Description
Gluten-Free Chocolate Zucchini Bread – This ultra chocolatey gluten-free zucchini bread is AMAZING. The perfect way to use up extra zucchini in the summer! (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free)
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups packed grated zucchini (don’t peel)
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup avocado oil (or another neutral/melted oil*)
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
- 1/2 cup dark cocoa powder (sometimes labeled alkalized or Dutch-processed)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup gluten-free measure-for-measure or 1:1 gluten-free flour**
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips (2–3 Tbsp. set aside)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a loaf pan (mine is a 9″x5″ loaf pan) and line with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, combine eggs, oil, coconut sugar, cocoa powder, and vanilla. Stir or whisk to combine well.
- Add grated zucchini and fold in with a spatula.
- Add flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in with a spatula until just a few white spots remain.
- Set aside 2-3 Tbsp. chocolate chips for the top of the bread and add the rest to the batter.
- Fold in chocolate chips (there shouldn’t be any white/unmixed sections of flour left).
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips.
- Bake at 350 degrees F. for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean with only a few moist crumbs. (A little melted chocolate chip is ok, but you don’t want any wet batter.)
- Place pan on a cooling rack for about 15 minutes, then run a knife around the edges of the bread and transfer the bread out of the pan and onto a wire rack to finish cooling before slicing. (If you’ve used parchment, you can usually just lift the bread out of the pan using the parchment as “handles.”)
Notes
*You can use canola oil, melted & cooled coconut oil, melted vegan butter, or melted butter.
**We recommend King Arthur Flour Measure-for-Measure Gluten-Free Flour for this recipe. Our runner up is Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 gluten-free flour. Results may vary if you use another brand.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 50-60 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American