20 Zucchini Bread Recipes To Try

Zucchini fresh from the garden is bountiful this time of year and making batches of homemade zucchini bread is a favorite way to use up the harvest. This week’s Recipe Hit List is a collection of recipes I’ve found online featuring many different ways to make zucchini bread: Traditional, Chocolate, Pineapple, Spiced and a few healthy versions too (including whole wheat flour). Enjoy!

Zucchini Bread Recipes

*Note: Descriptions below are quotes from the recipe sites

Zucchini Bread Recipe By 101cookbooks.com

1. My Special Zucchini Bread Recipe Recipe: I knew I was onto something delicious as I folded the last few ingredients into my zucchini bread batter this afternoon. Sometimes you just know. The thick and creamy batter was flecked with hundreds of green-lined strands of shredded zucchini nestled alongside the occasional flare of yellow lemon zest. The poppy seeds quickly spread themselves into an impossible network of connect-the dots, and at the same time, one of my favorite curry powders was sending notes of coriander, cumin, and clove up from the mixing bowl to tease my nose. There are many zucchini bread recipes out there, plenty of them tried and true, but this time around I wanted to bring my own take to this seasonal classic. Recipe from 101 Cookbooks.
2. Grandma E’s Zucchini Bread: Let’s give credit where credit is due. This isn’t her recipe, it’s her grandma’s recipe. Grandma had the magic touch. She didn’t measure anything, she just threw it together by feel and golden loaves of goodness emerged from her kitchen. Perfect every time. Recipe found at Use Real Butter.
3. Zucchini Bread Recipe: Zucchini, also known as a courgette, has a smooth dark green skin that is not removed before grating as we want to see its pretty shreds of green running through the bread. The flavor of zucchini is often described as ‘delicate’ which means it will add little flavor to a dish, but what it lacks in flavor it more than makes up for with its lovely moist texture. This recipe is slightly different from most in that we also add grated apple. Recipe found at Joy Of Baking.
4. Chocolate Zucchini Bread: (incorporates both all-purpose and whole wheat flour) In this recipe remake, we replaced much of the oil with fruit-based fat replacement, reduced the amount of unsweetened chocolate but added cocoa powder and used half as many nuts but toasted them for maximum flavor. The result retained the original’s tender crumb and rich, chocolaty flavor with only one-third the fat. Recipe found at Eating Well.
5. Chocolate Zucchini Bread with Cherries: This is a great bread to give as a gift, especially if you make smaller loaves (just bake them a shorter time), or you can freeze some for that far off time when garden fresh zucchini and sweet, dark cherries are just fond memories. Recipe from Feeding My Enthusiasms.
6. Geeky Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread: Most zucchini breads are essentially run of the mill spice breads with zucchini tossed in. Nothing wrong with that, it’s just that I saw an opportunity to introduce the sweet, sweet seduction of chocolate into the mix. After all, there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t try to come up with a chocolate treat to accompany my morning coffee…and if it also incorporates a veggie…well then it was truly meant to be. This bread packs a double chocolate whammy with cocoa and chocolate chips. So when you’re at the farmers’ markets this weekend pickup some zucchini and mix it up. Recipe found at What Geeks Eat.
7. Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread: Recipe from Paula Deen.
8. Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread: I decided to try to lighten up another favorite recipe. We all loved the results! Two-third cup of the oil was replaced with applesauce, the sugar decreased and whole wheat flour added. I have found that using mini chocolate chips somehow makes it seems there is more chocolate then regular size chips. Recipe from Home Joys.
9. Pineapple Zucchini Bread Recipe: Meals are even more memorable when I complement them with this light garden-fresh bread. The zucchini makes it so moist and tender…and the pineapple lends a delicate tropical twist to every delicious slice. Recipe found at Taste Of Home.
10. Makeover Pineapple Zucchini Bread: This lightened-up bread features a crunchy crust and delectable taste. Our pros achieved the moist center Nancy Skramsted of Billings, Montana was looking for. And it definitely tastes delicious, even though more than half the fat and over a third of the calories went missing from the original. Recipe from Taste Of Home.
11. Gluten Free Zucchini Bread: This bread turned out really well. It’s a bit dense, but then what gluten free quickbread isn’t? It’s not dry or crumbly at all, it really has a nice texture and moisture content, which I am attributing to the applesauce and zucchini. It worked really well for breakfast with butter and raspberry jam this morning, and, for a slightly different twist, it makes some awesome sandwich bread! Recipe from Jenn Cuisine.
12. Whole Wheat Zucchini and Cherry Bread Recipe: Since zucchini bread was a favorite of mine as a kid I decided to make a twist on that. We used to add chocolate chips to zucchini bread, but this time I made it a little healthier by reducing the sugar, substituting some whole wheat flour and adding cherries instead of chocolate chips. Recipe from Daily Unadventures In Cooking.
13. Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread: One thing to keep in mind when making this bread. It’s not a super sweet loaf, and I’ve made it that way by design. I like to eat it for breakfast, and at that time of the day, I don’t want to be eating cake. However, if you want a more assertively sweet flavor, I’d add another 1/2 cup of sucanat or sugar (or just spread your slice with a bit of peach or apricot jam). Recipe from Food In Jars.
14. Fat Free Zucchini Bread: (incorporates whole wheat flour or spelt) You can also make muffins using this recipe, but the bake time will be much less, approx. 12-17 minutes. Recipe from Happy Herbivore.
15. 100% Whole Wheat Maple Zucchini Bread: It’s really hard to find a recipe that uses 100% whole wheat flour, people just seem afraid that the result will be inedible without some refined, bleached flour. In the pursuit of a healthier, happier zucchini bread, I decided to take on those critics. Also, I still have the better half of a 50 lb bag of whole wheat flour in my kitchen cupboard. Full disclosure. Recipe found at Lemonbasil.
16. Zucchini-Pecan-Flaxseed Bread: This one is hearty and tender and complex. The chopped pecans distributed through the batter and the whole pecans that bake atop the loaf lend a nice meatiness, while a dusting of raw sugar imparts a shimmer and a sweet crunch. And, like I said, it’s earnest enough for the Fifth, Sixth or Seventh of July. Recipe from The Kitchen Sink Recipes.
17. Jennifer Z.’s Zucchini Lemon Bread: Everyone knows the classic thing to do with all that local zucchini in the summer is make zucchini bread. It is (kind of ) nutritious, it is delicious with endless variations, and it freezes well. But it also seems to be frequently fragrant with autumnal spices. There is nothing inherently wrong with this–in fact it can be quite yummy. But honestly it is not what I want in early August. I remembered these incredible Lime Zucchini cookies I had once and started thinking about citrus and zucchini. Recipe found at The Spiced Life.
18. Zucchini Spice Bread: If you plan to bake this bread in a smaller loaf pan, be sure to fill it no more than three-quarters full to prevent the batter from overflowing in the oven. Recipe from Martha Stewart.
19. Savory Onion Zucchini Bread: This bread is a bit more versatile in that it can stand in for any bread or cracker at mealtime or snack time. I like it it much more a day after it has baked than I do when it’s fresh out of the oven and I like it even more when it is toasted and smeared with butter or chevre. Recipe found at What Geeks Eat.
20. Zucchini Cheddar Bread: This bread is savory and delicious. I substituted onions for the scallions and left out the parsley, and it came out wonderfully. Plus, it’s totally gorgeous, the green and the orange. Recipe found at Honey & Jam.

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