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)
Ingredient List for Easy Zucchini Bread with Chocolate Chips
Eggs
Vegetable Oil
Sugar
Zucchini, shredded
Vanilla Extract
Flour
Baking Soda
Salt
Ground Cinnamon
Baking Powder
Chocolate Chips (optional)
HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CHIP ZUCCHINI BREAD
For the full 2 loaf zucchini bread recipe, scroll to the bottom of this post.
- Add eggs, oil, sugar, zucchini, and vanilla to a mixer bowl; mix until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and baking powder.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing after each addition until just incorporated.
- In a small bowl, mix chocolate chips with 1 T. flour.
- Stir chocolate chips into batter by hand.
- Pour into 2 loaf pans that have been sprayed generously with nonstick cooking spray.
- Sprinkle with additional chocolate chips if desired.
- Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Notes About Classic Zucchini Bread with Chocolate Chips:
- 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.
Recipes to Use Up Garden Zucchini
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies
Mom's Perfect Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
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.
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These loaves were great!
I loved the initial idea of putting things in blender but was concerned of over mixing. I have a vita mix and would suggest using a mixing bowl instead. Great recipe, thx!
Our mom did hers in a mixing bowl too! Both ways work great! Glad you enjoyed it.
You can’t really mean i tablespoon flour. Should it be one cup?
Andrea – The 1 Tablespoon of flour at the end of the ingredients is to coat the chocolate chips. There’s 3 cups of flour earlier in the ingredients list for the bread itself!
Delicious! I added blueberries instead of chocolate morsels. Everyone enjoyed it!
Blueberries sound delicious in this bread. Thanks for sharing!
This recipe is FANTASTIC! I substitute the chocolate chips for Butterscotch chips!
We are going to try that. Thanks for sharing!
What would the cooking time be for muffins instead? My family eats this bread so quickly that I figured muffins would be an easier way to portion.
We haven’t done the conversion for this specific recipe…but a general rule of thumb is raise oven temp 25-50 degrees F and cut baking time in half when making muffins. So oven temp between 375-400 F and cooking time between 25-30 minutes (check a few minutes sooner on first batch). It should make a couple dozen regular size muffins. Good luck!