Grandma’s Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Description

This super easy zucchini bread is so moist and chocolaty that it’s easy to forget zucchini is in it! My husband even loves it and he’s never been a fan of zucchini!

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 ¾ cups white sugar
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2 cups grated unpeeled zucchini
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two loaf pans.
  2. Combine flour
  3. cocoa
  4. salt
  5. baking soda
  6. cinnamon
  7. and baking powder in a medium bowl and mix together. Set aside.
  8. Cream sugar
  9. butter
  10. oil
  11. and vanilla extract together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs
  12. one at a time
  13. until mixed. Mix the dry ingredients slowly into the sugar mixture on medium speed until incorporated. Gently add chocolate chips
  14. zucchini
  15. and walnuts with a spoon. Pour batter equally into the prepared loaf pans.
  16. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into each loaf comes out clean
  17. 40 to 50 minutes. Don’t overcook.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 55 mins

Servings: 24

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