How to make Chocolate Zucchini Bread

How to easily make homemade chocolate zucchini bread. This is a fresh take on the classic zucchini bread.

Ingredients: 

3 cups all purpose flour

¼ unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups white sugar

3 eggs

1 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 cups shredded zucchini

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips Optional – up to 1 cup chopped walnuts to sprinkle on top of loaf

This recipe makes 2 loaves using 9 x 5 bread pans, or 24 cupcakes/muffins/ or a combination of 1 loaf and 12 cupcake/muffins.

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Shred your zucchini using either a hand shredder or food processor. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Mix well, then add in your cocoa.
4. In a separate bowl, combine sugar and eggs and blend together. Add oil and vanilla and beat mixture together. Stir in Zucchini to wet mixture.
5. Combine dry ingredients into wet mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips.
6. Spoon into loaf pans and/or cupcake pan.
7. Bake in preheated oven. Bread loaf pans should bake for 50-55 minutes and cupcake pans should bake for 25-30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. After baking let bread set in pans for 10 minutes before removing.