
Wow, I’ll be trying this at the weekend! Thanks for sharing! 🙂 xx
I make muffins using the same ingredients, also blueberries are a nice alternative to the chocolate 🙂
I love blueberries! Just thought chocolate would do a better job of overpowering the banana taste x
Sophie
I love that you’ve used dark chocolate in these they sound amazing and I love how you’ve included alterations too x
Kayleigh Zara http://www.kayleighzaraa.com
These both sound and look great! The fact that they don’t seem difficult to make is a bonus! X
Ashleigh | http://ashleighwrites.co.uk
Thank you! They’re so easy! x
Sophie
Such a simple recipe! I do love bananas, so do my kids so I’ve saved this recipe in my favourites and I’m definitely going to give them a try and get the kids involved! Thank you.
Heather xox ||
Thank you! That’s amazing. Hope you and the kids enjoy them, and have fun making them too! x
Sophie
These look delicious, the type of recipe I like as well nice and simple!
Looks so yummy! This recipe it’s really easy, need to try it asap
Hope you enjoy x
Sophie
I adore bananas, I’d probably end up throwing extra in! And I also love cookies so I’m in love with this recipe! Thank you so much for sharing, even if you have made me super hungry
Victoria |
Haha at least they’re quick when you are hungry! Hope you enjoy x
Sophie
These look delicious! And prep time is only 5 mins, perfecttt. Definitely going to try these out x
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Thank you! The best thing about them is how quick they are. Only downside is you’re still waiting for the oven to heat up when you’ve finished. Hope you enjoy x
Sophie
omg these look delicious, definitely going to make these some time x
These cookies looks so delicious! Might try it next week. Thanks for this recipe! ❤
For some reason I thought this would be so difficult. Thank you for simplifying it!
Not at all! It’s good to keep it simple every now and again. Thanks for stopping by x
Sophie
Going to try this with my little girl !
Aww that’s great! I hope you have fun and both love them! x
Sophie
Oh yum!
I’m supposed to be making cookies with my students on Tues! Will get them to make these :]! It looks easy and delicious! Oh and healthy :]
Kelly
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I’ve made something very similar before and they were delicious! So simple and quick to make so are perfect for prepping ona Sunday evening. Lovely post and photos x.
These look so super easy to make! I’m gonna have to give these a bash
Shevy
Loving this blog xx
Oh my goodness these have my name on them, chocolate dairy free and quick and easy to make. I shall be saving this post to make these .
Hello from across the pond! I make these kinda cookies quite often actually and I love them to bits! Can’t get enough banana in mine. I love your photos btw
These look absolutely delicious, and for a bonus, I love bananas! Thanks for sharing!
I love bananas, and these sound amazing. What type of oats did you use though, or does it not matter?
*Unpopular opinion time* – I might even add sultanas to mine!
Love Lily xo
Not crazy about sultanas but I’m a big fan of oatmeal raisin cookies! I just used regular rolled oats but it doesn’t really matter x
Sophie
Oh my making these tomorrow
These look amazing! I have an extreme sweet tooth so I may need to try this to help squash it!
These look delicious! I’ll definitely need to try and make these sometime, I’m not a kitchen princess at all but these seem super easy ^_^ Thanks for sharing!
xx Nele | http://www.thenavigatio.com
These look and sound delicious- I am all about guilt free cookies, as they’re my favourite snack!
Wow, I definitely want to try these!!!
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They look lovely despite me hating banana! my parents would like them though!
I originally made these for my mum then ended up liking them! I don’t understand how anyone likes banana x
Sophie
This is perfect! I really love how simple this recipe is. I think I might make these later!