Banana Split Cookies

These Banana Split Cookies are soft, chewy banana pudding cookies loaded with chocolate chips, sprinkles and maraschino cherries. All the flavors of a banana split in one delightful little cookie!

All about these Banana Split Cookies:

• Pudding: these cookies are made with pudding, which means they are incredibly moist and tender.
• Banana: thanks to using a banana flavored pudding, these cookies come out with an intense banana flavor!
• Fun: adding chocolate chips, maraschino cherries and rainbow sprinkles turns these regular pudding cookies into something fun and special that everyone will love!

Banana Pudding Cookie Ingredients

• Butter: Unsalted butter softened to room temperature.
• Light Brown Sugar: this helps sweeten and adds moisture to the cookies.
• Sugar: regular white sugar for sweetness.
• Banana Creme Instant Pudding Mix: we’re just using the powder, not preparing the pudding. Be sure you use the instant pudding and not one that requires cooking.
• Eggs: large eggs at room temperature.
• All Purpose Flour: provides structure.
• Baking Soda: this helps the cookies rise during baking.
• Salt: to help balance the sweetness and enhance flavors.
• Chocolate Chips: semi sweet
• Maraschino Cherries: patted dry and roughly chopped.
• Sprinkles: Rainbow jimmies are the classic.

Tips for making the best cookies

• Cream the butter and sugar: let these cream together for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy, this is putting air pockets into the dough which will help the cookies bake up nice and soft.
• Do not prepare the pudding: we are only using the dry powder in this recipe, there is no need to prepare the pudding ahead of time.
• Use a cookie scoop: this helps ensure that all of your cookies are a similar size which helps them to bake evenly.
• Decorate the top of the cookie with extra sprinkles and chocolate chips before baking. This helps your cookies come out beautiful.

More Banana Recipes

• Southern Banana Pudding From Scratch
• Buttermilk Banana Bread
• Banana Crumb Cake
• Banana Pudding Ice Cream

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Banana Split Cookies

5 from 2 votes

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 10 minutes mins

Total: 20 minutes mins

Servings: 20

Author: Serene

Banana split cookies. Banana pudding cookies loaded with chocolate chips, sprinkles, and maraschino cherries.

Ingredients  

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• ▢ 2¼ cups flour
• ▢ 1 tsp baking soda
• ▢ ½ tsp salt
• ▢ 1 cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
• ▢ ½ cup light brown sugar packed
• ▢ ¼ cup sugar
• ▢ 1 (3.4 ounce package) Banana creme pudding (not prepared)
• ▢ 2 large eggs
• ▢ 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ▢ 1/4 cup chocolate chips
• ▢ 1/2 cup maraschino cherries patted dry, roughly chopped
• ▢ 2 tablespoons sprinkles

Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• Mix together the flour, baking soda and salt together and set aside.
• In mixing bowl cream together the butter and sugars. Let mix for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy.
• Add in the pudding mix, vanilla and the eggs. Mix on medium speed until combined.
• Slowly add in the flour mixture and continue to mix on low speed until fully combined.
• Fold in the chocolate chips and sprinkles.
• Make sure the cherries have been patted and dried with a paper towel and fold them into the dough. Stir as little as possible at this point.
• Using a cookie scoop, scoop the dough and place on the baking sheet leaving space between for slight spreading.
• Bake for about 9-10 minutes, just until the edges start to turn golden, then remove from the oven. Leave the cookies on the pan for an additional 5 minutes to cool. Then remove to a cooling rack to continue cooling. Store in an air tight container.

Notes

Storage: Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days. 

Freezing: freeze scoops of cookie dough in a freezer safe container or bag. Bake directly from frozen by placing on a baking sheet and baking according to directions. 

Freezing baked cookies: allow cookies to cool to room temperature, then place in a freezer safe container or bag and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw by placing at room temperature. 

Nutrition

Calories: 139kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 75mg | Potassium: 29mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 171IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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