Moist Chocolate Chip Zucchini Loaf
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This chocolate chip zucchini loaf is packed with flavor thanks to warm spices and mini chocolate chips! This easy recipe is made in one bowl with no mixer required. Even zucchini-haters will love it!
If you haven’t made zucchini bread before, you’re in for a treat! Shredded zucchini is going to make your bread so soft and moist. Plus, it’s packed with mini chocolate chips, giving you chocolate in every bite.
Every year in the peak of summer, I love to buy a bunch of zucchini and make this chocolate chip zucchini loaf and my vegan zucchini muffins!
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“I tried this recipe to compare to my own recipe and I love how it came out. A beautiful lightly domed top, I even sprinkled chocolate chips on the top to give it a nicer top, but it was so good. And my boyfriend who hates zuchini loved it too.”
Deanna
Just like my one bowl banana bread, this chocolate chip zucchini bread comes together super fast. And don’t worry, you don’t taste the zucchini at all! It just adds a ton of moisture.
P.S – there is naturally no dairy in this recipe, as long as you use dairy free chocolate chips!
Ingredients Needed
- Zucchini: No need to peel the zucchini before you start grating it!
- Mini Chocolate Chips: I found in my testing that these are easier to bite into than larger chocolate chips but you can definitely use regular sized if that’s what you have on time!
How To Make This Zucchini Bread
Combine wet ingredients.
Add in zucchini!
Pour in dry ingredients, then chocolate chips!
Bake!
Shredding Zucchini
I recommend using a box grater to grate your zucchini. Just slice one end of the zucchini and start shredding. If you don’t want to see zucchini pieces in the sliced loaf, then make sure to use the fine holes on a box grater when grating it. Otherwise, you can use the bigger holes if you don’t mind seeing zucchini pieces.
When grating the zucchini, don’t worry about squeezing out the excess water or blot it with a paper towel. This water is going to help keep our loaf nice and moist and I’ve adjusted the other ingredient quantities in the recipe to allow for the extra moisture!
Recipe Developer Tip
- You can use an 8.5 x4.5 inch loaf pan or a 9×5-inch loaf pan, just note that if you use the larger loaf pan, your zucchini bread won’t be as tall!
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Baking FAQ
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Moist Chocolate Chip Zucchini Loaf
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Ingredients
- ⅔ cup (140 ml) sunflower oil, canola oil, or grapeseed oil
- ½ cup (100 g) light brown sugar
- ¼ cup (50 g) white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1½ cup (238 g) grated zucchini, (don't squeeze out the water!)
- 1¾ cup (219 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup mini semisweet chocolate chips, (regular or dairy free)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line a 8.5×4.5 loaf pan or 9×5 loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving some hanging over the sides to make it easy to remove the loaf later.
- In a large mixing bowl, use a whisk or a mixer to mix together the oil, brown sugar, and white sugar until combined. Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract.
- Grate the zucchini then stir it in with the wet ingredients.
- Add the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and spices into the bowl of wet ingredients and mix until combined.
- Stir in the chocolate chips, then pour the batter into the pan. Sprinkle more chocolate chips on top if desired.
- Bake for 45-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the loaf comes out clean. Let the loaf cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes, then gently remove the loaf from the pan to finish cooling completely on the cooling rack.
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Notes
The calorie information provided for this recipe is an estimate. The accuracy of the calories listed is not guaranteed.
Your introduction claims this is a one bowl recipe, but your instructions call for a large bowl for the wet ingredients AND a separate bowl for the dry ones.
Thanks for catching that typo Tony! It’s been updated. You can go ahead and add the dry ingredients directly into the bowl of wet ingredients. Enjoy!
Love! SO….I’m gonna say it. MOIST! 10/10
I tried this recipe to compare to my own recipe and I love how it came out. a beautiful lightly domed top, i even sprinkled chocolate chips on the top to give it a nicer top, but it was so good. and my boyfriend who hates zuchini loved it too.
Thank you DeAnna! Happy to hear you and your boyfriend enjoyed this recipe!