Healthy Trail Mix Cookies

These trail mix cookies are made with bananas, rolled oats, nuts, and dried fruit for a healthy cookie that you can enjoy for breakfast or as a snack. They’re easy to make and filled with good-for-you ingredients!

After enjoying these 3 ingredient breakfast cookies, I decided to give them a little twist by adding in some nuts and dried fruits. It adds a little more texture and flavor, but they’re still easy to make! I also added a bit of flour to create a texture that’s a little more similar to a traditional cookie.

Trail Mix Cookie Ingredients

• Bananas– Make sure your bananas are very ripe since there’s no added sugar in this recipe and the sweetness will come from the bananas.
• Rolled Oats– For this recipe, you want to use old-fashioned oats or rolled oats, not quick oats. This will give the cookies a hearty, chewy texture.
• All-Purpose Flour– You can substitute gluten-free flour, if needed.
• Salt– A pinch of salt helps to bring out the sweetness of the cookies.
• Chocolate Chips– These add a little more sweetness, but you can substitute with more nuts, if you want to keep the sugar down.
• Walnuts– Feel free to substitute with pecans or almonds, if you don’t have walnuts available.
• Shredded Coconut– I used sweetened coconut because that’s what I had in my pantry but unsweetened coconut shreds will work, too!
• Raisins– These add a little sweetness, but you can use dried cranberries or cherries, instead!

How to Make Trail Mix Cookies

In a large bowl, mash the banana with a fork.

Add the remaining ingredients to the bowl.

Stir until combined and there are no dry streaks of flour.

Drop rounded tablespoons onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

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Looking for more healthy cookies? Try these applesauce breakfast cookies!