You're going to love this out-of-the-box Chocolate Marble Zucchini Bread!
Is your garden done producing vegetables for the year? I feel like mine just started but I've heard a lot of people say theirs is done. I have a ton of tomatoes but I'm waiting on them to turn red - they're all still green.
I grew and ate my first squash this year so I was pretty excited about that. I was especially excited that no one/nothing stole it. I didn't plant any zucchini but my dad brought me some from his garden and I knew I wanted to make zucchini bread.
Ingredients
- unsweetened applesauce
- granulated sugar
- eggs
- zucchini
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- baking soda
- baking powder
- salt
- nutmeg
- cinnamon
- cocoa powder
- mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together the applesauce and sugar.
- Add in the eggs and mix.
- Add in the shredded zucchini, water, and vanilla. Stir together.
- Add in the flour, baking powder and soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Blend together.
- Pour half of the batter into your prepared loaf pan.
- To the remaining batter, add in the cocoa powder and chocolate chips and stir to fully incorporate.
- Pour the chocolate batter on top of the plain batter.
- Insert a butter knife and gently swirl to make a marbled pattern. Don't overmix or you'll end up with all chocolate bread.
- Bake for approximately 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
I've done zucchini bread several ways over the years (like this delicious Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread) but I thought a swirl of chocolate with mini chocolate chips would be a good idea. I like to add chocolate to just about any dessert. It was an excellent idea because this bread turned out really good.
I added applesauce to convince myself that since it has both zucchini and applesauce in it, it's totally healthy (fruit and veggies AND chocolate!). I have a way of talking myself into things.
It's really moist and I liked it best after a few seconds in the microwave to warm it up. My daughter helped me eat a bit of it but if we're being honest, I ate the majority of the loaf by myself.
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Chocolate Marble Zucchini Bread
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Ingredients
- ⅓ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 ⅓ cups white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ cups grated zucchini
- ¼ cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ⅔ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- ⅓ cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together the applesauce and sugar.
- Add in the eggs and mix.
- Add in the shredded zucchini, water, and vanilla. Stir together.
- Add in the flour, baking powder and soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Blend together.
- Pour half of the batter into your prepared loaf pan.
- To the remaining batter, add in the cocoa powder and chocolate chips and stir to fully incorporate.
- Pour the chocolate batter on top of the plain batter.
- Insert a butter knife and gently swirl to make a marbled pattern. Don't overmix or you'll end up with all chocolate bread.
- Bake for approximately 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Carlee says
Yum! This looks delicious. Our zucchini are done, but I may have to run to the store to get some for this!