Chocolate Chip Zucchini Loaf

I made this loaf tonight with the first zucchini from our garden, and it is gooood. What a great way to use vegetables, add chocolate to them! You can bake this in the oven or put it in your bread maker if your machine had a quick bread setting. (NOTE: the rapid setting on a bread maker is different from a Quick bread setting) If you do make it in the bread maker, put all the ingredients in and mix the ingredients together before starting the machine, just to make sure you don't get pockets of flour in your loaf!


1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
3 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup grated, unpeeled zucchini
1/2 cup chocolate chips

*If making in bread maker, add 1/2 tsp baking powder.

1. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla.

2. Combine flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and cinnamon; Gradually add to the creamed mixture. Stir in the zucchini and chocolate chips.

3. Spoon into a greased 8x2" pan and bake at 350 degrees for 60-70 minutes or unti a tooth pick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan and cooling on a wire rack.