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11 Breakfast Cookies That'll Inspire You to Get Out of Bed

You're a grown-up now so yes, you can have cookies for breakfast.
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<p>For a light morning meal, pair these with a large cup of coffee. The chewy cranberries nestled inside make them that much better.</p> <p><strong>Get the recipe at <a href="http://www.familyfreshcooking.com/2012/12/12/chocolate-cranberry-breakfast-cookies-recipe/">Family Fresh Cooking</a>.</strong></p>
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You're a grown-up now — so yes, you can have cookies for breakfast.For more sweet breakfast options try these 14 ways to have chocolate for breakfast.
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Chocolate Cranberry Breakfast Cookies

<p>For a light morning meal, pair these with a large cup of coffee. The chewy cranberries nestled inside make them that much better.</p> <p><strong>Get the recipe at <a href="http://www.familyfreshcooking.com/2012/12/12/chocolate-cranberry-breakfast-cookies-recipe/">Family Fresh Cooking</a>.</strong></p>
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For a light morning meal, pair these with a large cup of coffee. The chewy cranberries nestled inside make them that much better.

Get the recipe at Family Fresh Cooking.

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Oatmeal Craisin Breakfast Cookies

<p>Based on this picture, we're pretty certain these cookies could turn anyone into a morning person. And since they're sweetened with honey, flavored with cinnamon, and baked with whole grains, the recipe's much healthier than your average treat.</p> <p><strong>Get the recipe at <a href="http://www.bunsinmyoven.com/2013/11/14/oatmeal-craisin-breakfast-cookies-2/">Buns In My Oven</a>.</strong></p>
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Based on this picture, we’re pretty certain these cookies could turn anyone into a morning person. And since they’re sweetened with honey, flavored with cinnamon, and baked with whole grains, the recipe’s much healthier than your average treat.

Get the recipe at Buns In My Oven.

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Lemon Ricotta Breakfast Cookies

<p>With their lemon cream cheese frosting, slightly crisp outside, and soft, cake-like inside, these gluten-free cookies taste a lot like dessert—and we mean that in a good way.</p> <p><strong>Get the recipe at <a href="http://www.familyfreshcooking.com/2011/03/14/gluten-free-lemon-ricotta-breakfast-cookies-recipe/%20http://www.familyfreshcooking.com/2011/03/14/gluten-free-lemon-ricotta-breakfast-cookies-recipe/">Family Fresh Cooking.</a></strong></p>
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With their lemon cream cheese frosting, slightly crisp outside, and soft, cake-like inside, these gluten-free cookies taste a lot like dessert — and we mean that in a good way.

Get the recipe at Family Fresh Cooking.

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Chocolate Coconut Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

<p>These are the smorgasbord of breakfast cookies, packing just about everything you could want: oatmeal, pecans, coconut, bittersweet chocolate, and peanut butter.</p> <p><strong>Get the recipe at <a href="http://chocolatechocolateandmore.com/2013/02/chocolate-coconut-oatmeal-breakfast-cookies/">Chocolate, Chocolate and More</a>.</strong></p>
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These are the smorgasbord of breakfast cookies, packing just about everything you could want: oatmeal, pecans, coconut, bittersweet chocolate, and peanut butter.

Get the recipe at Chocolate, Chocolate and More.

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Chewy Chocolate Breakfast Cookies

<p>Chocoholics, rejoice! We have found your ultimate first meal—and it's loaded with whole grains, protein, calcium, and potassium from healthy ingredients like Greek yogurt and bananas.</p> <p><strong>Get the recipe at <a href="http://www.lovefromtheoven.com/2013/05/25/chewy-chocolatey-breakfast-cookies/">Love From The Oven</a>.</strong></p>
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Chocoholics, rejoice! We have found your ultimate first meal — and it’s loaded with whole grains, protein, calcium, and potassium from healthy ingredients like Greek yogurt and bananas.

Get the recipe at Love From The Oven.

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Ranger Breakfast Cookies

<p>A Rice-Krispie-turned-cookie appropriate for a pre-noon meal? Absolutely—and no shame in seconds.</p> <p><strong>Get the recipe at <a href="http://scarlettabakes.com/ranger-breakfast-cookies/">Scarletta Bakes</a>.</strong></p>
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A Rice-Krispie-turned-cookie appropriate for a pre-noon meal? Absolutely — and no shame in seconds.

Get the recipe at Scarletta Bakes.

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Blueberry Breakfast Cookies

<p>This super-quick recipe has only five ingredients, so if you have time to whip up pancakes in the morning, then you can definitely manage to make these blueberry delights.</p> <p><strong>Get the recipe at <a href="http://www.momables.com/blueberry-breakfast-cookie-recipe/">MOMables</a>.</strong></p>
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This super-quick recipe has only five ingredients, so if you have time to whip up pancakes in the morning, then you can definitely manage to make these blueberry delights.

Get the recipe at MOMables.

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Strawberry Breakfast Cookies

<p>Waking up to fresh, plump strawberries is one of summer's simple pleasures—even more so when they're served up in a cookie loaded with chia seeds, protein powder, coconut flakes, and pecans.</p> <p><strong>Get the recipe at <a href="http://86lemons.com/strawberry-breakfast-cookies/">86 Lemons</a>.</strong></p>
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Waking up to fresh, plump strawberries is one of summer's simple pleasures — even more so when they're served up in a cookie loaded with chia seeds, protein powder, coconut flakes, and pecans.

Get the recipe at 86 Lemons.

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Honey Nut Cheerio Breakfast Cookies

<p>If there's a way to eat cereal in cookie form, you can count us in. When you don't have time to sit down for a bowl of cereal—so, always—this is the perfect grab-and-go option.</p> <p><strong>Get the recipe at <a href="http://www.theseasonedmom.com/healthy-honey-nut-cheerios-breakfast-cookies-big-g-cereal-heroes/">The Seasoned Mom</a>.</strong></p>
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If there's a way to eat cereal in cookie form, you can count us in. When you don't have time to sit down for a bowl of cereal — so, always — this is the perfect grab-and-go option.

Get the recipe at The Seasoned Mom.

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Peanut Butter Breakfast Cookies

<p>We've been known to start our days with peanut butter on an English muffin, but this is a <em>much</em> more fun way to get your protein.</p> <p><strong>Get the recipe at <a href="http://www.crazyforcrust.com/2014/01/peanut-butter-breakfast-cookies/">Crazy for Crust</a>.</strong></p>
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We've been known to start our days with peanut butter on an English muffin, but this is a much more fun way to get your protein.

Get the recipe at Crazy for Crust.

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Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies

<p>This classic recipe bakes to look like part cookie, part muffin, and the hybrid is dairy-free, gluten-free, and vegan.</p> <p><strong>Get the recipe at <a href="http://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/healthy-oatmeal-breakfast-cookies">Go Dairy Free</a>.</strong></p>
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This classic recipe bakes to look like part cookie, part muffin, and the hybrid is dairy-free, gluten-free, and vegan.

Get the recipe at Go Dairy Free.

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