This Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread is a fun way to sneak veggies into your dessert. The shredded zucchini keeps this quick bread moist and fluffy and you can’t even taste it! I like to add rich chocolate chips to the batter to make it even more delicious.
If you want to make a recipe like this with even more chocolate, try these double chocolate chip zucchini muffins.
1 hour 20 minutes
easy dessert
Quick Look: Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
- ⏱️ Prep Time: 15 minutes
- 👩🍳 Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- 🕖 Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- 🍞 Servings: 12 servings of 1 slice each
- ⚡️ Calories: 319 calories per serving (based on nutrition panel)
- 🔥 Cooking Method: Bake in oven at 350F
- 🛒 Main Ingredients: zucchini, eggs, flour, sugar, chocolate chips
- ⭐️ Difficulty: Easy! This recipe requires a little additional prep to make sure the zucchini does not have extra moisture, but it’s easy to put together.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Hidden veggies in a sweet treat – this zucchini bread recipe is a great way to get some extra vegetables in your day without even realizing it!
- Perfect summer snack – Zucchini is in season from July to October so this bread is great for summer. You can enjoy it as a dessert at the end of the day, or even as a sweet breakfast option!
- Turn into muffins – You can use this recipe to make muffins instead of bread too. Follow the recipe and just lower the bake time to adjust for the muffin size.
Serena left this 5 star review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Made it today exactly as written and it was a home run with everyone in the family! Very moist and delicious!”
Ingredients You’ll Need
Here’s a quick look at the ingredients you need to make this chocolate chip zucchini bread. For a full list of ingredients and amounts please head to the full recipe.
- Zucchini: the zucchini acts similarly to banana in a banana bread. It provides texture and moisture to the loaf.
- Eggs: the eggs bring everything together and bind the batter together. Room temperature eggs are best.
- Granulated sugar: the sugar gives the zucchini bread the perfect sweetness to make this dessert.
- All-purpose flour: the flour creates the basis for your bread. You can also use gluten free flour to make this recipe gluten free.
- Ground cinnamon: cinnamon adds a great flavor to the zucchini bread that pairs perfectly with the chocolate
- Chocolate chips: I love adding chocolate chips to zucchini bread! If you would like, you can also add nuts to your bread.
If you don’t have zucchini, yellow squash will work for this recipe, as well. These veggies may look different but they are very similar taste-wise!
I personally like to use semi-sweet chocolate chips for this recipe, but you can use dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips or even chopped chocolate instead. You can make it dairy free by using dairy-free chocolate chips.
Switch up the flavor of this bread slightly by adding nutmeg to the dry ingredients in addition to the cinnamon.
For other sweet bread recipes to try, make this lemon blueberry bread or cake mix banana bread.
How to make Chocolate chip zucchini bread
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350F and line a loaf pan with parchment paper. Trim the ends off the zucchini and shred using a cheese grater. Place the zucchini shreds in a tea towel and squeeze out any excess moisture.
Step 2: In a large mixing bowl whisk together eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla, Whisk until smooth then mix in the shredded zucchini. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Fold dry ingredients into wet.
Step 3: Pour batter into a loaf pan and bake at 350F for 60-65 minutes or until it is cooked through and golden brown on the outside. Insert a toothpick into the middle of the loaf and check that it comes out clean.
Step 4: Allow the loaf to cool completely before removing from the pan. Cut into slices and enjoy!
Mad’s Expert Tips for the Best Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread 🍞
- Squeeze your zucchini shreds – it is important to make sure you get the extra moisture out of your zucchini, otherwise you’ll have a denser bread.
- Use room temperature ingredients – make sure all of your ingredients, including your zucchini and egg, are room temperature for the most even bake.
- Check the bread early – all ovens are different, so make sure to start checking your bread early. You don’t want to over bake and end up with a dry bread.
I also use chocolate chips in this oatmeal chocolate chip banana bread.
Recipe FAQs
Do you peel the zucchini first?
No, you don’t need to peel zucchini for this recipe. The skin is very thin and light, so it is totally fine to have in the bread.
Do you have to squeeze the zucchini?
I highly recommend you squeeze out the extra moisture from your zucchini. If you do not, you will have a dense and soggy bread.
Can you freeze chocolate chip zucchini bread?
If you want to freeze this chocolate chip zucchini bread, it will be good in the freezer for up to 3 months. Allow it to thaw in the fridge or on the counter before cutting into slices.
Do you serve zucchini bread warm or cold?
I love to warm up zucchini bread and add a bit of butter. You can also enjoy it at room temperature.
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You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
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Recipe
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
Ingredients
- 1 medium zucchini
- 3 eggs
- ¾ cup neutral tasting vegetable oil
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1.5 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ¾ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line a loaf pan with parchment paper or grease with oil
- Trim the ends off the zucchini and shred using a cheese grater. Place the zucchini shreds in a tea towel and squeeze out any excess moisture. Set zucchini shreds aside.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla, Whisk until smooth then mix in the shredded zucchini.
- In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Fold dry ingredients into wet with a flat spatula. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into a loaf pan and bake at 350F for 60-65 minutes or until it is cooked through and golden brown on the outside. Insert a toothpick into the middle of the loaf and check that it comes out clean.
- Allow the loaf to cool completely before removing from the pan. Cut into slices and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- You can substitute gluten free flour to make this gluten free.
- You can use dairy free chocolate chips to make it dairy free.
- You can mix in chopped nuts in addition to the chocolate chips.
- Store the bread in the fridge to make it last longer.
- You can freeze the bread for up to three months.
- Make this bread into muffins instead. Use a muffin tin and lower the bake time.
Nutrition Information
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
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