Who doesn’t want cookies for breakfast? Not only are these healthy peanut butter breakfast cookies super easy to make, but they don’t require tons of specialty ingredients, and are packed with protein and nutrients, making them filling and satisfying! They are perfect for breakfast or snacking on the go!

Origin Story

We all have stories of what we did with all our free time during the early days of the pandemic lockdowns. So here’s one of mine. With grocery supplies limited and trying to minimize my trips out of the house, I decided to make snacks instead of buying prepackaged stuff. I tried a couple recipes that were flops (don’t trust the recipes that excitedly tell you they only require four ingredients), but then landed on this one from Crazy for Crust. With just a few tweaks, this recipe has become a favorite in our house, enduring long past those crazy initial days of the pandemic.

What I Love About Peanut Butter Breakfast Cookies

You can make these cookies for a fraction of the cost of similar pre-packaged breakfast items. You know I love to save money on groceries!

They are also the perfect combination of being super easy to make, yet packed with protein and nutrients. They really do give you lasting energy and keep you full for a long time.

And they’re not exclusive to breakfast – they are great for snacks throughout the day!

Plus, they store well, meaning you can make a big batch and have them all week.

What I Changed

The original recipe only makes a dozen cookies. That’s a lot of work for not a lot of output. So obviously I doubled the recipe: same amount of work, double the result. I’m all about efficiency.

I also swapped out the brown sugar for honey. Not only does this make the cookies healthier, but it gave the batter some much-needed moisture, making it easier to work with, and producing a better texture in the end product.

Finally, I cut back slightly on the amount of honey and the chocolate chips, again in the interest of making these true breakfast cookies, that would provide lasting energy for the morning. If you find that you would prefer them to be sweeter, you can easily increase the honey to 1/2 cup, and/or increase the chocolate chips to 1/2 cup.

Looking for more grab and go breakfast ideas? Check out my Breakfast Biscuits recipe!

Or are you looking for dessert cookies? Try my ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe, or the Nutella-stuffed version!

Pro Tip

Weighing your ingredients saves so much time when baking – not just when mixing them together, but when cleaning up as well! Measuring ingredients this way is faster and more precise. Plus, you don’t dirty so many measuring cups. I highly recommend trying it! Ive

Other Notes

You can use either quick or old-fashioned oats in these peanut butter breakfast cookies. Old-fashioned oats will lend more chew to the texture. Another option (which I generally do, because I only have old-fashioned oats on hand) is to process old-fashioned oats in a food processor for a few pulses to grind them up.

Mini chocolate chips are super fun in these cookies if you have them on hand!

These cookies do not spread out when they are baking, so make sure you flatten them when placing the dough balls on the baking sheet.