Chocolate Zucchini Bread

chia's Note:

This is the only way I can get my spouse to eat zucchini!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 25 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 2 loaves

• 3 large eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 6 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 cups zucchini, grated
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 teaspoons flour
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. In a large mixing bowl combine eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla, mix well.
3. In microwave melt 2 tbsp butter-add cocoa powder, mix well, and cool.
4. Grate zucchini.
5. Add zucchini and cocoa powder mix to the bowl, mix well.
6. In another bowl add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt.
7. Blend dry ingredients into the zucchini mix.
8. Toss chocolate chips with 2 tsp flour (this will prevent them from sinking to the bottom), add to the mixture mix in chopped nuts.
9. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans.
10. Pour batter into 2 loaf pans.
11. Bake 60-70 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
12. Cool on rack for 10 minutes in the pans, remove and cool on rack.

Reviews

[Kree]

This bread is a chocaholic's dream come true! It's rich, chocolatey, and delicious! I usually eat quick breads for breakfast, but this one is more of a dessert, which is fine with me. I'll definitely be making this again.

[GailBurgess]

This if very good, moist and the chocolate taste is perfect. Next time I will increase the flour a bit. The texture was a little too moist for my taste. Thanks for sharing.

[katie in the UP]

What a way to use up the garden's zucchini!! Amazing chocolate taste! I used mini chocolate chips and good old Penzeys Cocoa. Moist and delicious!
Thank you Chia!!