Death by Chocolate Zucchini Bread

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Dense, moist and deeply chocolaty with twice the amount of zucchini as regular zucchini bread. Get your chocolate fix with death by chocolate zucchini bread.

It's nearly that time of year when the zucchini invasion will be upon us.  It seems like you pick one zucchini and three more appear in it's place overnight!  You probably will cook it in every way possible.  You'll bake it.  You'll fry it. You'll try to sneak it into other food dishes just to try to keep up with your garden's production.  You may have even sneak out under the cover of darkness and leave bags of zucchini on random people's doorsteps because you know that if you present one more loaf of zucchini bread to your family, there is going to be a mutiny.  Well, never fear, today's recipe will fool them all.  This chocolate zucchini bread has twice the amount of zucchini in it that a regular loaf of zucchini bread and they will never know it.  Insert evil cackle here.

How to make this chocolate zucchini bread:

• Whisk together the melted butter, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and cocoa powder.  
• Stir in the baking powder, baking soda, salt and flour.
• Fold in the zucchini and mini chocolate chips.  I like the mini chocolate chips better than regular ones for this bread because it gives a better chocolate distribution.
• Spread the batter in a bread pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray and bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes.   A toothpick should not come out clean.  There should be moist, crumbs on it.  
• I let my bread cool for 10 minutes before I turned it out onto a cooling rack.
•  This bread slices much nicer when it is cool, but I can't resist a warm piece myself so that one is totally your call.  Enjoy!

Is chocolate zucchini bread healthy?

I have tried a lot of chocolate zucchini breads and for the most part they were either not chocolaty enough or they were too dry or had a ton of sugar. Death by chocolate zucchini bread is so dense, moist and deeply chocolaty that it will shock you that it's a zucchini bread.  Aside from the chocolate chips, there is not anymore sugar in this zucchini bread than there is in a regular zucchini bread.   It's your call whether this recipe is "healthy" or not, but I feel pretty good about it. 

How do I  store chocolate zucchini bread?

I put mine in a big ziploc bag that is only zipped shut most of the way.  I leave a little open because this bread gets too moist if it's stored in something airtight.  Sometimes I store it right on a cutting board and cover the bread loosely with saran wrap.

How long is chocolate zucchini bread good for?

If stored on the counter top it's good for 2-3 days.  It lasts 4-5 if stored in the fridge.

Help!  I still have more zucchini and need more zucchini recipes!

Don't worry I've got you covered.  I have a recipe for Banana Zucchini bread.  One of my other favorites is Fried Zucchini.  And you will seriously what to try my Zucchini Bread Pancakes!  For dinner recipes using zucchini try this Healthy Pasta Salad with Tomato and Zucchini or this Sausage and Veggie Stuffed Zucchini Boats.

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