Chocolate Zucchini Bread - Love and Lemons (2024)

You'll love this chocolate zucchini bread recipe! Packed with shredded zucchini and gooey chocolate chips, it's amazingly moist and fudgy.

This double chocolate zucchini bread recipe is based on the chocolate zucchini muffins from our first cookbook. While I love that recipe, I wanted to make a version that would work well as a loaf for slicing and enjoying with a morning latte or afternoon coffee.

This super easy, delicious chocolate zucchini bread recipe came out better than I could have imagined. It has a perfect cakey crumb, delectable moist texture, and rich chocolate flavor. Like my traditional zucchini bread recipe, this one makes two loaves. We gobble them up pretty quickly at our house, but if you have extra, pop one loaf in the freezer for another day, or share it with a friend!

Chocolate Zucchini Bread Recipe Ingredients

My chocolate zucchini bread is rich, moist, and perfectly spiced…and (chocolate chips aside) it’s fairly healthy, too! Here’s what I use to make this delightful summer treat:

• Flour – A mix of white and whole wheat flour gives it a perfect moist texture and a little whole grain power.
• Baking powder, baking soda, and eggs – They help the bread puff up as it bakes.
• Cinnamon and nutmeg – They add a lovely spiced contrast to the chocolate.
• Sea salt – I add a dash to highlight the rich chocolate flavor.
• Maple syrup – I swap maple syrup for granulated or brown sugar, so this healthy chocolate zucchini bread is refined sugar-free!
• Almond milk – For moisture. If you don’t keep almond milk on hand, substitute whatever kind of milk you do. Oat milk, cow’s milk, and soy milk would all work well here.
• Coconut oil – I use just ¼ cup to make the bread rich, but not too decadent.
• Vanilla extract – It adds warm depth to the spiced chocolate flavor.
• Zucchini – I grate mine on the largest holes of a box grater to get the best moist, zucchini-flecked texture!
• Chocolate chips – I don’t recommend skimping on these guys! You’ll fold some into the batter to make the inside of the bread super fudgy and delicious. Then, you’ll sprinkle more on top!

Find the complete recipe with measurements below.

How to Make Chocolate Zucchini Bread

This double chocolate zucchini bread recipe couldn’t be simpler to make! Here’s how it goes:

First, whisk together the dry ingredients in one bowl and the wet ingredients in another. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, and gently stir to combine.

Fold in the chocolate chips. Look how chocolatey that batter is!!

Pour the batter into two pans, and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaves comes out clean.

Place the pans on wire racks, and allow the loaves to cool in the pan before digging in. So easy!

Chocolate Zucchini Bread Recipe Tips

• Be careful not to overmix! As with all baking recipes that use wheat flour, overmixing the batter will make the bread dense. Stir until everything is just combined to get soft, moist, and puffy loaves.
• Use two packed cups of zucchini. The zucchini is essential for adding moisture, so pack your cups full! Skimping on it will yield a drier final loaf. No need to press or squeeze the moisture out of the zucchini. We want all of it to go into the bread!
• Bake once, eat twice. This recipe makes two loaves of quick bread. I like to enjoy one right away and slice and freeze the other for easy breakfasts or whenever I have a chocolate zucchini bread craving. To thaw a slice, let it sit out at room temperature for an hour or so, or pop it in the microwave for around 30 seconds.
• Try changing it up! Swap half the chocolate chips for chopped walnuts or dried tart cherries. Or, if you have it on hand, use yellow squash in place of the zucchini. Let me know what variations you try!

More Favorite Easy Baking Recipes

If you love this chocolate zucchini bread, try one of these yummy baking recipes next:

• Zucchini Chocolate Cake
• Easy Zucchini Muffins
• Best Carrot Cake or Vegan Carrot Cake
• Healthy Banana Bread
• Pumpkin Bread
• Apple Cake
• Homemade Brownies or Vegan Brownies
• Or any of these 25 Super Fun Baking Recipes!

And for more zucchini recipes, check out this post.