These double chocolate zucchini muffins are so rich and delicious they’ll be gobbled up quick, you’ll want to make a double batch!
When my husband brought this ginormous zucchini home from a farm vegetable stand, I knew I had my work cut out for me.
Never having cooked with zucchini before, I put the word out to friends that I was looking for recipes and shared some awesome ones with you in this Zucchini round up.
Next, I began playing around with ingredients for muffins, my boys are total muffin monsters and I had a camping trip coming up that I wanted to bring some on.
I’ve come up with some Zucchini Chocolate Chip muffins that I love and a variation of those are these Double Chocolate Zucchini muffins that were a big hit with my guys!
Hiding veggies in baked goods is the only way to get it in them! sneaky sneaky!
Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
These double chocolate zucchini muffins are so rich and delicious they'll be gobbled up quick, you'll want to make a double batch!
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 Tbs lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup shredded zucchini
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease muffin cups or use paper liners
- Combine flours, cocoa, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt into a bowl.
- Mix egg, oil, applesauce, milk, lemon juice, and vanilla extract into another bowl.
- Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients until just moistened. Fold in zucchini, chocolate chips and walnuts.
- Fill prepared muffin cups 2/3 full.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 min or until toothpick inserted into center of muffin comes out clean.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 279Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 213mgCarbohydrates: 39gFiber: 3gSugar: 23gProtein: 5g
Nutrition information is estimated based on the ingredients and cooking instructions as described in each recipe and is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Please note that nutrition details may vary based on methods of preparation and origin of ingredients used.
Can You Freeze Chocolate Zucchini Muffins?
Definitely! These zucchini muffins are easy to freeze and a great way to get ahead of the game for the busy school week. You can make a double batch of the recipe so you have some now and some for a couple of weeks down the road with hardly any extra effort on your part.
How to Freeze Muffins
- Cool muffins completely before freezing.
- To freeze, place in freezer bags. I like to slip in a piece of cardboard for stability so the muffins stay sitting nicely in the same direction. Label all packages with the name of the recipe and the date. Baked products should be stored at 0°F or lower. Muffins can be stored frozen for up to 3 months.
- When ready to use, pull muffins out of freezer and thaw completely at room temperature, or heat frozen muffins in the microwave to eat right away.
- To microwave, place unwrapped muffin on napkin, microwave-safe paper towel or plate. Microwave on HIGH about 30 seconds for each muffin.
These Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins are best served slightly warm with a nice cold glass of milk!
They are great after school snacks for the kiddos or if you take out the nuts they can go right into the lunch box!
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Hope you enjoy!
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I, too, had a very large zucchini squash given to us this year. Knowing that I didn’t want to cook it the way I normally would, I looked online for recipes using it. We enjoy zucchini bread so I trolled for that. What I found was several recipes using cake mix and lots of shredded zucchini. Most called for spiced cake mix but one called for chocolate mix and I had had chocolate zucchini bread at work (teacher’s lounge). So that’s the direction I took. It was very good! I even put chocolate chips in it.
Yours is better, I am sure, and healthier for folks, but using a mix is a quick and easy way to go. 🙂
oh I love quick and easy too! those are the best in a pinch!
Those sound SO delish!
That is a giant zucchini! I never tried zucchini muffins but tried zucchini bread. they look delicious
Love zucchini in my baking. I make jam with it every year too but it never lasts long. These look delicious.
Oooh what a tricky way to get them to eat some veg. Love it!
That is one big Zucchini omygosh! My hubs would go insane for these as he loves Zucchini and just finished off a loaf made for him 🙂
Holy giant zucchini batman! those muffins look great. i can’t even tell that they would be made from something other than chocolate!
Thank you for this recipe! Made these last night – huge hit and awesome veggie hiding spot.
Thanks for reporting back! glad you liked them!
I made these for the first time yesterday. Umm…YUM! I ended up making a second batch today. These are delicious. Thanks for sharing 🙂
yay! so glad you love them!
So delicious..just like chocolate muffins! Thanks for this recipe..definitely a keeper.
I just made these muffins and they are fabulous! I made them into mini muffins for a road trip that we are taking and I’m not sure they will make it until then 🙂
mini muffins are such a great idea! thanks for sharing!
Haha now that is one huge zucchini! The muffins look awesome – ill have to try the recipe with some extra zucchini from the garden
These muffins look so delicious and the zucchini makes it so moist
This looks so GOOD. I don’t normally eat a lot of chocolate choco chip muffins (because, frankly, a lady has to watch her figure a lil bit! 🙂 ), but I am definately making these. These look awesome.
I have always heard about zucchini muffins but have never tried them. These look awesome. I hope my boys like them.
You have to try them!
They sure do look delicious
I love the peanutbutter and chocolate chip combo! These are going to taste great. Thanks so much for this post.
Thx very much for this terrific recipe, it’s a great way to get my grandson to eat zucchini.