Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread is a quick and easy recipe to make for any day! At less than 150 calories a slice, this is a low calorie, low-fat bread. It is freezer friendly and kids love it and don’t even know they are having veggies!
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I am excited to re- share this double chocolate zucchini bread with you all! I am sure you are on the edge of your seat wondering why am I more excited about this recipe than some of my other recipes! Well, sit back and relax, I will be sharing this low-fat moist chocolate zucchini bread! In the past, I had way less confidence in my baking skills than I did in my everyday cooking skills! 🙂 Baking is so precise and for years, I rummaged through wonderful cookbooks about baking and followed the recipes, maybe tweaked something but usually followed a recipe very closely. A while ago, I decided to just start experimenting and now I have been creating and baking healthy desserts and treats to share on my blog. Well we have had many interesting things happen… I have learned when baking breads, for the first few times I make the bread, place a cookie sheet underneath the loaf pan because I have had a few volcanos. I have made my share of epic baking fails! I am so glad my family are really good sports, brave or just maybe hungry at the time I ask, ” try this for me, please!” and the family has tried them all! I mostly make low-fat desserts, otherwise, I would have to add many extra hours at the gym:) So I am hoping everyone enjoys this recipe and many more of my desserts! I have my fingers and toes crossed!
Today, I am sharing my chocolate zucchini bread. My family loves this bread. My daughter, Deirdre said I should make this bread everyday! This is a very tasty bread that gives you the chocolate fix everyone needs, every now and again, yet it remains low-fat! I make this with a combination of whole wheat and white flour for some added fiber, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and a little applesauce, and a wee bit extra chocolate with chocolate chips!
What is even better is the zucchini, one of my most favorite veggies because its so versatile and if your family are veggie haters, do not tell them, they will not guess that the yummy flavor is zucchini! I use turbinado cane sugar instead of white sugar! I have mentioned before that I do not use sugar often, however, for baking, some form of sweeteners are required. I like natural sweeteners that don’t have a lot of processing done to them like agave, raw honey, and turbinado raw cane sugar. Turbinado is also vegan and gluten-free and it looks like brown sugar. I find this bread to have a nice almost crispy crunch to the outside and a moist interior texture.
Everyday tips –
- Grate the zucchini first and let is sit in a sieve (as in above right photo) to drain fluid then I use the back of a spoon to squeeze the excess water before adding to the other ingedients. This avoids excess moisture in the finished bread. I also wring dry the zucchini in a cotton towel.
- This is one of those breads that you can feel free to double or triple the recipe and freeze the extra loaves. I would safely say 3 months in the freezer. However, use your judgement on freezing. I label everything with the date and what is going inside the freezer bag. I wrap the loaves in wax paper and aluminum foil and then place in the freezer bag. When I need the loaf, I take it out and place in the fridge overnight and you have a yummy chocolate zucchini bread ready to eat in the morning!
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Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Ingredients
- 1 whole egg
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 cup turbinado sugar
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup all-purpose white flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 cup grated zucchini I let the zucchini sit in a sieve to release excess water, then press them down with a spoon to release excess water
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- non-stick baking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x5 inch loaf pan with non-stick baking spray.
- In a large bowl, beat egg and egg whites, until well blended.
- To that bowl, add the turbinado sugar and blend until sugar is well blended. Add in the applesauce and vanilla extract until blended.
- In a seperate small bowl, sift together the whole wheat flour, white flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and baking powder.
- Add the dry ingredients into the wet egg ingredients. Gently fold to combine. Add in the shredded zucchini and chocolate chips to combine the ingredients.
- Spoon the batter into the greased loaf pan. Place in the preheated oven for about an hour. Begin to check it at 50 minutes by sticking the center of the loaf with a toothpick. The toothpick should be almost clean when it comes out of the loaf. Let it set in the loaf pan for about 10 minutes. Then remove from loaf pan and place on wire rack to cool completely!
Notes
- I like to grind the turbinado sugar in a grinder before adding to the recipe. It is not necessary, but I prefer to have the sugar finely ground.
- Freezes really well. Wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and in a freezer bag. I use within 3 months.
- This is a re-print of an original recipe I did a while back. I have increased the amount of grated zucchini to 1 1/2 cups.
- Make sure your zucchini is not wet. I generally let it sit in a sieve for a while than ring the zucchini in a cotton cloth to ensure it is not wet
- Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actually dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
This looks too good to be considered health! I must try this, I am sure it’s Delish!! 🙂
Thank you Emily! I so appreciate and I hope you enjoy the recipe. It is aqlways okay to have a little treat and this is balanced with zucchini,egg whites and applesauce! so a little treat is still low-calorie! yayyy win- win
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Chocolate zucchini bread looks so yummy. Thanks for sharing. I would love to try it.
Thank you – hope you try it
Looks so yummy! thanks for sharing your recipe…
I love chocolate zucchini bread – and cake! I am eating gluten-free now, and I wonder if I could find a wheat flour substitute so I can enjoy this again.
This is a versatile bread – feel free to use a gluten free brand – the other measurements would still be the same
Looks so good, I love it so much.
Absolutely love chocolate zucchini bread!
Oh me too!
I would love to try this out. How delicious this looks.
I hope you try it and enjoy
I have never had Chocolate Zucchini Bread before but it looks delicious. I’ll have to try it. Thanks for the recipe.
You are very welcome – I hope you try it and enjoy!
This looks and sounds absolutely delicious. Pinning now.
Thank you 🙂
This was one of my favourite things my mom baked as a kid! She hasn’t made it in a long time and I’ve never tried to make it, maybe I will now this is a great recipe! 🙂
While I’m not a big fan of Zucchini I am a huge lover of chocolate and I know that the combo has to taste amazing. I might have to give it a try.
I hope you do – this is a moist bread that doesn’t taste like zucchini
A mouth watering recipe, it looks very delicious. I should try this and share the recipe to my friends. Thanks for sharing.
I hope you all enjoy
That looks delicious and I want to try it. I love that this is low fat. I’d love to try this using coco sugar.
That sounds delish – let me know how it comes out !
i love chocolates. sadly, i’m not into cooking. i have to look for someone else to do this for me 🙂
This recipe looks delicious and healthy. I can’t wait to try it out
I’m one of those big kids who do not like veggies so this combo is not one that I would willing try. However, if you were to make it and mail it to me and not tell me what is in it – maybe, just maybe. 🙂
haha – you are hilarious Claudette! I thank you for your honesty and I would be happy to make one and mail it too you – if everrrr you are feeling it – pm me and it will be in the mail – this is really delicious – my family eats it all the time and forget there is a veggie in it xo!
I love zucchini bread. I need to make this as chocolate sounds awesome.
Its addicting – we love it
I think this is awesome! It’s definitely perfect for kids that won’t eat their veggies!
Absolutely – Elizabeth – they have no idea and it is really a low cal low fat bread plus zuccini
That sounds delicious! What a yummy bread this is.
Thank you Robin
YUM! I absolutely love chocolate + zucchini muffins. I use either maple syrup or coconut sugar.x
Cynthia – great combos !
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Chocolate zucchini cake was the first recipe I learned way back in home ec class. I haven’t made it in years – this looks like an awesome replacement recipe for when I’m craving something sweet. Can’t wait to try it!
Oh thank you Psm – I hope you try this recipe and enjoy – let me know how it is xo
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Wow!It just looks delicious! I am gonna try it!
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That is great – I hope you enjoy!
I have never tried chocolate in zuchini bread. Maybe I should since that looks so yummy !
I hope you do – it is really delicious!
Oh yeah! I love zucchini bread…This looks so easy to make and I think my kids will love it!
This bread is very kid friendly! I make it for mine all the time! They love it!
I love chocolate zucc bread, and have made it often. I am very interested to see the difference the turbinado sugar makes!
I would love to hear know the difference :)! I have only made it with the turbinado sugar!
Not tried this before, but sounds lovely will be giving it a try x
I hope you give it a try!
I still need to try making zucchini bread, and this chocolate version looks incredibly tasty!
I hope you enjoy !
I had seen this recipe on Pinterest and saved it 🙂 So funny to actually find it on the original blog now 🙂 I will try this out this weekend, sounds like my kind of bread. Thank you for sharing :*
Deniza
I am so happy you found it here! Enjoy Deniza!
Oh my gosh this looks so yummy! I wonder what it would taste like with almond flour instead of whole wheat?!
I bet the almond flour woould add a nice flavor- I will have to try it!
I heard before about this recipe. It sounds great. I will try it for sure!
I am so glad – Let me know how you like it!
Chocolate and zucchini – perfect. Saved it so I can try it soon.. I like how you mixed the flour to make a bit healthier!
Thank you Priya! I hope you try the recipe soon and enjoy!
Oh my — this looks so good!
Thank you Penny! This bread is one of my favorites!
I love chocolate even though I know I shouldn’t love it as much as I do lol. I’ve never had zucchini bread before, but I hear it’s really good. I’d be willing to try this as my first zucchini bread because…hello, chocolate! LOL
Danielle, zucchini bread is delicious – and a great way to use up zucchini from the garden. Even beter, chocolate zucchini bread! I hope you give this recipe a try and let me know how it turned out :)!
I LOVE chocolate zucchini bread but have never found a recipe that lived up to the hype. I will definitely be trying this in the coming weeks. Thanks for sharing!
Rae, I hope this does the trick for you! Let me know how you like the bread!
Delicious! I was looking for something yummy to make this weekend. I think this will be perfect. Great post.
Thank you Lauren! I hope you enjoy making this bread! Let me know how it turned out for you!
As soon as I heard the word chocolate, you had me. This bread looks wonderful and perfect for Fall. Pinning it. Thanks for the recipe!
Shann Eva, thank you! I hope you enjoy- it is really yummy!
I just pinned it so I could make it this week.
Thank you Shann – let me know how you like it!
i was just going to make some zucchini bread this weekend! I’ll have to try your recipe!who doesn’t love chocolate!?
I am so glad Karen! I agree, chocolate is fabulous – I hope you enjoy this recipe!