Loaded with chocolate and peanut butter flavors and lots of good for you fuel, a morning that starts with Chocolate Peanut Butter Breakfast Cookies is always a good morning!
Creamy peanut butter and chocolate combine with oats, flax and chia seeds in these hearty, delicious cookies made especially for breakfast. Whether last night’s game left you a winner or a loser – everybody wins when there’s chocolate cookies for breakfast!
I love any excuse to throw a little chocolate into my daily routine, who doesn’t am I right? These cookies are packed with protein and whole grains to help power you through even the toughest of mornings. Grab a couple and start your day off right, enjoy and happy baking!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Breakfast Cookies
Prep
Cook
Total
Yield 28 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ripe banana, mashed
- 1/4 c coconut oil
- 1/2 c honey
- 1/3 c peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 c old fashioned oats
- 1 c whole wheat flour
- ⅓ c dutch process cocoa powder
- ¼ c flax meal
- ¼ c chia seeds
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ c miniature chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350º F and line two baking sheets with parchment or baking mats.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer combine the banana, coconut oil, honey, peanut butter and vanilla, mix well.
- In a mixing bowl combine the oats, flour, cocoa powder, flax meal, chia seeds, baking soda and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until it comes together.
- Scoop into 2 Tbs rounds, press a tsp of miniature chocolate chips into the top of each cookie, flattening them slightly with damp fingers.
- Bake for 15 minutes, cool on the pan a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container or refrigerate.
Courses Breakfast, cookie
Want more cookies for breakfast try these:
Double Chocolate Breakfast Cookies
these look AMAZING! cant wait to try this!
(does it have 2 cups of flour?why does it say it twice?)
Thank you Temima and thanks for pointing out my error, only 1 c of flour 🙂
Breakfast cookies? Now you’re speaking my language! 🙂 I’m all over the chocolate and peanut butter combo too.
I don’t think you could get a better indulgent breakfast, especially for us dessert-luva’s! 😉
I heart these cookies Lisa, you’re going to love them!
Cookies for breakfast??? I’ll take that!
Me too, thanks Shinee 🙂
I love breakfast cookies. They are great for on the go, and these in particular look fantastic.
thank you Robin
I love cookies for breakfast! These look amazing!
Thanks Amanda, I love how I feel like I am getting away with something when I eat these for breakfast 😉
Mmm cookies for breakfast! I like the way you think!
Thank you Julie!
Oh my gosh. I must make these for my toddler. He would be OBSESSED!
You should Des and you can be happy too knowing they are actually pretty healthy for a cookie 🙂
These are great, and kids would eat them, too!
I love these, Emily. I may have to switch up my granola routine and give these a try. Yum!
You definitely should Megan 🙂
Yum! These look so incredibly delicious! Definitely giving this recipe a try. Thanks for sharing!
Jenn thank you, I hope you love them as much as we do!
Oh my word, everything I love in a breakfast cookie! I need to make these now!
Thanks Miss, you’ll love them!
Well, I know what I’m making for breakfast tomorrow (and maybe the rest of my life :)! These sound amazing. And I really dig the idea of eating a cookie for breakfast!
Do it Amy! I love stashing a few cookies in the fridge where the kids can’t see them 🙂