I love the combination of bananas and chocolate. I made these not-too-sweet cookies for my son’s lunch as they are school safe (nut free) and pretty healthy as far as cookies go!
Chocolate Banana Cookies
3 mashed bananas
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup raw cacao powder (or regular cocoa powder)
2 Tbsp sunflower butter
2 Tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce (I used organic apple-cherry sauce)
2 cups quick oats
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup dairy-free chocolate chips
Combine the first seven ingredients in a bowl. Measure the oats in a cup then add the salt and stir well. Pour the flour mixture into the banana mixture, then add the chocolate chips and combine well. Use an ice cream scoop to form cookies and drop onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes. Let cookies sit to cool and set for at least five minutes before eating.
Notes: These cookies are not very sweet so if you like a decadent cookie, increase the sweetener. To be truly gluten free, be sure to choose oats labeled gluten free.
These cookies are pretty healthy (sugar free, gluten free, packed with fruit) so they are my submission for Healthy Vegan Friday week 3, Gluten Free Fridays (thank you, Cindy at Vegetarian Mamma, for inviting me to participate!), Mangia Mondays and Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays (hosted by Simply Sugar and Gluten Free). Click the links to learn more about these blog hops and find inspiration for some healthy, whole food recipes!
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Simple and amazing! Just the way I like it!
My name is Cindy and I blog over at Vegetarianmamma.com I wanted to invite you to link up your recipe at our Gluten Free Fridays Recipe Link up party! It happens every Friday and we’d love to have you join us with some of your awesome recipes! You can find this week’s link up here: http://vegetarianmamma.com/gluten-free-friday-recipe-link-up-1/
Thanks, Cindy
Thank you, I’ll take you up on that!
Thanks for linking up over at our Gluten Free Fridays recipe party! I have tweeted and pinned your post to our “Gluten Free Fridays” board on pinterest! Thanks for making this week a HUGE success! We had over 110 recipes and still counting! I hope to see you back next week
Cindy
Thanks again for the invitation, see you next week!
These look delicious! I love how natural & simple your ingredients are. Perfect for all my food allergies and to satisfy my sweet tooth!
Thank you, Alaine! It never would have occurred to me a few years ago that you can have a great cookie and not have any flour at all, but it’s truly not necessary. These cookies aren’t too sweet, so you can up the maple syrup if want them decadent, or omit added sweetener entirely for a dark chocolate taste.
Perfect! Thanks for the tips
Oh these look so wonderful and delicious, I can’t wait to try them. My kids are both anaphylactic with egg so I’m always on the lookout for recipes that are safe for them to eat-this definitely fits the bill! Thanks!
anne
Thanks for stopping by, Anne. All my recipes are egg-free here! Have you heard of the Vegg yet? http://thevegg.com/
No I hadn’t – just clicked on over to take a look- thanks for the tip
These cookies look great! A nice treat for a school lunch
My 4 year old will be starting pre-k in a few weeks (gulp!) and she is a huge fan of anything chocolate and banana. Thanks for sharing! -Dana
You’re welcome, thanks for stopping by! They’re so easy to make.
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Finally made these today and took them to my volunteer gig at the library. A slightly healthier treat for a usually over-indulgent day. They turned out great!
I’m so glad!
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Do you know the serving size for these and the calorie count?
Hi Ashely, thanks for visiting. I’m sorry, I don’t know what calorie count would be per serving size, I haven’t calculated it. I studied nutrition in university but that was a long time ago! LOL
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