Death by Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Name: Death by Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1 Zucchini (Large (about 1 1/2 cups shredded), do not peel); 1/2 cup Neutral Oil (Canola, Vegetable, or Safflower for example); 1 cup Granulated Sugar; 2 Eggs (Large); 2 Tbsp Coffee (Cooled); 1 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour; 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 Cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips (Plus more for sprinkling)

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Full of chocolate chips and cocoa powder, this Death by Chocolate Zucchini bread is a perfect way to use up the extra zucchini you have this Summer. Top with some more extra chocolate chips and you have a decadent, yet easy, quick bread.

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The death by chocolate zucchini bread is on a wooden cutting board

What Ingredients do I need?

In the Summer, you can find zucchini everywhere! If you are able to get a plant up and growing, you'll have more zucchini than you know what to do with! This is one of my favorite zucchini bread recipes, because I am a full on chocoholic! There's tons of semi sweet chocolate chips and lots of high quality cocoa powder in this bread. The zucchini adds moisture to make this bread nice and moist, and there are no machines needed! Mix everything by hand!

The ingredients for the death by chocolate zucchini bread laid out

Zucchini- Use one large zucchini or two medium zucchini. You want to have about 1 ½ cups of shredded zucchini.

Unsweetened cocoa powder- Use a high quality cocoa powder here. Since it gives so much to the bread, you don't want to skimp.

Semisweet Chocolate Chips- Just like the high quality cocoa powder, you want to use high quality semi sweet chocolate chips to get the best flavor.

Sugar- The unsweetened cocoa powder can be very bitter, so you need a little more sugar than you think in order to add the necessary sweetness to the bread.

Coffee- The cooled coffee makes the chocolate have a more intense flavor. Keep 2 tablespoons from your morning coffee and you're good to go!

Let's Make This Bread!

Time needed: 1 hour and 10 minutes.

How to Make this Death by Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Preheat the oven
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Shred the zucchini
Wash the zucchini and cut the ends off. No need to peel the zucchini! Cut the zucchini into chunks and add them to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse the zucchini to shred it. Set that aside.
Mix the wet ingredients
In a large bowl, add the sugar and oil. Mix until combined.
Add the eggs
Crack the eggs into the sugar and oil mixture. Mix again.
Add vanilla
Into the mixture, add the cooled coffee and mix a few times to combine all the ingredients together.
Add the zucchini
To the wet ingredients, add the shredded zucchini. Fold the zucchini into the mixture until just combined.
Add the dry ingredients
Into a mesh strainer, add the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder. Sift the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. This will prevent any lumps from getting into the bowl. Gently mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Be careful as this part can get pretty messy.
Add the chocolate chips
Once the dry ingredients are completely mixed into the wet ingredients, add the chocolate chips to the batter and mix a few more times to combine everything together.
Time to bake!
Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray and pour the batter into the loaf pan. Top with more chocolate chips if you are a chocoholic like me! Bake for 1 hour. After one hour, check the doneness of the bread with a toothpick. You will get melted chocolate on the toothpick, but you want to make sure you do not have any batter on the toothpick.
Let it cool!
It will be tempting to eat the bread at this point, but if you cut into it while it is still so hot, it will fall apart. Allow the bread to cool for at least an hour before cutting into it.

Questions About This Recipe

What are other variations of this recipe?

Have you tried this Lemon and Blueberry Zucchini Bread with Lemon Icing? It's a lighter version and has amazing Summer flavors! This bread would also be fantastic as muffins. Instead of adding the batter to a loaf pan, spray a muffin tin (or line them with muffin cups) and add the batter to the muffin tin. Bake for 35-40 minutes, checking for doneness after 35 minutes.

How long will it keep?

The bread will keep in an air tight container on the counter for up to 5 days. You can wrap the bread in plastic wrap and aluminum foil once it is completely cooled and freeze it too. It will keep frozen for 3-4 months. To defrost, simply leave it at room temperature until it is defrosted.

Why should I make this recipe?

It satisfies your sweet tooth with rich chocolate, and it's got some amazing hidden veggies! Your kids will only realize how amazing it is, not that there's zucchini in it!

An overhead shot of the death by chocolate zucchini bread

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