My Low-Carb Chocolate Zucchini Bread recipe is perfect when your garden is exploding with zucchini! We love it so much, though, that we make it year round.
Low-Carb Chocolate Zucchini Bread
This easy recipe for low carb bread is also fantastic if your CSA share is erupting with the prolific produce that is summer squash.
Low Carb Bread Tastes Better from Scratch
The best thing about my Low-Carb Chocolate Zucchini Bread recipe is that it’s so delicious your friends will gobble it up without ever knowing it’s healthy.
Low-Carb Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ¼ cup cacao powder
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, room temperature
- ¼ cup honey or maple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla stevia
- ¾ cup grated zucchini (4 ounces)
Instructions
- In a food processor combine almond flour and cacao powder
- Pulse in salt and baking soda
- Pulse in eggs, coconut oil, honey, and stevia
- Briefly pulse in zucchini
- Transfer batter to a parchment lined 6×4 small loaf pan
- Bake at 350°F for 35-40 minutes
- Cool for 2 hours
- Serve
How to Make: Healthy Bread
This low carb dessert recipe is also super easy to make.
Readers tell me they turn this into a one-bowl recipe by mixing up all the ingredients in the food processor, then grating the zucchini right into the batter.
Recipes with a Cuisinart Food Processor
Recipes like this have turned my food processor into my all-time favorite kitchen tool.
Nutritious Zucchini Bread
Sweetened with honey and a bit of vanilla stevia, this summer dessert makes an excellent healthy snack for kids.
It’s equally delicious for dessert with a cup of my low-carb Iced Ginger Chai.
How to Store Zucchini Bread
To store this recipe for chocolate zucchini bread, wrap in a paper towel, seal in a plastic bag, and refrigerate for up to one week.
Zucchini Bread with Cacao Powder
I’m a huge fan of any easy zucchini bread recipe, but since chocolate has my heart, this one is my fave.
Gluten Free Zucchini Bread
Yes, this low carb bread recipe is gluten free!
Every recipe on my website is not only gluten free, but grain free, low carb, and made with nutritious ingredients.
Is Zucchini a Fruit?
Zucchini is an incredibly healthy vegetable –well, it’s technically a fruit.
This summer squash is a superfood full of vitamins A and C and loaded with potassium and folate. Furthermore, zucchini is nutritious because it’s:
- High Fiber
- Low Calorie
- Antioxidant Rich
Almond Flour Zucchini Bread with Organic Coconut Oil
One of the ingredients that gives this bread a moist, rich texture is a small amount of coconut oil.
Studies have shown that in addition to numerous other health benefits, coconut oil can help the immune system mount resistance to viruses.
Coconut Oil and Gut Motility
One thing to note, however, is that in addition to MCTs, coconut oil contains saturated fat, which can cause sluggish gut motility. I keep my consumption of it in check to keep things moving down there.
Recipe for Nutritious Zucchini Bread
This nutritious zucchini bread is made of healthy ingredients.
On top of that, the antioxidants in the cacao powder take the nutrition level of this dessert up a notch.
Keto Recipes
My husband absolutely loves my keto dessert recipes, and this nutritious zucchini bread is no exception.
Zucchini Recipes
As the warm weather marches on, the zucchini will keep growing, and growing some more!
Here are some of my other healthy zucchini recipes to help you take charge!
Low Carb Zucchini Bread
Looking for another recipe for nutritious Zucchini Bread?
This fantastic low-carb bread is made with an almond flour base and has eight ingredients total, including salt and baking soda!
Nut-Free Zucchini Bread with Chocolate Chips
My Nut-Free Zucchini Bread with Chocolate Chips is also sugar free, made with a coconut flour base, sweetened with Swerve and vanilla stevia.
Your nut-free, chocolate-loving friends will love this delicious loaf.
Lemon Rosemary Zucchini Bread
My Lemon Rosemary Zucchini Bread pairs these two unique flavors, creating a next-level flavor bomb experience.
Made with a base of almond flour, I love that this nutritious zucchini bread does not spike my blood sugar.
Nut Free Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins
My healthy Nut Free Zucchini Muffins recipe, made with a coconut flour base and lightly sweetened with honey, is a classic that my boys have loved since they were little.
Back then, they used to scoop the batter into the muffin cups and thought that was a really big deal. ❤️
Easy Zucchini Recipes
All of my recipes are super easy, but these zucchini recipes will save you more time than most.
Zucchini Bumper Crop
Do you have so much zucchini growing in your garden that you aren’t sure what to do? My tasty ideas will help when you have a bumper crop of summer squash.
For a full write-up of all things zucchini, check out my Easy Keto Zucchini Recipes.
Nutritious Zucchini Bread Recipes
Leave a comment with your favorite way to use up zucchini! Sweet or savory? Dessert or side dish? Let me know!
This recipe is an oldie but goodie from the archives, I first shared it in 2013.
megan says
This is insanely good – moist and full of chocolate flavor. I doubled the recipe and used regular almond meal. Ran short of almond meal and used about 1/3 cup coconut flour in place of it. Didnt use stevia – just added 1 tsp of vanilla. Added 1/2 cup of mini chocolate chips. This won’t last long in my house.
Elana says
Megan, thanks for letting us know this was insanely good!
Cyn says
Made the Choc/Zucchini Bread today. Its truly delicious. I have never cooked like this before. Paleo is a whole new world and so far I am loving it. Can’t wait to try many more new recipes. And to think I made this all in my Ninja. About 10 minutes and it was in the oven.
Elana says
Thanks Cyn!
Hope says
I was shown on Pintrest this is Whole 30 approved, is this true?…I was so excited when I saw that and now reading the ingredients with the honey Im sad because I didnt think we could have that??
Elana says
Hope, this is not a Whole30 recipe. Here’s a link to all of the Whole30 recipes on Elana’s Pantry:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/whole30/
Enjoy!
Elana
Pam says
I made mini-muffins. No stevia, a bit more honey. HOWEVER, the big deal is I threw them in my (old) vitamix rather than a food processor. So, instead of grating all the zucchini, I grated the first 3/4 cup then measured (4 ounces.) For the next batch I weighed out the zucchini, cut it in chunks, and threw it in the blender. Saved me a bit of time. (I do not have a food processor so all grating is done by hand.)
My family loves these.
christine says
How long did you cook them for. I want to make mini-muffins too.
Maggie says
This recipe is so good I’m afraid to be alone with the finished product for fear of eating it all at once! My husband and I substituted 1/3 cup of maple syrup for the honey and stevia. Then we added a capful of regular vanilla. We also squeezed the zuccini first into a bunch of paper towels to remove excess moisture. 30 minutes in he oven. The result is perfection.
Elana says
Maggie, so glad to hear the result was perfection!
Julie says
Hi… Do you have a replacement suggestion for the stevia?
Elana says
Julie, I haven’t tried that so not sure. If you do please let us know how it goes!
Deb says
I make a very similar recipe. Mine does have a tsp of raw apple cider vinegar and I’ve added 1/4 cup of coconut milk (canned). Love to make muffins instead of bread. Will try your recipe soon with the last of the summer zucchini.
Elana says
Thanks Deb!
Shannon Patino says
Made this bread today but modified using orange extract instead of vanilla stevia and baking in 6 silicon jack-o-lantern baking cups. They were adorable and yummy. A huge hit with my kids. (I liked the flavor the orange extract added. Next time I am going to try with orange zest instead.) They wete so yummy and moist. My family and I love your recipes!
Elana says
Shannon, so glad you guys enjoyed this! Thanks for letting me know that your family loves my recipes!
Cherie says
What can I use to replace the honey in order to keep the sugar down?
Elana says
Cherie, I haven’t tried that so not sure. You may want to check out my Keto Diet Recipes page if you are avoiding honey:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/keto/
Enjoy!
Elana
Elisabeth says
This was amazing! Super moist! I made a double batch and baked it in a larger loaf pan for about 1 he and it turned out great! I think the only alteration I would make next time is addingn a tad more cacao powder because I like that strong flavor.
Elana says
Elizabeth, thanks for letting us know this was amazing!