22 Cookies That Are Totally OK To Eat For Breakfast

No one will scold you because these cookies are healthy.

There is a time and a place for cookies, and breakfast usually doesn't fit the bill. Sadly, choosing to eat cookies for breakfast is often written off as an infantile, uninformed decision. But the magnificent breakfast cookie -- a cookie crafted specifically for breakfast -- has the power to change this.

Yes, the breakfast cookie offers an acceptably convenient, healthful and delicious start to the morning. These recipes are lower in sugar than the average cookie, packed with nutrients and, with ingredients like heart-healthy nuts and fiber-rich oats, can hardly be considered a "junk" food. No one will have the right to scold you for eating cookies for breakfast.

Better yet, breakfast cookies can be made in batches and refrigerated or frozen for the future. On rushed mornings, you won't have to choose between brushing your hair or feeding yourself. You will be able to do both. Join Team Breakfast Cookies with one of these 22 inspiring recipes below.

1
Sweet Potato Walnut Cookies
The Vegetarian Ginger
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2
Vegan Oatmeal Cookie Cups
Half Baked Harvest
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3
Banana Blueberry Breakfast Cookies
Vegetarian Gastronomy
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4
Protein Coconut Cranberry Cookies
Feeding My Addiction
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5
Raw Lemon Poppy Seed Bites
Lemon And Basil
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6
Chewy Oat, Almond & Banana Cookies
Styled Fresh
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7
Chia, Flax & Chocolate Oat Cookies
It Bakes Me Happy
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8
Zucchini Breakfast Cookies
Dishing Up The Dirt
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9
Pumpkin Banana Breakfast Cookies
Fro Yoyo
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10
Healthy Oatmeal Raisin Breakfast Cookies
Leelalicious
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11
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Cereal
Half Baked Harvest
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12
Oatmeal Raisin Breakfast Cookie Muffins
Back To The Book Nutrition
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13
Chocolate Chip Pistachio Breakfast Cookies
Key Ingredients
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14
Chickpea Thumbprint Cookies
The Colorful Kitchen
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15
Coconut Banana Cookies
Alidas Kitchen
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16
2-Bite Breakfast Cookies
Begin With Nutrition
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17
Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Cookies
Fit Foodie Finds
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18
No-Bake Energy Bites
Gimme Some Oven
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19
Blueberry Muffin Bites
My Whole Food Life
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20
Blueberry Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookie
The Nutritious Kitchen
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21
Oat & Cashew Thumbprint Cookies With Berry Chia Jam
This Rawsome Vegan Life
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22
Flourless Almond Butter Banana Cookies
Little Sweet Baker
Get the Flourless Almond Butter Banana Cookies recipe by Little Sweet Baker

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