These Chunky Monkey Cookies are not only vegan, but also oil-free and sugar-free. But you wouldn’t notice that because they are fudgy, perfectly sweet and a real flavor explosion in your mouth. Banana, chocolate, walnuts, peanut butter… you’ll love those!
I never had cookies like these before and I bet you haven’t either! They are super soft and fudgy. Almost too fudgy? Is this a thing? I don’t think so.
The cookies are made without eggs, dairy, sugar or oil. Instead, I’ve used bananas (very ripe ones because they are the sweetest), almond milk, flour, baking powder and of course the add-ins to make these cookies into Chunky Monkey Cookies.
The add-ins for the Chunky Monkey Cookies:
- chocolate chunks
- chopped walnuts
- blobs of peanut butter
- and lots of bananas! And I don’t mean banana extract or flavoring. I mean real bananas!
And yes, I’ve been inspired for those by the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream that is one of the vegan flavors!
These cookies are great to give to friends, family, and co-workers. The easiest way to make someone like you is to bake them cookies ;)
The combination of peanut butter, chocolate and bananas is a classic one. Who doesn’t love that combo?!
Actually what I find most spectacular about these cookies is that they are sugar-free and oil-free (don’t mind the add-ins). Healthy never tasted that good!
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Chunky Monkey Cookies (Vegan, Oil-Free, Sugar-Free)
Ingredients
- 2 very ripe bananas
- 1/3 cup almond milk (or any plant-based milk)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 small handful walnuts - chopped
- 1/4 cup chocolate - chopped (make sure it's vegan)
- 4 tablespoons peanut butter - chilled
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C.
- Peel the bananas and mash them in a mixing bowl. Add the almond milk and stir to combine.
- Add the flour and baking powder and stir to combine until it's a thick batter. Now add about 3/4 of the walnuts and chocolate (save a few to add them to the cookies later). And combine.
- Use an ice cream scoop to scoop equally sized blobs of batter onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Add pieces of the chilled peanut butter onto each cookie. And top with the remaining chocolate and walnuts.
- Bake the cookies in the oven for about 10-15 minutes (until slightly brown on the edges).
- Let them cool off and enjoy!
Tanvi
Sunday 8th of January 2023
Can't wait to make these 😋 Is it okay to freeze these for later btw? If so, should I freeze the dough before baking or should I bake them and then freeze?
tatiana
Tuesday 13th of December 2022
thank you so much for this recipe!! these have been my kryptonite since going sugar/ dairy/ gluten free. I changed it up a bit, using bobs one-for-one gf flour, a bit of salt, and stirring in 1/3 cup of organic creamy peanut butter- instead of just topping it with bits. I used the "bake believe" dark chocolate chips with stevia. and bakes them for 25min. SO so good.
Tolia
Monday 15th of February 2021
Just wondering if anyone has managed to make these succesfully with gluten free flour x
Kathryn
Sunday 25th of October 2020
These are great. Just made using whole wheat flour, adding tbsp hemp & flax meal. Cooked a good 20 mins until underneath brown, even my husband enjoyed them. Thank you.
Rachel
Wednesday 17th of June 2020
I put mine in the oven for 15 mins at 350 degrees and it came out doughy. I put them back in the oven for an additonal 15 mins to get the dough to develop a cookie texture. If this is your first time making this recipe I recommend setting a timer on your phone and cooking them in batches with different time intervals. I did a batch for 15 mins then a batch at 25 mins and then a batch at 30 mins. 30 mins is just right for the texture!