Vegan Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Vegan Chocolate Zucchini Bread is a chocolate-filled, dairy free treat that can be eaten for breakfast, dessert, or both! It’s just like your favorite chocolate cake but made with vegetables!
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 251kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup cane sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 flax eggs 2 tablespoon ground flaxseed mixed with 5 tablespoon water
- ¼ cup coconut oil melted and cooled (or sub avocado oil)
- ¾ cup almond milk or milk of choice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup zucchini shredded and moisture squeezed out
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° and line an 8x4 loaf pan with parchment paper; set aside.
- Melt the coconut oil and set it aside to allow it to come to room temperature. At this same time, make the flax eggs: stir 2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed and 5 tablespoons of water together and allow the mixture to sit for 10 minutes until the flaxseed has absorbed the water.
- Stir the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl.
- In a large bowl, whisk the milk and vanilla together, then add the flax eggs and coconut oil. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and use a rubber spatula to gently fold them together.
- Grate the zucchini overtop of several paper towels (or, if you have a nut milk bag, that works well too), then squeeze as much moisture out of the zucchini as you can (I like to do this over the kitchen sink).
- Transfer the zucchini and chocolate chips to the bowl with the batter then gently fold them together. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, then bake the bread for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Leave the bread in the pan for 10 minutes, then carefully invert it into a cooling rack. Allow the bread to cool before slicing. Enjoy!
Notes
*Calories are per serving and are an estimation.
*1 cup shredded zucchini = 1 medium zucchini. When in doubt, choose a larger zucchini because it’s better to have too much than not enough.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 251kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 324mg | Potassium: 160mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 56IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 2mg