We recently made this Chocolate Zucchini Bread and it was delicious. My kids had no idea that it was chuck full of vegetables.
You might remember how last fall my garden produced an unreal amount of zucchini . . . in fact, that was really the only successful plant in our garden (it was our first year planting a garden . . . we were amateurs!).
I had so much zucchini that I really had to get creative with what I made so that my family would still eat it.
At the end of the fall, my kitchen counter still had a stack of zucchini on it.
I knew that it would go bad before we would eat all of it, so I shredded it and placed it into freezer bags in 2-cup quantities. All winter long, I would pull out bags of shredded zucchini and use it in recipes- it was so fun having fresh garden zucchini in the dead of winter!
It made the perfect after-school snack or would be a fun treat to put in a lunch box for school. Even if you don’t have a freezer full of shredded zucchini as I do, you can just buy some zucchini at the store. If you’re looking for more Zucchini Bread recipes, try our Classic Zucchini Bread Recipe and our Pina Colada Zucchini Bread!
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Get My Meal Plans NOW!Ingredients needed for this Chocolate Zucchini Bread:
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce or canola oil
- 3 eggs
- 3 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 ½ cups flour
- ½ cup cocoa
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 3 cups zucchini shredded
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
How to make this yummy Chocolate Zucchini Bread Recipe:
- In a large bowl, beat the sugar, applesauce, eggs and vanilla until well blended.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and baking powder.
- Gradually beat the dry ingredient mixture into the sugar mixture until blended.
- Stir in zucchini.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Transfer to two 8 x 4 inch loaf pans coated with non-stick cooking spray.
- Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely
Related Recipe: Try our Chocolate Zucchini Sheet Cake Recipe or our Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bars
Chocolate Zucchini Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce or canola oil
- 3 eggs
- 3 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 ½ cups flour
- ½ cup cocoa
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 3 cups zucchini shredded
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat the sugar, applesauce, eggs and vanilla until well blended.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and baking powder.
- Gradually beat the dry ingredient mixture into the sugar mixture until blended.
- Stir in zucchini.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Transfer to two 8 x 4 inch loaf pans coated with non-stick cooking spray.
- Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely
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I got an early start on my garden this year, and it's been in the 80's every day for the past couple weeks here in Houston! The garden is loving it!! (it's going to be a long hot summer
With this recipe I made delicious Chocolate Zucchini Muffins! :)
Will post them in my foodblog in a few days! :)
Thanks for the recipe