Chocolate Zucchini Bread Recipes

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla.
• Stir in zucchini.
• Combine dry ingredients; add to zucchini mixture and mix well.
• Pour into two greased 8x4x3-inch loaf pans.
• Bake at 350°F for 1 hour or until bread tests done. Makes 2 loaves.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In a large mixing bowl combine eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla, mix well.
• In microwave melt 2 tbsp butter-add cocoa powder, mix well, and cool.
• Grate zucchini.
• Add zucchini and cocoa powder mix to the bowl, mix well.
• In another bowl add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt.
• Blend dry ingredients into the zucchini mix.
• Toss chocolate chips with 2 tsp flour (this will prevent them from sinking to the bottom), add to the mixture mix in chopped nuts.
• Grease and flour 2 loaf pans.
• Pour batter into 2 loaf pans.
• Bake 60-70 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool on rack for 10 minutes in the pans, remove and cool on rack.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350. Beat eggs, oil, sugar, and vanilla. Stir in zucchini. Combine dry ingredients, add to zucchini mixture, and mix well. Mix in chocolate chips.
• Pour into two greased 8 x 4 x 2 inch loaf pans. Bake for 1 hour or untilbread tests done.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9 by 4-inch loaf pan or 3 mini loaf pans with cooking spray. Set aside.
• 2. Shred the zucchini lengthwise, turning to get as much flesh and as little seed as possible. When you get down to the seeds, stop shredding and discard the seeds. You should have a generous cup of zucchini. Squeeze the zucchini by hand to remove excess moisture.
• 3. Whisk together the buttermilk, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and eggs in a large liquid measuring cup. Stir in the zucchini.
• 4. Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
• 5. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just incorporated, take care not to over mix. Fold in 3/4 cup of the nuts and all of the chocolate.
• 6. Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan(s), scatter the remaining 1/4 cup nuts over the top. Tap the bottom on the work surface to distribute the batter in the pan evenly. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 55 minutes to 1 hour for the large pan and 35 to 40 minutes for the minis. Transfer the pan(s) to a wire rack to cool 30 minutes. Turn the bread out and let cool completely on the rack. Save in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-4-by-3-inch loaf pan and dust with flour, tapping out the excess.
• Whisk the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl.
• Beat the butter and sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Continue to mix and drizzle in the oil and beat until incorporated. Beat in the egg and then the vanilla.
• Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with the flour, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally. Fold the zucchini and chocolate into the batter and pour into the prepared pan. Center the zucchini slice, lengthwise, on top of the batter.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F and have ready two lightly sprayed loaf pans.
• Spread nuts in a pie plate and bake about 4-5 minutes, or until they just start to toast.watch these like a hawk or you might burn them.
• Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Mix together eggs, sugar, applesauce, oil,melted chocolate, and vanilla in another bowl.
• Combine both mixtures using a wooden spoon, just to moisten all the ingredients.
• Stir in the zucchini and the nuts.
• Bake loaves for about 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick tests done.
• Cool in pans on a rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease 2 9X5 loaf pans.
• In a bowl combine eggs sugar, oil, zucchini, vanilla, and chocolate; beat well.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, salt cinnamon and nutmeg; stir into liquid mixture to combine.
• Blend in chips, raisins, nut and or coconut.
• Pour into pans.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans. In a microwave-safe bowl, microwave chocolate until melted. Stir occasionally until chocolate is smooth.
• In a large bowl, combine eggs, sugar, oil, grated zucchini, vanilla and chocolate; beat well. Stir in the flour baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Fold in the chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, combine eggs, sugar, cocoa, oil, grated zucchini, and vanilla; beat well.
• Stir in the flour baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
• Fold in the walnuts.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pans. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• Butter and flour 2 loaf pans.
• Whisk the flour with the cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves in a medium size bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar in a medium bowl with a mixer on med high until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes.
• While you're mixing, drizzle in the oil, then the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir the vanilla into the buttermilk.
• Mix the flour mixture into the butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour.
• (Like this--flour, buttermilk, flour, buttermilk, flour) Scrape the sides of the bowl when needed.
• Fold in the zucchini and chocolate.
• Divide batter into the 2 pans.
• Bake until tester comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
• (be careful, the tester may look chocolatey from the chocolate in the bread--don't overbake) Cool in pans on rack before removing and slicing.