The Best Banana Bread chocolate chip cookies

Banana Bread version of a chocolate chip cookie

The best banana bread chocolate chip cookie ever!!

This dessert came from a very specific craving — combining banana bread and chocolate chip cookies into one. This recipe is super easy to make when you’re craving something banana-y but not exactly banana bread. The secret to this texture? No egg!! In so many recipes, they would say you can replace the egg with a mashed up banana so I figured adding in both egg and banana would make it EXTRA fluffy (nononono). Soooo.. presenting my perfect thin, crispy on the outside, but still chewy and soft in the center banana bread chocolate chip cookie.

The best Banana bread chocolate chip cookie Recipe (makes 6 to 8):

  • 6 tbsp butter, melted and slightly cooled
  • 6 tbsp light brown sugar**
  • 3 tbsp white sugar**
  • 3 tbsp of a very very ripe banana, mashed up (~65- 70g of ripe banana)
  • 1 cup all purpose flour (120 g)
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract or paste
  • sprinkle of sea salt
  • 1/4 cup of chopped chocolate, adjust ratio to taste
  • optional: sprinkle of cinnamon and nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice
  • Combine (melted and slightly cooled) butter and the sugars together
  • Mash up your ripe banana until smooth separately before adding into your butter and sugar
  • Lightly mix together alongside vanilla extract and salt
  • Mix together flour, baking soda, and spices and add into batter
  • Mix together gently until JUST barely combined then add in chocolate chips, it should still have some dry flour in the batter, thats okay — over mixing your dough will result in a tough cookie!!
  • Split into dough balls and let your batter sit in the fridge for at least ~1 hour, preferably 4 hours to firm up before baking (it’ll taste the best overnight!)
  • Bake in a preheated oven at 350 for ~11 to 14 minutes, really depends on your oven
  • Bang onto the counter when it’s just out of the oven to make more flate

Sprinkle with flaky sea salt and let it cool for a ~10 minutes before enjoying!

Notes:

  • sugar: If you only have dark brown sugar, use a ratio of 6 tbsp white sugar and 3 tbsp dark brown sugar instead
  • mixing: Mix together everything gently until JUST barely combined then add in chocolate chips, it should still have some dry flour in the batter, thats okay!! over mixing your dough will result in a FLUFFY cookie!! WE DON’T WANT THAT
  • chocolates: use a combination of your fav chocolates, i like doing a combo of dark and semi sweet. remember chopped chocolate will give you melty pools of chocolate.
  • chilling time: let your batter sit in the fridge for at least ~1 hour to firm up before baking, preferably 4 hours (I PROMISE IT’LL TASTE THE best overnight THOUGH!), LETTING IT CHILL in the fridge PROPERLY WILL RESULT in THE BEST TEXTURE AND TASTING COOKIE
  • baking time: less baking time results in a soft, goey-er cookie. remember that when it cools down it’ll also cook additionally
  • cookie balls: for 6 cookies, weigh each dough ball around 65g to 70g each or use a medium cookie scoop for 8ish lol
  • i usually bake everything with salted butter

love,

tuyen 🍓

14 responses to “The Best Banana Bread chocolate chip cookies”

  1. I was scrolling through TikTok today and saw this yummy cookie. I am a banana bread enthusiast so I knew that this cookie had my name on it. I had all the ingredients so I decided to whip them up tonight. I am not usually a small batch baker, but I can get used to this!

    the recipe was super easy to follow. I used a large scooper to put the dough on the cookie sheet, and the recipe made 5 large cookies for me. I could not wait long for the dough to set, they got 45 minutes in the fridge and they scooped good for me.

    I waited a grand total of 10 minutes after the cookies came out of the oven. which is the perfect time to eat a cookie in my opinion 🙂 the edges were crispy, the center was chewy, the banana flavor comes through nicely, and the melty chocolate chips all created a phenomenal cookie. I will definitely be coming back for more small batch recipes! 🙂

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    1. omg this is so sweet, it made my night!! thank you for making it and so happy you loved it ❤

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  2. I tried this and the Broma’s bakery cookie and I like the texture and flavor of this more. Its nicely chewy and crispy as advertised. I made 9 cookies when scooped with a 1/4 cup. I put the dough in the freezer for maybe 40 minutes and baked At 14 minutes.

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  3. i am going to try and make these cookies soon but i was wondering would the texture and taste be the same if i replaced the flour with gluten free flour?

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    1. i have no idea!! maybe you can try them out and see 🙂

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  4. I made these cookies and while they taste delicious, they didn’t come out thin or crispy on the outside! Any advice?!

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    1. Make sure your baking soda is active, mix less since over mixing can make this recipe fluffy and also make sure you’re measuring your flour out correctly, you might be adding too much flour.

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  5. I just made these cookies and they came out sooooo yummy! I did do smaller cookies and made 12. They came out perfectly crispy on the edges and chewy in the center. It was an easy recipe to follow as well. Thank you for sharing!

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  6. i found this recipe on TikTok this week and i’ve already made it twice. it is seriously so good!!

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  7. hey! im baking this rn and the batter tastes great, but i do recommend putting the fact that you use salted butter at the very top 🙂 where butter is first written down. i used unsalted butter but hopefully it turns out fine

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  8. I made this recipe and it was so good!! Perfect texture and banana bread flavor. Im definitely going to keep making this recipe 🙂 thank you for sharing!

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  9. Found you on TikTok. My first attempt & I definitely over mixed but they taste absolutely delicious so it’s still a win 😆 thank you for the recipe

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    I made these and they are so delicious. I make 2 batches though and it’s super sweet for my liking so I put 5 tbsp of brown sugar instead of 6 and 2tbsp instead of 3. Comes out great!

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  11. Omg these were soooooo good! I browned the butter and used Trader joe’s bourbon vanilla paste and it likely elevated the recipe. gonna be my new go to “overripe banana recipe”

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