Paleo Chocolate Zucchini Bread
This paleo chocolate zucchini bread is an easy & healthy quick bread loaded with zucchini! It's rich and chocolatey with a beautiful crumb.
Servings: 10 Slices
Cost: $4
Ingredients
- ½ cup coconut flour
- ¼ cup almond flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup zucchini (unpeeled, 1 small zucchini)
- 3 bananas (overripe)
- 2 Tablespoons coconut oil (melted)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9x5” loaf pan with parchment paper, grease it and set it aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the dry ingredients (coconut flour, almond flour, cocoa powder, coconut sugar, baking soda baking powder, and salt). Set aside.
- Place zucchini and bananas in the container of a high-powered blender and blend until smooth.
- Add melted coconut oil, vanilla and eggs and blend until combined (about 5-10 seconds).
- Add the dry ingredients to the blender and blend until smooth.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 35-45 minutes (depending on the size of pan you choose) or until the top is set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean!
- Once the bread is done, remove it from the oven and place the pan on a wire rack to cool.
- Let cool for at least 30 minutes before using the parchment paper to remove the bread from the pan and let it continue cooling until you’re ready to eat it!
Notes
Ingredient Substitution Notes
- Coconut sugar: This is my favorite unrefined granulated form of sugar. If you have another (date sugar, maple sugar) feel free to use it as a substitute. I do not recommend using a liquid sweetener in place of coconut sugar.
- Coconut Oil: salted butter is a great substitute.
- Chocolate chips: choose a variety that complies with your dietary needs. Here are some suggestions:
- Hu Kitchen Chocolate Gems. This is my favorite paleo chocolate. These gems are delicious and easy to toss into cookies (no bar chopping required).
- Hu Kitchen Dark Chocolate Bars. You can also buy dark chocolate bars and chop them up to toss into these paleo chocolate chip cookies.
- Lily’s Dark Chocolate. They make chips and bars that are stevia sweetened, low carb, keto, etc.
- Enjoy Life Foods Dark Chocolate Chips are a good option that are vegan, dairy-free but not fully paleo.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 198.3kcal | Carbohydrates: 29.9g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8.7g | Saturated Fat: 4.7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.3g | Cholesterol: 37.2mg | Sodium: 213mg | Potassium: 265.5mg | Fiber: 5.2g | Sugar: 19.1g | Vitamin A: 355IU | Vitamin C: 5.9mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 1mg