Vegan Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
This Vegan Zucchini Bread is gluten-free, refined-sugar free, and filled with warm cinnamon and chocolate chips in every bite!
Made with wholesome ingredients like oat flour, zucchini, and naturally sweetened with maple syrup and banana, this quick bread makes the perfect healthy snack.
My grandmother was the most amazing baker. Throughout my childhood, my cousins and I would constantly look forward to her homemade desserts. One of her most famous recipes was her amazing zucchini bread. It was always perfectly sweetened, spiced with cinnamon, and devoured within minutes. Needless to say, I wanted to create a healthier vegan version of this amazing treat, and while it is not quite the same as my grandmother’s – it is pretty damn good!
Why this recipe works
So why does this Healthy Zucchini Bread recipe work? It took many attempts to nail down the right combination of ingredients for this recipe. The main ingredients in this quick-bread include oat flour, zucchini, bananas, maple syrup, natural nut butter, cinnamon, and chocolate chips.
Key Ingredient Breakdown
Oat flour is a wholesome and affordable gluten-free flour alternative that I love using in my recipes. It can easily be made by processing whole oats in a blender or food processor until flour consistency is reached. Oat flour makes a wonderful base for this zucchini bread.
Of course, this zucchini bread calls for zucchini! Zucchini keeps this bread moist because it obtains a high water content. This is why it is important to pat or squeeze your grated zucchini dry before adding to the batter to prevent the zucchini from releasing too much water during the baking time.
Bananas and maple syrup are what give this bread it’s sweetness. It is best to have overripe bananas for this recipe to ensure that the bread will be sweet enough. If you taste the batter and decide you would like a sweeter bread, add extra maple syrup.
Natural nut butter is the healthy fat source in this recipe. I usually opt for peanut butter because it is what I have on hand. It does not add too much flavor to the bread, but it may affect the flavor slightly. Although, you may use whatever you prefer!
Cinnamon and chocolate chips work together in this recipe to give this zucchini bread it’s flavor and add an extra touch of sweetness. Since this bread does not have a lot of sugar in it, the chocolate chips play an important part in the flavor profile.
If you love this recipe be sure to check out my recipe for Zucchini Breakfast Cookies, Vegan Pumpkin Bread, the Best Vegan Banana Bread, Healthy Chocolate Banana Bread.
If you try out this recipe, feel free to leave a comment below! Happy Baking!
Vegan Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups oat flour made by processing whole oats in blender or food processor until flour consistency is reached
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1.5 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 cup dairy free milk
- 1 cup grated zucchini patted or squeezed dry
- 2 mashed overripe bananas
- 4 tablespoons maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons natural nut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and grease a small bread pan with coconut oil (I use a 6×3 pan or line muffin tray).
- Combine the first 5 dry ingredients in a medium bowl and stir until combined.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients (aside from the chocolate chips) and stir until evenly combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in pan for 10-15 minutes before removing onto a wire rack. Enjoy!
Ahh, this is one of my favorite breads that I have ever tried! It is so moist. The maple syrup and cinnamon in it are so flavorful. I love that it has no refined sugar in it, unlike any other zucchini breads that I’ve had. Vegan too!! Hard to find good zucchini bread recipe. This is it!