Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Chocolate zucchini bread that tastes more like cake than bread. Simple and delicious treat that uses up zucchini!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword monkey bread, treat, zucchini, zucchini bread

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Servings 8

Calories 479 kcal

Ingredients

4 C grated zucchini
2 1/2 C all-purpose flour*
1/2 C unsweetened cocoa
2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1 t cinnamon
1 1/2 C sugar
2 eggs**
3/4 C unsalted butter melted
1 t vanilla

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Drain grated zucchini in thin strainer to get rid of excess moisture until needed.
In large bowl mix together flour, unsweetened cocoa, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
In another bowl beat together sugar and eggs until smooth. Add melted butter, cinnamon and vanilla and mix to combine.
Add drained zucchini into the wet mixture and combine.
Add the four portion to the wet ingredients in 3 portions, stirring to combine.
Pour batter into two loaf pans.
Bake in oven for 50 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
Remove from oven and cool on a rack for five minutes. Then remove from loaf pans and let cool completely.
Wait until cool to eat. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

* This recipe turns out great with GF flour as well! We made a batch with the gluten free flour mix from Trader Joe’s and it was just as amazing as with regular flour.

** In place of eggs you can substitute 2 T chia seeds mixed with 6 T water and it is great! We did that too for one of the batches (because I was out of eggs).

Nutrition Facts

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Amount Per Serving

Calories 479 Calories from Fat 176

% Daily Value*

Fat 19.6g30%

Saturated Fat 11.8g74%

Cholesterol 87mg29%

Sodium 1528mg66%

Potassium 298mg9%

Carbohydrates 73.1g24%

Fiber 3.9g16%

Sugar 39g43%

Protein 7.4g15%

Calcium 41mg4%

Iron 3mg17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.