These Chocolate Zucchini Muffins are fluffy, flavorful, and a chocolate lovers dream come true! Enjoy for breakfast, snack, or even as a sweet treat!
I don’t know about you, but just about any excuse I get to have chocolate for breakfast, I take! I am definitely a chocolate lover!
A few weeks ago, my mom had some extra zucchini and decided to pass them my way. When she gave them to me, I was immediately stumped on what I should make with them.
I originally planned on roasting them with dinner, but when my daughter came into the kitchen that afternoon and asked to bake with me, I changed plans!
Since my daughter is a chocolate lover like myself, I knew she’d ask to go the chocolate route.
Why not combine the two and make muffins, right?! That way, we get our chocolate fix, but we also slip our greens in without tasting a thing! Win-win and total mom move!
While I grated the zucchini, she set out to combine the rest of the ingredients together and we had this ready for the oven in under ten minutes! Good teamwork, right?
As these muffins baked, the house smelled incredible and we both found ourselves peeking in at the muffins hoping they would be done early.
A LONG 20 minutes later (okay, perhaps that was a bit dramatic), the toothpick came out clean and we quickly removed these from the oven. I don’t think the pan even hit the counter before we were taking one out to “taste test”, he-he!
These Chocolate Zucchini Muffins literally melt in your mouth, are moist, fluffy, and perfectly loaded with chocolate chips throughout.
Taking one bite, you’d never know zucchini was one of the ingredients!
For all my fellow chocolate lovers and/or muffin fans…these are a must try! Enjoy now, freeze for later, or even give some to friends/family!
Ingredients needed for these Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Flour- all purpose
Cocoa Powder
Baking Powder
Baking Soda
Salt
Vegetable Oil
Milk
Eggs
Vanilla Extract
Sugar/Brown Sugar
Zucchini’s- peeled, grated, and drained
Chocolate Chips- any type works, we prefer milk chocolate
*See recipe card below for exact measurements
How to prepare these incredible muffins:
Check out these other great Zucchini recipes:
Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Mom’s Old Fashioned Zucchini Bread
Chicken and Zucchini Casserole
Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour *all purpose
- 1/2 cups cocoa powder *unsweetened
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 zucchini's *peeled, grated, and drained
- 1 cup chocolate chips *we used milk chocolate, any works
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease/line a muffin tray (or loaf pans if making into bread)
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a small bowl, combine the oil, milk, eggs, vanilla extract, and sugars.
- Add the grated zucchini to the wet mixture.
- Once combined, fold the wet mixture into the dry mixture and stir until just combined.
- Evely scoop batter into prepared muffin cups, filling about 2/3 full.
- Place pan into preheated oven and bake for about 20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted in center.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly before enjoying!
