These chocolate chip healthy breakfast cookies are so wholesomely delicious, you can easily eat them for breakfast or dessert!
Cookies for breakfast – who could ever say no to such a thing???
These breakfast cookies are jam-packed with healthy ingredients and are sweetened naturally, without any added sugar or oil.
If you can imagine something between a chocolate chip cookie and a homemade mini muffin, that’s what you’ll think of when you try these homemade vegan breakfast cookies that can also be gluten free.
And the best part is that you can customize them to make different flavors so you’ll never get bored.
Chocolate chip breakfast cookies, cranberry almond breakfast cookies, banana bread, blueberry, mocha, coconut, chia seed, oatmeal raisin… feel free to throw in whatever ingredients you have on hand, and let your imagination run wild!
Also Try These Popular Chocolate No Bake Cookies
And if you’re still craving cookies, here are 100 more healthy recipes to try: Healthy Cookies Recipes
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And cookies.
Above: Watch the video of how to make a chocolate version!
Full recipe for the chocolate version: Chocolate Breakfast Cookies
Breakfast Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- scant 1/2 cup applesauce or mashed banana
- 1/4 cup almond or cashew butter OR allergy-friendly sub
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/16 tsp salt
- 2-3 tbsp mini chocolate chips or sugar free chocolate chips
- 2 1/2 tbsp freeze-dried raspberries OR 2 tbsp dried fruit or more chocolate chips
- optional 2 tbsp sugar or pinch stevia (see note below)
- optional add-ins, such as chia seeds, shredded coconut, etc.
Instructions
- *Especially if using banana, you can easily omit the added sweetener entirely for a wholesomely delicious taste that's like eating mini muffins in the form of a cookie. If you'd prefer more of a dessert taste, add extra sweetener as desired, starting with the listed 2 tbsp and going from there – if you want to use a liquid sweetener, just cut back on the banana or applesauce.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mash the applesauce or banana with the nut butter until smooth, then stir in all other ingredients until well-combined. Shape into cookies–I used a mini cookie scoop–and bake on a greased cookie sheet for around 15 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes before removing from sheet. This makes 18 mini cookies (as shown in the photos), or 10-12 bigger cookies.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
I whipped these up this morning – really delicious! I chopped a few dates for the fruit. Thanks Katie 👍
Love the recipe! Is there anything else I could use in place of the almond of cashew butter? Like tahini?
These things are absolutely amazing…our kids (and us) have a hard time stepping away from the cookie jar! Healthy, and so very easy to make. I vary the dried fruit ingredients now and then, but always stick with the basic recipe. I probably make them at least once a week. Have shared the recipe over and over again. Always a success! Thanks.
I made these with Kraft (sweetened) peanut butter and very ripe banana. I used dried cranberries and shredded coconut. My 5 year old approved! Great snack option for lunches.
I have made these cookies no less than 6 times in the past month…yum!!! I like the version that has bananas (or half banana and half applesauce), currents, dark chocolate chips and a TBS of date syrup for sweetener
I’m going to admit I was skeptical. Mine turned out a little thin so I added some no-stir peanut butter too. These are DELICIOUS. Thank you for the recipe! I only added chocolate chips as I have a picky 9 year old who doesn’t like dried fruit or nuts in his baked goods. I also tasted it before I baked it and added a little more salt. Used less than 1 tablespoon sugar. I can’t wait for my kids to try these!!
Thank you so much for making them!
Excellent healthy cookies. Simple to make and very yummy! Thank you!
I made these with tahini and they were the bomb! Small batch though and practically ate them all. They’re that good!!
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Hi!
Was about to make these and realizing I don’t have dried fruit right now. Do you think it would work with frozen blueberries?
Thanks
Hmm sorry we honestly haven’t tried so really don’t know how frozen fruit would work.
Can i use a natural nut butter?