Oh yum, this would have to be the tastiest Choc Chip Zucchini Loaf ever. Not too sweet and a healthier option using wholemal flour, (or wholewheat flour), apple sauce and with the addition of dark chocolate chips turns it into a rather decadent loaf.
If you’ve got left over, unloved apples in your fruit bowl then this is one great recipe to use them up.
Substitutions
If you are Vegan, then these Pana dark chocolate chips are easily available in your local supermarkets. Use whatever you like for this Choc Chip Zucchini Loaf recipe. I often use the chocolate chips I have on hand in the pantry. Sometime a mix of both milk and dark chocolate is lovely too.
Choc Chip Zucchini Loaf Recipe
A wholemeal chocolate loaf with all the goodness of zucchini, dark choc chips and apple sauce. A soft, moist loaf with just the right amount of sweetness.
- 11/2 cups wholemeal self raising flour
- 1/2 teas nutmeg
- 1 teas cinnamon
- 1/2 teas baking soda
- 1/2 teas salt
- 1/3 cup coconut oil melted and cooled slightly
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup apple puree
- 1 egg
- 2 teas vanilla
- 1 zucchini medium size grated 1 1/2 cups
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
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Heat oven to 180 deg Celsius.
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Grease a loaf tin and line with baking paper.
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In one bowl add all the dry ingredients, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Mix to combine thoroughly.
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Lightly beat the egg with a fork in a small bowl.
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In the second bowl add the maple syrup, apple sauce, egg, vanilla and the cooled melted coconut oil. Mix together and then add the bowl of dry ingredients to the liquid ingredients and mix till combined.
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Squeeze out any liquid from the grated zucchini and add to the mix along with the choc chips and combine together.
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Pop into the prepared loaf tin and sprinkle a few more chocolate chips on top. (just for fun).
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Bake in the oven for 35-45 mins. To see if your Cock Chip Zucchini Loaf is cooked, pop in a skewer and when it comes out clean it should be done.
When cool pop your loaf into an airtight container to store. The loaf is quite delicate and may break up a bit when slicing, but the taste far outweighs the crumbs.
Swap out the dark choc chips for milk choc ones instead.
Ingredients
Making Apple Puree
The sweetness found in this Choc Chip Zucchini Loaf is partly from using half a cup of apple puree. The apple puree is super easy to make and a great idea to have on hand in the fridge or freezer.
Just peel and cut your apples into small sized pieces and steam till soft. The apple puree in this recipe was steamed in our Thermomix and blitzed up afterwards. Or just cook gently steaming in a pot on the stove and mash with a potstone masher.
If you have a jar of apple sauce in the cupboard that makes it even easier.
Even though this recipe sounds kind of unusual, it’s been a big winner here at home. We aren’t normally dark chocolate lovers’, but in this Choc Chip Zucchini Loaf it’s absolutely the tops.. This is a 20 x 25 cm sized loaf tin or 8 x 10 inch.
If you would love to try the most Awesome Choc Chip Cookies you’ll want to grab our recipe here.
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