Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins.....and Bread

When zucchini is plentiful in the garden, I love to bake with it. Double chocolate zucchini muffins are one of my favorite recipes to make with zucchini.

Every season we plant a good amount of zucchini for our farmers market stand and our CSA shares. If you've grown zucchini before, you know once the plant starts producing the zucchini grows fast. A lot of our customers prefer smaller zucchini for regular cooking, so we try to pick them at a smaller to medium size.

Occasionally some get missed, it's easy to miss some. Then all the sudden they are huge! But these huge ones aren't wasted! They are GREAT for baking!!

Whenever I see some large zucchini in the garden, I am sure to grab them to shred up using a food processor and freeze! I generally put 3 cups worth of shredded zucchini in Ziploc quart freezer bags and its perfect for my zucchini recipes. I especially like baking with the zucchini.

Now on to the recipe: 

Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

Ingredients: 

3 eggs

2 cups sugar

3 cups flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon 

3 cups zucchini 

3/4 cup cocoa

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup applesauce

2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

For variation add 1 1/2 cup chopped nuts and/or 1/2 cup coconut. 

Directions: 

Mix all the ingredients together well. Bake at 325 degrees. 

Muffins in a muffin pan 10 - 15 minutes. Makes 2 dozen. 

Bread in two loaf pans for 1 to 1 3/4 hours. 

When dough is poured in the pan, I like to add a few chocolate chips to the top of each one. 

PRINTABLE RECIPE HERE

This double chocolate zucchini muffin recipe is a great way to use some of that zucchini in the garden. My kids love the chocolate taste and they are delicious and moist. 

I like to make up a batch of muffins to enjoy right away and also make up some loafs to put in the freezer for later. 

This double chocolate zucchini muffin recipe is a great way to use some of that zucchini in the garden. My kids love the chocolate taste and they are delicious and moist. 

So if you have extra zucchini around, be sure to try this recipe out! Bake up some muffins and grab yourself a glass of milk and enjoy!