Name: Skinny Chunky Monkey Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 37 min
Yield: 30 cookies
Ingredients: 3 bananas (ripe); 1/4 cup peanut butter; 1/3 cup applesauce; 1/4 cup dark cocoa; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 cups oatmeal

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Skinny Chunky Monkey Cookies created by Nancy R.

This recipe has been circulating on facebook, so I have absolutely no claim to it! I made the recipe the other night and wanted to share because they are a healthy snack, perfect for satisfying that sweet tooth without a lot of sugar and fat!

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ingredients

3 bananas (ripe)
¹⁄₄ cup peanut butter
¹⁄₃ cup applesauce
¹⁄₄ cup dark cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups oatmeal

directions

Beat the bananas using a mixer or whisk until smooth. Add in all of the other ingredients, mix well, and let sit for 20 minutes. Drop by the heaping teaspoonful onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes. I use the silicon baking sheets (if you don't have one, they are worth every penny!).

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review by Karen N.

5/20/2021

I believe the nay-sayers are missing an opportunity with these cookies. Staying as true to the intent of the recipe as possible, I add one teaspoon of Stevia or Xylotol and a 1/3 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips. I make about 18 per batch, rather than 21, and cook them for 13 minutes at 350 degrees. The resulting cookie has a brownie-like consistency and is just enough sweet to keep you out of the troublesome snack bin.

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review by llundysmith

6/29/2015

I understand why this is a "skinny" recipe. You will not want anymore after the first bite.

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review by Julia R.

6/5/2015

Nasty!!!!! Like eating a cocoa flavored Elmer's glue! Can't taste the peanut butter, vanilla or nothing. They just went in the garbage.

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review by Laurie G.

3/22/2015

Put some powdered sugar on top to try and help the taste but way too bitter! They looked so good.... too good to be true I guess. I reread the reciped 10 times to make sure I didn't do something wrong but... it was right. sorry.... these were aweful.

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review by adlin

2/23/2015

For me, while not a great cookie, these were not as bad as some reviewers experienced. I did use unsweetened applesauce and Hershey's cocoa. They weren't bitter. I did use very ripe bananas and did really mix them up. I did taste banana and cocoa. They are better cold. Again, not truly awful, but probably not a cookie I will do again (though I'm not tossing the ones I have as they will give me that pop of something sweet if I need it).

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