Dark Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

Easy dark chocolate zucchini muffins made with less than 30 minutes. It's a perfect veggie packed breakfast or snack.
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Easy Dark Chocolate Zucchini Muffins make a perfect breakfast, snack, and brunch! It only takes 5 minutes to prep and 20 minutes to bake these rich and moist chocolate zucchini muffins.

Chocolate Zucchini Muffins stacked on a wood cutting board

You know why I love farmer’s markets the most? Big part of it is the local produce, yes, but I love seeing all the beautiful handcrafted items by local talented people and all the homemade tasty treats.

The very first time that I tried chocolate zucchini muffins was about six months ago at a farmer’s market. It was love at first sight and not just with the taste, but with the texture as well.

Ever since my first time trying zucchini muffins, I started making them at home for my boys. It’s not hard to get me to eat vegetable because I love them but my husband and my son are a whole other story. They avoid veggies at all cost.

A good way to add some veggies into their diet is to disguise it. So I hide it in soups and stews, mix it with cheese or sauce, and now, I hide them in muffins with chocolate. These chocolate muffins might be packed with zucchini but they are still CHOCOLATE and you can’t pass that up.

Dark chocolate goes very well with baked zucchini treats and dark chocolate is healthier than milk chocolate.

Chocolate Zucchini Muffins in a muffin pan
holding a Chocolate Zucchini Muffin

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Zucchini Cheddar Muffins

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Chocolate Zucchini Muffins on a cutting board with one cut in half

Dark Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

Easy dark chocolate zucchini muffins made with less than 30 minutes. It’s a perfect veggie packed breakfast or snack.
5 from 1 vote
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 23 minutes
Total Time: 28 minutes
Servings: 15
Calories: 331kcal
Author: Lyuba Brooke

Ingredients

  • 3 cups shredded zucchini (about 2 medium zucchini)
  • 3 eggs
  • 4 oz baking dark chocolate melted
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips optional

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 and grease a muffin pan.
  • Grate zucchini on a cheese grater and add it to a large mixing bowl. 
  • Add eggs, oil, vanilla, and brown sugar. Whisk vigorously for about a minute. 
  • Add flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda. Whisk well.
  • Melt baking chocolate in a microwave according to the package instructions. (Remember that it’s best to melt chocolate on half power and stir after every 30 seconds.)
  • Whisk in melted dark chocolate into the batter. 
  • Fold in dark chocolate chips into the batter or simply add chocolate chips to the top of each muffin before baking.
  • Divide the batter between the muffin cups and bake for 20-22 minutes.

Notes

All images and text ©Lyubov Brooke for ©Will Cook For Smiles. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If using my posts in collections and features, please link back to this post for the recipe. Disclaimer: Nutrition information shown is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as most ingredients and brands have a slight variation.

Nutrition

Calories: 331kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 117mg | Potassium: 252mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 95IU | Vitamin C: 4.5mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 2.6mg
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All images and text ©Lyubov Brooke for ©Will Cook For Smiles. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If using my posts in collections and features, please link back to this post for the recipe.
Disclaimer: Nutrition information shown is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as most ingredients and brands have variations.

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59 Comments

  1. Mmmm… and now I want some zucchini muffins.

    1. Thank you! Hope you’ll like them 🙂

  2. Thanks for the recipe. These came out perfectly and they taste amazing! I love dark chocolate 🙂

  3. lisa@cookingwithcurls says:

    Those muffins look delicious! I have tried chocolate zucchini bread, but never muffins 🙂

  4. Catherine @ Cat on a Limb says:

    YUM! I pinned this for use this summer 🙂 (Found you via Flamingo Toes)

  5. WillCookForSmiles says:

    So glad you liked them! Thank you!

  6. Nicole- The Galley Gourmet says:

    I was looking for a chocolate zucchini muffin recipe and came across yours. Just made a batch (with a few adaptations☺) and they are delicious! Thanks for sharing.

  7. WillCookForSmiles says:

     Oh yay! Thank you so much 🙂

  8. The36thavenue says:

    Thank you so much for sharing your recipe over at the link party. I featured you today!

  9. WillCookForSmiles says:

     Спасибо и пожалуйста!!

  10. WillCookForSmiles says:

     Thank you 🙂

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