Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch Banana Cookies
3/4 cup chunky peanut butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup finely ground Cap'n Crunch cereal
3/4 cup finely ground banana chips
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl, using a mixer on medium speed, beat together peanut butter, brown sugar and corn syrup until creamy - about 1 minute. Beat in egg, vanilla, baking soda, baking powder and salt until well combined. Beat in Cap'n Crunch, banana chip and milk chocolate chips until well combined.
Drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheets. Bake 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute before transferring cookies to wire racks.
Makes 1 dozen cookies
Fun cookies! Congrats on getting a job. Is it at another wine & cheese shop? :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Nope! This job is more appropriate for me. :)
DeleteCould these pass for breakfast cookies? Please say yes. Congrats on the new job!
ReplyDeleteYes they absolutely can.
DeleteSo fun! Love this idea!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the job! Exciting to see things moving along for you guys with your new adventure. The cookies look so good too...I love anything involving Cap'n Crunch.
ReplyDeleteSO much deliciousness going on in these cookies! :)
ReplyDeleteLike your cookies, these are so original!
ReplyDeleteThese sound weird, I won't lie. But i'll be damned if I won't try them ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm not gluten-free, but it occurred to me that these cookies would be easy to 'de-gluten-ize' if you used a gluten-free peanut butter-flavored cereal. Baking for people with special needs is fun because they often don't get to eat regular baked goods and are so genuinely grateful, but also intimidating because if you're not vegan/gluten-free or whatever, it's easy to 'forget' one of the 'rules.'
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea! Are puffins gluten free?
DeleteBrilliant! Who would have thought of that (except for you of course).
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the new job. Now I know where to stalk you the next time I'm in Chicago. ;-)
Yes you do! Come in and say hi!
DeleteWell, its obvious that Trader Joe's hired you to be their chief taster! Congrats! HB Eric!
ReplyDeleteWow I forgot how much I love Captain Crunch until now. Thanks for the sweet reminder. Congratulations on the new job! I cannot wait to see what inspiration it brings you!
ReplyDeletexo
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i wanna marry trader joes. last night i had their indian curry fried rice concoction. awesome. and i love their breaded eggplant cutlets. even though i don't like the word cutlets.
ReplyDeletelove the look of these cookies! get in my belly!
Haha I don't like that word either. I'll look for the eggplant! I love eggplant.
DeleteCongrats on the job! <3 Trader Joe's.. wish there was one down here in the sticks for me to haunt.
ReplyDeleteBy the way.. those cookies.. holy bowl of awesome sugary goodness! Just pour milk over that and you're good to go! =)
I would so do that.
DeleteSo - what's the new job? Congrats!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Eric!
My husband always tells me when I cook using Trader Joe's food that no one can open a box like me! LOL!
Haha so funny. It's a good job! I'm gaining experience!
Deleteyou're genius. i love peanut butter, cap'n crunch, and bananas!! and made into a cookie?! even better! i wonder if i could use peanut butter puffins in place of the cap'n crunch? what do you think?
ReplyDeleteI think that would be even better! I love pb puffins.
DeleteYAY on the job and YAY for Eric's birthday! Give him lots of birthday hugs for us!
ReplyDeletehappy day-after-your-birthday, eric!
ReplyDeleteand congrats on your new job, em!!
now i have to go and buy some cap'n crunch and banana chips.....!
Yay for Birthdays!! And congrats on job!! Also these cookies, these cookies I would have never thought of ground cap'n crunch instead of flour!! I will be making these tonight!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope you like them.
DeleteThey look delicious !
ReplyDeleteEric is one lucky guy to be loved by you! Seriously, these cookies look amazeballs. Cap'n Crunch is only my favorite cereal ever! It's pure genius to put them in a cookie. :)
ReplyDeletei love peanut butter captain crunch! I remember eating so much it would just tear at the roof of my mouth...who cares? so good!
ReplyDeleteThose cookies sound awesome!!!!
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious. I love that you used ground banana chips. Similarly I love to make banana cookies using dehydrated bananas that I grind up in the food processor to a kind of flour. I will also say that looking at your picture of Trader Joe's, I'm wondering if we shop at the same one! Just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that if you're ever looking for some Chicago food blogger friends we've got a great group here.
ReplyDeleteHi Kelly! You were way ahead of me on the banana flour idea!
ReplyDeleteI want to join the Chicago food bloggers!
I'm sure we'll run into each other at Trader Joe's. I was there today!