Chocolate Zucchini Bread Recipe

chocolate healthy zucchini bread on a wirestand with zucchini on side

5 from 7 votes

This double chocolate healthy zucchini bread recipe is super rich, moist and fudgy with chocolate chips and i bet you wont know there is zucchini in this cake.

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate zucchini bread, chocolate zucchini cake

Diet Vegan, Vegetarian

Method Oven

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 40

Total Time 50

Servings slices

Calories 216kcal

Author Bhavana Patil

Ingredients

Measuring cup used 1 cup = 250 ml

1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
¼ cup + 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
¾ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
⅔ cup sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup grated zucchini tightly packed
¾ cup plain yogurt
¼ cup oil
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup mini or regular chocolate chips divided

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F or 180 degrees C.
Shred the zucchini with skin using a box grater or food processor—no need to squeeze out the water from the zucchini. Keep aside.
In a medium-sized bowl, mix dry ingredients first the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt until well combined.
Next, add the wet ingredients like shredded zucchini, yogurt, oil, vanilla extract, and with the help of a spatula, mix gently till everything looks combined.
If the bread mixture is dry, the water content in the zucchini will make it moist in 2-3 minutes.
Fold in ½ cup of chocolate chips. Reserve the remaining chocolate chips to sprinkle on the top.
Pour the batter into a parchment-lined and greased 9 x 5 pan and sprinkle the remaining ½ cup chocolate chips on the top of the batter.
Bake on the center rack for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
Let it cool completely, remove the bread from the pan, and allow it to cool for another 15-20 minutes before slicing.

Notes

Tips & Variations:

Zucchini makes the bread moist.
Do not over mix the batter, makes the bread dense and tough.
You can also replace refined sugar with brown sugar
You can also add nuts like walnuts or roasted pecans
With the same batter, you can also make muffins, bake for 20 minutes.

Note: Nutrition values are my best estimates. If you rely on them for your diet, use your preferred nutrition calculator.

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