Breakfast cookies are a pretty fantastic way to start your day, especially when they are packed with flavor (and whole grains!). You might be thinking who eats cookies for breakfast, are breakfast cookies really a thing?
But these aren’t just any cookie. These are packed full of whole grains with whole wheat flour and oats. They have protein and calcium from Greek yogurt. Potassium, vitamins & fiber from bananas. With only 1/4 of a cup of butter, compared to the standard cup of butter in most cookie recipes, these cookies are a-okay to start your day with. The ingredient list is very similar to what I use to make muffins, but somehow calling it a cookie makes it feel even more decadent. It’s a little easier to get out of bed at the crack of dawn if there is a chocolate cookie waiting for you.
Breakfast Cookies
After recently making Chocolate Chunk Breakfast Cookies…
my daughter insisted that I come up with a chocolate breakfast cookie. Challenge accepted. And owned. These are GOOD. Like good for any cookie GOOD. The fact that are made with whole wheat, oatmeal, yogurt and banana are like a really happy bonus. Seriously. MAKE THESE BREAKFAST COOKIES. Trust me. Big, chewy, fudgey, moist, chocolatey cookies. You won’t miss all the extra butter or white flour, I promise!
These are pretty simple and straight forward, like making any other cookie.
Because of the yogurt, when you mix the ingredients they take on a slightly curdled look. That’s okay, don’t freak out. 🙂
This breakfast cookie dough is pretty sticky, so if you have parchment paper or a Silpat, pop those onto your cookie sheet prior to baking. Otherwise just make sure to get them off of your baking sheet as soon as you get them out of your oven.
I used a cup of white chocolate chips in these, but by all means, go with milk, dark, semi-sweet chocolate chips, nuts or any other mix in that strikes your fancy. I can’t add nuts due to my daughter’s nut allergy, but boy these would rock with some walnuts in them!
Okay, here is the recipe! This made 24 generously sized cookies or 36 standard sized cookies. I put about eight of them in a container and put the rest in a freezer bag and popped them into the freezer. I love to keep the freezer stocked with muffins and things like this, they are the ultimate quick and easy grab and go breakfast or snack. Enjoy!
Breakfast Cookies
Breakfast Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1 1/2 cup oats
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder (preferably dark cocoa)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup of butter (softened)
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt (I used vanilla flavor)
- 1 large ripe banana
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup White Chocolate Chips or other mix in of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine your white whole wheat flour, oats, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, combine your softened butter, Greek yogurt and banana. Mix with a mixer until smooth. Add in sugar and brown sugar and mix until well combined. Mixture may have a slightly curdled appearance due to the yogurt, don't worry, this is okay. Add in your eggs and vanilla and mix well.
- Slowly add in dry ingredients to wet ingredients, stirring until combined, but not over mixing. Add in your chocolate chips or other mix ins.
- Drop your cookies onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a Silpat (if you do not have these, make sure to lightly spray your pans with cooking spray and remove cookies immediately after taking out of the oven, to avoid sticking). Use approximately two tablespoons of cookie dough per cookie (a large cookie scoop). Leave 2" of space between cookies.
- Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
Can’t get enough chocolate for breakfast? I hear you! You might want to try this recipe for Whole Wheat Chocolate Baked Donuts from Family Food On The Table, the Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal recipe that Dinner, Dishes and Desserts has or this Healthy Chocolate Banana Bread from The Baker Mama. Want to try another breakfast cookie? Don’t miss the peanut butter banana white chocolate version of this recipe!
Originally published May 2013.
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Made these today, the first day of summer for my kids school. Loved spending the time with my 15 year old who loves chocolate as much as I do. They did NOT disappoint… YUM!
I made these with peanuts, chocolate chips and peanut butter cup chunks for my chemistry class. Delicious thank you!
Julia, so glad you liked them!
2 things.
1) I can’t eat yogurt, what could I use instead?
2) can you taste the banana at all?
Nicole, you can taste the banana, but only slightly. Not sure what the issue is for you when it comes to yogurt, but if it’s a dairy allergy, maybe the So-Delicious Coconut or Almond Greek Yogurts? Or since it’s replacing butter, you can always go back to just 1 cup of butter. Hope that helps. Sorry, I love Greek yogurt in recipes, so I use it to replace other things, not vice versa. 🙁
Can you use Applesauce instead or Yogurt or butter????
Pamela, you can try it, but I haven’t so I can’t speak to how they will turn out.
Could you sub chiobani mango for the greek yogurt?
Rui, I haven’t tried, so I can’t say for sure.
Just made this recipe (and cut the recipe in half). Seriously, awesome. thanks so much for this recipe – I am such a chocoholic so this is perfect for me. I made mine to make 11 large cookies…and I just ate 3 of them. I liked that you couldn’t really taste the banana or greek yogurt at all.
So what could we substitute for the bananas? Can have bananas in our house and I would love to figure a way so we can take them on road trips 🙂
Dana, I would try just upping the Greek yogurt, maybe an extra 1/4 cup. 🙂
I made the chocolate chuck b’fast cookies and my son loved them! I can’t imagine that he wouldn’t like these- probably more. Great as a mid-morning work snack too.
Absolutely delicious!! What a great healthy way to have chocolate for breakfast!! Yay!!! Thanks for the recipe!!
Oooo, yummy! And I can eat them for breakfast? Yes, thank you.
I like to call these miraculous chocolate cookies. Or mysteriously healthy chocolate cookies. 🙂 LOVE that they are actually good for you and made with easy, convenient ingredients. YUM!
Uuummm cookies for breakfast? You know I’m all over this 🙂 I’m loving how fudge-y these look!!!