Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread

This double chocolate zucchini bread is a the best of both worlds: healthy thanks to zucchini and a true chocolate cure thanks to a double dose of cocoa and chocolate chips.

Course Bread

Cuisine American

Keyword zucchini bread

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Cooling Time 30 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes

Servings

Calories 553.4kcal

Ingredients

3 ounces cream cheese
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/3 cup canola oil
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups grated zucchini
1 cup pecans chopped
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 9 1/2 X 5 1/4-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
Beat the cream cheese and sugar with an electric mixer until well blended. Add the eggs one at a time and blend, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl as you go. Mix in the canola oil and the vanilla.
In another bowl or on a piece of parchment paper, sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the flour mixture to the cream cheese mixture and blend well. Mix in the zucchini, pecans and chocolate morsels and spread into the prepared pan.
Bake for 55-65 minutes or until the edges of the bread begin to pull away from the edges of the pan. Cool for 30 minutes and then remove from the pan.

Notes

For high altitude baking: decrease the sugar by 2 tablespoons and reduce the baking powder and baking soda to 3/4 teaspoon each.

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