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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

August 2, 2020 by Catherine Perez 14 Comments

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A delicious chocolate chip zucchini bread that is moist, flavorful and tender! A tasty way to get in your veggies. This bread is vegan and whole grain!

Zucchini bread out of the oven.

I feel like every season has it’s specific and perfect bread. Now that we are in summer, I’ve noticed an uptick of zucchini, and the best way to get through that is to make some zucchini bread. When making this bread, I wanted to make sure that it was fluffy, flavorful, and could double as either a dessert or something you could easily enjoy for breakfast. This bread came out more than perfect.

Apple sauce, grated zucchini and flax egg ready to be mixed together.

Why add zucchini to your bread? 

If you’ve never had zucchini bread, I promise it doesn’t taste like a vegetable bread. If anything, most that I’ve tried in the past seem like they should be called zucchini cake. It’s very similar to a carrot cake except different. I feel it’s much lighter and because of the nature of zucchini it’s definitely light and less dense.

Zucchini mixture being whisked together with creamy peanut butter.

Zucchini also has a an abundance of nutrients as well. I mean, if you can make your bread a little more nutritious, adding fruit or veggies will usually do the trick! Zucchini won’t effect the taste of your bread, but it will give it more fiber for better digestion as well as a mix of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. In particular, zucchini tends to have a bit more beta-carotene and vitamin C.

Seeing initial reaction of the baking soda and baking powder with zucchini mixture and apple cider vinegar.

Thick batter for zucchini bread all mixed in bowl and ready for baking.

How to make chocolate chip zucchini bread

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. In a medium sized mixing bowl combine ground flaxseed and water, stir and let sit for 5 minutes.
  2. Once flax seeds gel up, add applesauce and zucchini with a fork or whisk, mix together.
  3. Add in peanut butter, apple cider vinegar, cinnamon, and brown sugar and mix well into the zucchini mixture.
  4. Add in baking soda and baking powder and whisk together to evenly combine. You will notice the batter grow and get bubbly.
  5. Add in flour 1/2 cup at a time and mix into batter. Repeat until all of the flour is incorporated. Add chocolate chips then fold them into the batter. Batter will be thick.
  6. Spoon batter into a lightly greased loaf pan and place in the oven. Bake in the over for 50-55 minutes, making sure a toothpick comes out clean.

Zucchini bread batter added to a bread pan and topped with chunks of dark chocolate chips.

Tips for making chocolate chip zucchini bread

  • When it comes to the grated zucchini, you can either grate by hand or use a grating attachment on your food processor to make grating super easy.
  • If you have little ones that don’t like seeing the green parts of the zucchini skin, you can also peel your zucchini before grating it for this recipe.
  • To ensure your bread rises well and is fluffy, don’t skip the apple cider vinegar. It reacts with the baking soda and baking powder and helps to create and air and lift in your bread.
  • To make this bread nut free, feel free to swap the peanut butter with sunflower seed butter, coconut oil or tahini.

Whole zucchini bread loaf on display on a wooden cutting board.

Zucchini bread sliced up into thick slices on cutting board.

More nutritious dessert ideas

  • Chickpea Blondies
  • Chocolate Chip Walnut Banana Bread
  • Black Bean Brownies

Slices of zucchini bread on a cutting board along with bread loaf.

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Fresh baked zucchini bread in a bread pan cooling.

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread 

★★★★★ 5 from 4 reviews
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 50 minutes
  • Total Time: 65 minutes
  • Yield: 10 slices 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: American
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A delicious chocolate chip zucchini bread that is moist, flavorful and tender! A tasty way to get in your veggies. This bread is vegan and whole grain!


Ingredients

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  • 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
  • 4 tbsp water
  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 cup grated zucchini
  • 1/4 cup natural peanut butter
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 cups spelt flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup dairy free dark chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. In a medium sized mixing bowl combine ground flaxseed and water, stir and let sit for 5 minutes.
  3. Once flax seeds gel up, add apple sauce and grated zucchini and with a fork or whisk mix together evenly.
  4. Add in peanut butter, apple cider vinegar, cinnamon, and brown sugar and mix well into the zucchini mixture.
  5. Stir in baking soda and baking powder and whisk together to evenly combine. You will notice the batter bubble and rise.
  6. Fold in salt and flour 1/2 cup at a time and mix into batter. Repeat until all of the flour is incorporated.
  7. Add chocolate chips then fold them into the batter.
  8. Batter will be thick, spoon batter into a lightly greased loaf pan and place in the oven.
  9. Bake in the over for 50-55 minutes, making sure a toothpick comes out clean before removing from the oven.
  10. Make sure to allow bread to cool for a few minutes before cutting into it.

Notes

  • I have not tested this recipe with gluten free flour yet. If you try this with a different flour mix, please let me know and I will update my recipe here until I get a chance to test it myself. 

Keywords: dessert bread, zucchini, zucchini bread

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A delicious chocolate chip zucchini bread that is moist, flavorful and tender! A tasty way to get in your veggies. This bread is vegan and whole grain!
A delicious chocolate chip zucchini bread that is moist, flavorful and tender! A tasty way to get in your veggies. This bread is vegan and whole grain!

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  1. Rebecca Zerillo

    August 5, 2020 at 1:56 pm

    Hi thought you may want to know that when I go to print the recipe its comes up as Chocolate Chip Walnut Banana Bread. This recipe looks amazing , will be trying soon.

    Reply
    • Catherine Perez

      August 5, 2020 at 3:27 pm

      So sorry about the confusion. The title was the only thing wrong. I corrected it. The recipe should be the absolute same. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Miss Nancy Min Ji

    August 5, 2020 at 2:05 pm

    Look yummy! Please keep up the good works!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Catherine Perez

      August 10, 2020 at 9:34 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  3. Tamsen Lapage

    August 6, 2020 at 6:56 pm

    Just tried this recipe. I used unbleached all purpose flour instead of spelt flour. It turned out great. Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
    • Catherine Perez

      August 10, 2020 at 9:29 am

      So glad you had success with this recipe. You are so welcome and if anything thanks for trying it!

      Reply
  4. Rebecca May

    August 23, 2020 at 3:46 pm

    We made your chocolate chip zucchini bread for house church brunch this morning and it was delicious! We used mostly unbleached all purpose flour with a small percentage of whole wheat flour. Thank you for your work in providing us with healthy plant based recipes! You never miss!

    Reply
  5. Kristin

    August 31, 2020 at 2:19 pm

    Hi I have recently tried a few different recipes because I had a lot of zucchini from my garden and this one I really liked the best. To make it more protein packed, I substituted the spelt flour for Kodiak Cakes buttermilk flapjack mix so i didn’t at the other ingredients needed for the flour. I also substituted brown sugar with trivia brown sugar blend. I love it with chocolate chunks and chopped walnuts!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  6. Mimi

    March 30, 2021 at 6:40 am

    hi there, i was wondering if i could use 3 mashed (aka 1 cup) bananas instead of the unsweetened apple sauce since and turn it into a lighter version of the chocolate chip walnut banana bread (which i love). best xx

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    • Catherine Perez

      April 22, 2021 at 9:54 pm

      I am so so sorry I missed this comment Mimi. This should work really well with the banana, in fact I really love this idea a lot. If you’ve already tried it, let me know how it turned out! Hope you enjoyed it. 🙂

      Reply
      • Mimi

        April 23, 2021 at 3:07 am

        :hahah dw, i just went ahead and made and it was absolutely lovely :)))

        ★★★★★

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        • Catherine Perez

          April 23, 2021 at 10:56 pm

          I’m gonna give this a try myself soon. So glad you enjoyed!

          Reply
  7. Elisabeth

    August 23, 2021 at 1:03 am

    Hi I love the sounds of this recipe, but just FYI, when I am on this page a really gross advertisement for dental hygiene with some horrible secretion on someone’s fingers, it’s really off putting!

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    • Catherine Perez

      August 23, 2021 at 6:45 am

      Hi Elisabeth! Glad the recipe sounds good to you, and hoping you can give it a try. And sorry that an ad like that popped up for you. Unfortunately, the ads are google ads that are based on a users recent searches or inquiries. If you’ve looked up anything dental related or came across anything on social media that talked about a topic like this unknowingly, they can often then suggest ads like that to you. Usually as you change your searching patterns, the ads will change. Hope this helps!

      Reply

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