Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread
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Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
I love delicious recipes that have sneaky veggies!
This Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread recipe is perfect for sneaking vegetables into.
The dark chocolate color masks any pops of green that might throw off skeptical kiddos. It’s a perfect recipe to use up any frozen zucchini you might have in the freezer too.
Other zucchini recipes on our site include Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread, Zucchini Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookies, Zucchini Flaxseed Muffins, and Double Chocolate Zucchini Waffles!
Is Chocolate Zucchini Bread Healthy?
I guess it depends on how you define, “healthy.” It’s for sure healthier than the original recipe!
If you’re curious, here are some swaps I made:
- Subbed 1/2 cup of white flour with wheat flour
- Subbed melted coconut oil instead of vegetable oil
- Reduced the amount of sugar
In recipes like this, I usually swap some flour out for ground flax seed to add some nutrition but I didn’t do that this time. (Here is a post on why you should eat flax seed if you’re curious.)
Regardless of my healthy substitutions, my family really liked the bread! I initially thought I made a mistake by reducing the sugar by half, but it turns out that the chocolate chips add plenty of sweetness.
Pro Tip: If you think your kiddos will sniff out the shredded zucchini, just throw it in a food processor to blend it up more. I often do this when sneaking fruits and vegetables into my kids’ favorite recipes.
How to Freeze Chocolate Zucchini Bread
After bread is baked, let cool completely. Slice the bread but keep it in the form of a loaf. By slicing it, you can thaw out one or two pieces instead of the whole loaf. Wrap loaf in saran wrap and then in foil. (I usually skip saran wrap but I’ve heard it helps it to save longer). Simply thaw out the bread when you’re ready to eat some!
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Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread. A delicious and healthy twist on normal zucchini bread with a few healthier substitutions that will not impact the flavor of this bread.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup melted coconut oil (can sub vegetable oil)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups shredded zucchini
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup wheat flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease one 9×5 loaf pan.
- In a mixer, combine oil, sugars, and vanilla. Mix in eggs and shredded zucchini.
- In a separate bowl, mix flours, salt, cinnamon, baking soda, and baking powder. Slowly mix this dry mixture into your wet mixture. Beat until combined. Mix in chocolate chips.
- Move the batter to your prepared loaf pan, and bake at 350°F for 55-65 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center. Remove from oven and cool in pan for 10 minutes before cooling on a wire rack.
Notes/Tips
Freezer Meal Instructions: To Freeze: After bread is baked, let cool completely. Slice the bread but keep it in the form of a loaf. By slicing it, you can thaw out one or two pieces instead of the whole loaf. Wrap loaf in saran wrap and then in foil. Store in freezer for up to 3 months. To Prepare: Thaw individual slices of bread in refrigerator or microwave.
Amazing recipe! I doubled this and made it in my Souper cubes for easy freezer storage. Thank you for another great recipe!
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Fun idea Rebecca. Thanks for leaving a review. 🙂
This bread is delicious! My family loves this recipe for breakfast, snack or dessert!
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We’re thrilled your family enjoys it. Thanks for sharing, Alicia.
This recipe is awesome! Loved by all that had a taste of it. Making two more loaves today. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe.
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Wonderful! I need to make this bread for my crew again. I have zucchini sitting in my fridge right now. Thanks for the review!
I’d like to try this as muffins. I know they wouldn’t have to cook as long, but do you think the oven temperature would be the same?
I did make muffins. I baked them for 25 minutes. They did fine. Nice and moist. I added nuts and drizzled chocolate syrup in a X across the tops before baking as I didn’t have chips. I used self rising flour and withheld salt baking powder and salt.
Good to know. Thanks for sharing your tips and experience, Carole. Appreciate it!
This bread look delicious! Did you half 1/3 c. of sugar or is that what you actually used? Thanks so much! 🙂
It certainly looks like your little ones enjoyed it. It looks yummy to me.
You bet! Who wouldn’t enjoy chocolate waffles for breakfast!