Easy, delicious, and vegan banana chocolate chip cookies. Tired of just making banana bread with those ripe bananas in your kitchen? This recipe is an easy, tasty, and fun use for those ripe bananas. These banana chocolate chip cookies are vegan, nut-free, dairy-free, egg-free, and can be made gluten-free with one simple replacement. Learn how to make these cookies down below.
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What ingredients do you need vegan banana chocolate chip cookies?
These banana chocolate chip cookies are extremely easy to make and only require a few ingredients that you can find in your pantry or easily at a local supermarket.
- Ripe Bananas
- Brown Sugar
- White Sugar
- Vegan Butter
- All-Purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Vanilla Extract
- Salt
- Vegan Chocolate Chips
How to make banana chocolate chip cookies?
The great thing about this recipe is its a mess-free one-bowl chocolate chip recipe.
- You’ll start by creaming together your sugar, vegan butter, bananas, and vanilla extract.
- Next, stir in your flour, baking powder, and salt. Make sure to mix everything just enough so it’s incorporated, but be careful not to over mix the dough.
- Next, you’ll fold in your chocolate chips and refrigerate the dough for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Scoop 2 tbsp of dough onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake your cookies for 13-16 minutes or until golden brown on the edges. My oven required around 16 minutes for most of them.
- Allow your cookies to cool completely before serving. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
What to make with ripe bananas?
Have a ton of ripe bananas? Here are some of our favorite recipes created by us and other bloggers.
- Banana Bread. You can’t go wrong with this classic and easy recipe. Try our classic banana bread recipe here.
- Nice Cream. Here’s a great blog post from Chocolate Cover Katie that explains the fundamentals of how to make nice cream and has 10 flavors options listed as well.
- Smoothies. Freeze your bananas as a tasty way to thicken up your smoothies, without needing or diluting the smoothie with ice.
- Use as an egg replacement. Substitute a single egg with 1 banana when baking for an affordable and healthy replacement
How to make gluten-free banana cookies?
Making this recipe gluten-free is incredibly easy and requires only 1 substitution. To make gluten-free banana chocolate chip cookies, you’ll need to replace the all-purpose flour with equal parts of a 1 to 1 gluten-free baking flour. Our favorite is from, King Arthur Flour, you can find it here on Amazon.*
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If you liked our Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip recipe, check out some of our others like these Vegan Strawberry Lemon Bars, or maybe a quick 30-minute recipe like our Vegan Mushroom Stroganoff recipe.
Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Recipe
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Oven
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vegan butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- First, cream together the vegan butter, bananas, sugar, and vanilla extract until fluffy.
- Next, stir in your flour, baking powder, and salt. Make sure to mix the mixture just until the flour is incorporated, don’t over mix the batter.
- Next, fold in your chocolate chips and refrigerate the dough for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 350° F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Scoop 2 tbsp worth of dough onto your prepared baking sheet.
- Bake your cookies for 13-16 or until golden brown on the edges. (I preferred mine to be baked closer to 16 minutes.)
- Allow your cookies to cool completely before serving.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.