Vegan Triple Chocolate Zucchini Bread

This is the chocolate lovers ultimate dream! This VEGAN triple chocolate zucchini bread is ultra decadent, supremely moist, and extremely easy to make!

Last week we brought vegetables into the mix with this vegan banana sweet potato muffin recipe. I figure we might as well ride the vegetable train for one more week with this amazing triple chocolate zucchini bread!

I’ll admit that, initially, zucchini bread kind of scared me. I remember seeing a box mix for it in a grocery store once and thinking to myself, “The f-.” I mean, I like zucchini, but something about it baked into a bread kind of irked me. I figured it was some kind of savoury loaf that I wouldn’t really be in to anyways and carried on, never giving it another thought.

Fast forward to summer ’16. My mom went on a little vacay in British Columbia. She had asked me what I wanted her to bring back from the local fruit and vegetable stands. I replied with the usual; cherries, peaches, blueberries, ya know. “Any vegetables?” she asked. I think I said something like, “Oh some carrots, maybe a zucchini if they have”.

I opened the fridge, practically jumping with excitement to finally unite with my long awaited BC fruit. The cherries were like big marbles, the most magnificent deep maroon I had ever seen.  The peaches were giant, (like James and the Giant Peach, giant), and the blueberries were incredibly fresh and juicy.

And then, I spotted it. The MAMMOTH of a zucchini. Holy. Shite. It reached from the tips of my fingers till my elbow. I really wish I would’ve taken a picture of it. I think I was so taken aback by its sheer size, photographs were the last thing on my mind.

“Mooom.
Mooooom.
MOOOOOOOM, what the hell am I going to do with this thing!?” 

So let’s just say, zucchini became a part of my daily. But the damn thing never seemed to end! I’d cut a chunk off, slice it up and sautee it, every single day. I became so fed up, I had to find something else to do with it. Then I remembered that odd box of zucchini bread I’d seen at the grocery store. So, to the interwebs I went! When I realized that zucchini bread could be made sweet, I was sold, and my first loaf of chocolate zucchini bread was made.

Whether you’re a zucchini lover or just have some zucchini that’s begging to be used, here is your solution. If you’ve never baked with zucchini or are skeptical of green vegetables in your treats, fear not. The awesome thing about zucchini is it’s mild flavour, which becomes pretty much undetectable when baked like this. Even the best vegetable avoiders won’t be able to tell. The other awesome thing about zucchini is it’s moisture content, which translates into incredible moistness in your baking.

This loaf is incredibly decadent. We got some cocoa, add chocolate chips into it, then drizzle melted chocolate on top. It’s basically chocolate, cubed. Hah! Alternate name for this recipe: vegan chocolate³ zucchini bread.. Okay it’s not sexy, but my fellow nerds will appreciate. Then you hide some green veg in it and feed it to your kids or your husband or your mom or your friend and grin as they unsuspectingly eat their vegetables. Success!

If you make this recipe, snap a pic and use the hashtag #sweetlikecocoa and tag me @sweetlikecocoablog on Instagram, I love seeing the deliciousness you guys come up with!