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chocolate zucchini bread

(4 ratings)
Recipe by
April McIver
R, CA

Decadent. Delicious. Chocolatey. Moist. And loaded with zucchini? Yep. Though you’ll hardly guess the zucchini is there. For this quick bread it provides a nice moist and tender texture without a ton of fat and then goes away. If you’ve never sampled chocolate zucchini bread I’d defintiely recommend it. If you’re trying to pull a fast one on zucchini haters I’d recommend you peel the zucchini first and finely shred it – then it completely disappears in the finished product. I don’t bother to peel mine and just shred it over a standard box grater. For some extra punch you can add chocolate chips or nuts.

(4 ratings)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 1 Hr

Ingredients For chocolate zucchini bread

  • 1 c
    whole wheat flour
  • 1 c
    all purpose flour
  • 1/3 c
    cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1 tsp
    cinnamon, optional
  • 3 lg
    eggs
  • 1 c
    sugar
  • 1 c
    unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/4 c
    vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp
    pure vanilla extract
  • 2 c
    shredded zucchini

How To Make chocolate zucchini bread

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350. Combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cocoa and salt in a mixing bowl.
  • 2
    Combine zucchini, vanilla, oil, eggs, applesauce and sugar in a separate bowl, mixing well.
  • 3
    Pour wet ingredients into dry all at once. Stir until just combined.
  • 4
    Pour batter into either one large loaf pan or 2 small (I used 1 large). Level off the top and bake at 350 for about an hour, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan, then remove and store wrapped.
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