Mom’s Perfect Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread – An Easy Zucchini Bread with Chocolate Chips

Recipes for chocolate chip zucchini bread are very popular, but they are not all created equal. Mom’s recipe below is the best recipe I’ve found.

Mom’s Perfect Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread is quick and easy to put together and is a perfect way to use the zucchinis that just seem to appear in the garden overnight. Do you prefer zucchini bread without chocolate chips? Just leave them out.

Mom’s Perfect Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

This chocolate chip zucchini bread recipe is our mom’s go-to, fail-proof version. She has been using this zucchini recipe with chocolate chips (and we have been eating the final product) for years.

Our original recipe for this zucchini bread did not call for chocolate chips, but our family has a huge sweet tooth. We actually have a chocolate tooth, and now we won’t eat this bread without the chocolate chips.

The smell of this bread baking, especially the cinnamon aroma, is delightful, and takes us right back to our childhood. Mom would make dozens of loaves of this chocolate chip zucchini bread every summer. It’s good anytime but a piece of this homemade quick zucchini bread fresh out of the oven (well, you should let it cool for a bit) is heavenly.

Easy Zucchini Bread with Chocolate Chips

This zucchini bread recipe is so easy that kids can even make it with very little assistance.

Case in point, my 11-year-old daughter made this easy chocolate chip zucchini bread for her Foods projection in 4-H. All I did was supervise, and it turned out amazing.

Simple. Tasty. Easy. Delicious.

Other Zucchini Quick Bread Recipes

While our mom’s version of zucchini bread is our all-time favorite, we do have some other versions that are quite tasty.

• Classic Zucchini Bread
• Caramel Zucchini Bread with Stroopwafels
• Moist Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread (using applesauce)
• Zucchini Cheese Bread – Check out this savory zucchini bread recipe1

Ingredient List

Large Eggs

Vegetable Oil

Sugar

Zucchini, shredded

Vanilla Extract

All Purpose Flour

Baking Soda

Salt

Ground Cinnamon

Baking Powder

Chocolate Chips (optional)

HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CHIP ZUCCHINI BREAD

Step By Step Instructions

1. Spray 2 loaf pans generously with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Add eggs, oil, sugar, zucchini, and vanilla to a mixer bowl; mix until well combined.
3. In a separate large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and baking powder.
4. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing after each addition until just incorporated.
5. In a small bowl, mix chocolate chips with 1 T. flour.
6. Stir chocolate chips into batter by hand.
7. Pour batter into prepared pans.
8. Sprinkle with additional chocolate chips if desired.
9. Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
10. Cool in the pan for a few minutes before removing to a wire rack.

Storage Instructions

Let the bread cool completely. Store in an airtight container or zip-lock bag at room temperature for 2 – 3 days. You can store in the refrigerator for a longer amount of time; however, it might change the texture of the bread.

For the full 2 loaf zucchini bread recipe, scroll to the bottom of this post.

Recipe FAQs

• Some classic zucchini bread recipes ask you to drain the zucchini or remove excess moisture. You do not need to do this for our version. Just grate and add.
• The easiest way to grate a zucchini is with a food processor and a grater plate; however, you can absolutely use an old fashioned hand grater if that’s all you have. Check out our Amazon Store for some of our favorite kitchen gadgets.
• This recipe makes 2 loaves of zucchini bread.
• Do not over-mix once the flour has been added. You don’t want a tough bread.
• The chocolate chips are truly optional. Leave them out it you want a regular zucchini bread recipe.
• Coat the chocolate chips with flour to ensure they don’t fall to the bottom of the classic zucchini bread.
• To ensure the loaves come out of the pan easy, be sure to spray generously with nonstick cooking spray or go old fashioned and grease and flour.
• Our chocolate chip zucchini bread also freezes great. Wrap it in plastic wrap and then a layer of foil. We have pulled loaves that are over a year old from the freezer, and they still taste great!
• Want a version of zucchini bread that features applesauce and honey instead of sugar? Try our Moist Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread.
• Looking for additional ways to use up all that zucchini? Try our Zucchini Pie, Cheesy Zucchini Casserole, Zucchini Quiche, Spicy Roasted Zucchini, Butterscotch Zucchini Cake, and Chocolate Glazed Zucchini Bread.

Recipe Variations

• Substitute raisins or dried cranberries for chocolate chips.
• Use dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, butterscotch or white chocolate chips instead.
• Add in your choice of chopped nuts; walnuts or pecans are particularly great.

Recipes to Use Up Garden Zucchini

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies

Healthy Air Fryer Zucchini

Stir Fried Italian Zucchini

Zucchini Tomato Bacon Bake 

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Mom’s Perfect Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Mom's Perfect Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread is quick to put together and is a perfect way to use the zucchinis that just seem to appear in the garden overnight. Like zucchini bread without chocolate chips, just leave them out.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time1 hour hr

Total Time1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: 2 loaf zucchini bread, chocolate chip zucchini bread, classic zucchini bread, zucchini bread with chocolate chips

Servings: 20

Calories: 254kcal

Author: Barbara

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 Tablespoon flour

Instructions

• Add eggs, oil, sugar, grated zucchini to a large mixing bowl and blend until mixed well.
  
• Add vanilla and combine.
• In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and baking powder.
  
• Add flour mixture slowly to wet ingredients, blending after each addition until just incorporated.
  
• Coat chocolate chips with the 1 T. flour.
  
• Stir chocolate chips into batter by hand.
  
• Pour into 2 loaf pans that have been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
• If desired, sprinkle chocolate chips on top.
  
• Bake at 325 degrees F for one hour until toothpick comes clean when inserted in the middle of the loaf.
  

Notes

• Some classic zucchini bread recipes ask you to drain the zucchini or remove excess moisture. You do not need to do this for our version.  Just grate and add.
• The easiest way to grate a zucchini is with a food processor and a grater plate; however, you can absolutely use an old fashioned hand grater if that’s all you have.
• This is a 2 loaf zucchini bread recipe.
• Do not over-mix once the flour has been added. You don’t want a tough bread.
• The chocolate chips are truly optional. Leave them out it you want a regular zucchini bread recipe. 
• Coat the chocolate chips with flour to ensure they don’t fall to the bottom of the classic zucchini bread. 
• To ensure the loaves come out of the pan easy, be sure to spray generously with nonstick cooking spray or go old fashioned and grease and flour. 
• Our chocolate chip zucchini bread also freezes great. Wrap it in plastic wrap and then a layer of foil. We have pulled loaves that are over a year old from the freezer, and they still taste great!
• Want a version of zucchini bread that features applesauce and honey instead of sugar? Try our Moist Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread.
• Looking for additional ways to use up all that zucchini? Try our Zucchini Pie, Cheesy Zucchini Casserole, Zucchini Quiche, Spicy Roasted Zucchini, Butterscotch Zucchini Cake, and Chocolate Glazed Zucchini Bread.
• The carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information below is auto-calculated and can vary greatly depending on the products used. Do not use it for specific dietary needs.

Nutrition

Calories: 254kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 187mg | Potassium: 62mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 60IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg

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