Chewy Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Cookies are a twist on your peanut butter cookie recipe. Made with no butter and less sugar, they make a great snack!
These Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Cookies always come in for the win over the summer month and the start of the school year.
I’m sort of obsessed with peanut butter. Whenever I have a snack craving, it is my go-to. I have worked peanut butter into some of my favorite foods, including caramel with my Peanut Butter Caramel Sauce and snickerdoodle cookies with my Peanut Butter Snickerdoodles.
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It was a reader’s comment that made me switch up the recipe for my peanut butter cookies to make these Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Cookies. They mentioned in their comments that they reduced the brown and granulated sugars, increased the peanut butter, and added a banana. I meant to follow their directions and my recipe to a T so that I could recreate and try it.
Sadly, I didn’t follow my recipe directions and unknowingly omitted the butter. Upon the first bite, I was like, holy cow, I can taste the banana. I felt like I had missed an ingredient, but they tasted more like a muffin than a cookie. But they were so soft, and the banana and peanut butter shined, so I didn’t think more about it.
Then, when I came to write the recipe, I realized I left out the butter. EEK!
But when I added the nutritional content to these cookies, they came out to only 112 calories per cookie! So I was like, heck yes, they were just right then. Making a snack that is one of my kids’ favorites without overloading them with granulated sugar in the afternoon before dinner.
My hubby tried them and liked them, but he said that they would even be better with dark chocolate. I agree. It would add the perfect touch of sweetness. Now, while these cookies are labeled “healthy,” my kids still ate them. They are perfectly served with a glass of milk to dip into a drink afterward.
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While the entire recipe only takes a little over 30 minutes from start to finish, I would rather bake a batch once a week than once a day.
So are you looking for a snack or treat, that doesn’t all the “extras” like butter and sugar? Then try these Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Cookies. They are McCollum kids approved and that in itself is a reason you should try them.
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Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup ripe banana 1 – 1 1/2 bananas
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup instant oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Mash the banana(s) using a fork or masher.
- Using an eletric mixer, beat together the peanut butter, brown sugar, and mashed banana.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and continue to mix until well combined.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, oats, baking soda and salt. Slowly add to the mixer and combine with the wet ingredients.
- Use a cookie scoop to form into rounded balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
- These keep well for a couple of days in an airtight container.
I’m confused – It says “healthy… made with no butter” but the second ingredient is butter.
It’s been corrected, thank you!
Hi, how are these considered healthy? The main ingredients are flour, sugar, butter. The title is misleading.
Hi Samantha, These cookies actually do not have any butter and have half the amount of added sugar vs regular peanut butter cookies! There is flour but you can definitely switch it with whole wheat flour if you want. They only have 107 calories per cookie and only 5 grams of sugar. Each cookie has 4 grams of protein, and with the bananas they make a much healthier treat than regular cookies!
You took two of my favorite ingredients and managed to make not only a healthy, but delicious cookie! I would definitely make these for the childcare franchise I work for. Kids would love these! If it fits the McCollum standard, than I know these are a winner.
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoy them!
These look so good! Such a great way to use up the ripened bananas that are on my counter right now!
Definitely! Thank you, enjoy!
I am confused! The recipe says no butter, yet it is included in the recipe! Am I seeing this correctly ?
There is no butter in the recipe, you may have misread peanut butter possibly? I hope you enjoy!
Peanut butter and banana go so well together. I bet these are wonderful cookies!
These cookies look so amazing!
Thanks!
These sound delicious, I love the banana-peanut butter combo!
I am loving the combination of flavors in these cookies!
Thanks!
I love a healthy cookie. I would eat these ALL DAY LONG!
All the bananas please! These cookies look great.
Thanks, enjoy!
These would bring me pure happiness!
Just made these. Wow. I think I used a bit too much peanut butter and so they were sticky and didn’t form balls, but it didn’t matter, they were delicious. May add chocolate chips next time…
Chocolate chips would be so delicious with this! Thank you!
I just made these cookies and i LOVE them! I don’t do butter, and I watch my sugar intake, and these are perfect! My new “sweet” snack! Thank you!
These definitely make a great light snack! So glad you enjoyed them.
I loved this recipe. I’m definitely going to try it since I love bananas, but being honest I will replace some ingredients to suit my health, like the sugar. I’m always making recipes using fruit and looking for many other ways to use them too. I just published a post sharing 16 Inventive Ways To Use Bananas https://magicallifeoffruit.com/uses-for-bananas/ and I’d love it if you checked it out.
I made these cookies today. The taste is pretty good, but they are kind of dry.
Sometimes that seems to happen with these! Be sure to use regular creamy peanut butter, people haven’t had a great time using natural kinds. Also make sure to bake for exactly the time stated, as they do dry out quickly. I’m glad you liked the taste!
I love when you get to be surprised by a wonderful “mistake”. They sound so delicious!
Thank you, they really are yummy!
love the flavour combo + how relatively guilt free these cookies are. awesome recipe!
Thank you, enjoy!
It totally makes sense to add a banana and now I have to see how this tastes! Craving a couple now with my coffee for breakfast!!
Let us know how they turn out! Hope you enjoy, thanks.
Yum, What a great cookie idea. Must try!
What a great idea for breakfast!
I did these cookies but added 1 teaspoon of baking powder with the soda and 2 over ripe banana’s, 10 oz of peanut butter baked for 9 mins, the rest was the same, they were nice and soft, did butter on aluminum foil, as l didn’t have parchment paper, since l have 2 artistic grandson’s this was great, as a project you can make a frosting with sprinkles as their own creation as a special treat, other wise they do not get the extra sugar. 5 stars
We’re going to a friends house for lunch tomorrow, so I decided to make some cookies for dessert. I’m on a low carb diet, and I don’t like peanut butter, so I thought these would be nice (most people DO like peanut butter and I won’t be tempted). I added some smarties to half the batch (I made them big, so I got 24 cookies). My husband was the taste tester, and came back for a second one. My grandson will be the second tester tomorrow – I’m sure he’ll give them a pass, too! Thanks. Oh, I added a bit less than 1/2 cup of homemade applesauce to the batter (apple/pear sauce, with a bit of cinnamon, no sugar). For some reason, I can’t click on the stars to rate this recipe. I’m giving it a 4, but only because I added something.
Thanks, I’m so glad you like the cookies! That sounds like a yummy addition.
Is this soft or cake like? I’m really searching for a banana cookie recipe that isn’t cake like..
These are not cake like, more like peanut butter cookie texture, sorry.
Will frozen bananas work?
Yes, if defrosted you definitely can! I’ve used them before and they come out great.