Vegan Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Craving something sweet and healthy? Indulge with this Plant-Based Vegan Chocolate Zucchini Bread recipe! Luxuriate in the moist, chocolatey goodness of this delightful treat while knowing that it's made with whole food ingredients like zucchini. Whether you're a vegan or simply seeking a nutritious option, this recipe is perfect for satisfying your cravings guilt-free. Your taste buds are in for a treat, and your body will thank you. Get ready to dive into the world of plant-based desserts with this mouthwatering Chocolate Zucchini Bread!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups rolled oats
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp flax meal
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup deglet dates or medjool dates
- ¾ cup soy milk unsweetened, or plant based milk of choice
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups shredded zucchini
- 2 tbsp unsweetened chocolate chips optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Add rolled oats to a blender and blend into a flour.
- Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon to a mixing bowl and whisk together.
- Add the dates, soy milk, apple cider vinegar and vanilla to a blender and blend until dates are completely pulverized.
- Pour blender mixture into the dry ingredients along with the shredded zucchini and stir until well mixed.
- Spoon mixture into a silicone bread pan and smooth the top.
- If using the chocolate chips, sprinkle onto the top of the loaf.
- Bake for 45 minutes.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Nutrition
Calories: 151kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 5gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 200mgPotassium: 421mgFiber: 6gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 178IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 110mgIron: 2mg
Is flax meal mixed in with dry ingredients?
yes
Was wondering what to do with the flax since it was not included in the instructions. Flax is not mixed with water to make egg substitute? Just added dry to dry mix?
Yes, it is just added to the dry ingredients
We made this today and it was so delicious! Thank you!
Just in time for the zucchini glut from the garden!
I’ll make lots of these and freeze for the winter.
Hi Jill, – I appreciate your help with new ideas and recipes, it really helps. This recipe looks so good, but my husband can’t have cocoa or carob. Can you think of any other suitable substitute please ?
Thank you very much.
Neroli
You can just stick to my original zucchini bread recipe.
https://plantbasedcookingshow.com/2020/09/19/vegan-zucchini-bread/
I made this today and it was delicious! It was even better with a little peanut butter. Thanks for the recipe!
Hi Jill,
This looks so yummy
Can you use almond instead of oatmeal flour for this recipe, as well for your other recipes which call for oat flour?
Thanks.
I’m not sure. I haven’t tried any other flours, sorry
Turned these into muffins (10 total), sprinkled raw chopped hazelnuts on top, then baked. Amazing!! Thank you!
Hi Jill. Making this today. Curious about the flax being added dry. I’m used to making a flax egg (flax and water and letting sit to gelatinous) and then adding to baked goods. Can you comment on the difference and results in both approaches?
When I watched the video, you had me with not having to squeeze out the water from the zucchini!! Lol.
This recipe is great. My 1st loaf turned out wonderfully. And I am making another one already. Love having healthy treats like these sliced in the freezer and ready to eat.
This recipe is absolutely delicious. I’ve made it 4 times so far this month. Going to make it again today! Thank you for the great recipes!!
Do you think I could throw the zucchini into the blender with the other ingredients instead of shredding it?
It might work but it also might release a bit too much of its water and make the bread a bit too moist.
Jill is ground flaxseed the same as flaxseed meal and what type of high speed blender do you have and your ice creamer machine what type is that love your show
Yes, ground flaxseed is flaxseed meal. I have a Blendtec Professional 800 and a Nutribullet Pro 1000W blender. My ice cream machine is a Ninja Creami.
OMG!!!! This recipe is probably one of the best quick bread recipes I’ve ever made! I added extra chocolate chips on top and when they were nice a melted fresh out of the oven, spread them out like a frosting! I can’t believe something that tastes this good is so healthy for you and I can eat it without feeling guilty. Thank you, Jill!!!!
Jill, I am interested in making this recipe, but I have an allergy to vinegar. Can you tell me the purpose of the vinegar, and if you have tried any substitutes?
You can replace it with lemon juice. It just helps with the rise a bit.
I can’t have oats or gluten, so I substituted the oat flour for a mix of flours: 3/4 cup buckwheat flour, 1/4 cup millet flour, 1/4 cup almond flour and 1/4 cup coconut flour, it worked out great, my kids loved it!
OMG, this tastes amazing! I finally got around to trying this chocolate zucchini bread recipe, and it is reeeeaaalllyyy good. ?
A lot of healthy recipes say something is going to be decadent, and then it turns out kind of meh, but this one is moist and super chocolatey, somewhere between cake and brownies.
I didn’t bother with the soy milk, just used water instead, and I also left out the unhealthy chocolate chips. Instead I added in a handful of chopped walnuts and handful of flame raisins (more like a dried cherry than a raisin, but you could use raisins, or any other small dried fruit you have). If you added a little coconut, this could easily be black forest cake.
Thank you for the recipe!!
Can you use cucumber
no, they have too much water.
How much oat flour would you use in the recipe? (Instead of blending the oats into flour). I have oat flour.
Just slightly more than 1 1/2 cups. Make sure that you squeeze out the zucchini really well because store bought oat flour tends to be really fine which causes a bit of a moisture issue. The bread might take a little more time to be fully cooked in the middle. It always feels a little gummy if you cut it straight out of the oven but once it sits for a while the loaf gets more solid.