Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

photo by Sharlene~W


- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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24
ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1⁄3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups grated zucchini
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cardamom
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Lightly grease two 12 cup muffin tins with shortening or line with paper cups.
- In a large bowl, beat eggs.
- Beat in sugar and oil.
- Add cocoa, vanilla, zucchini, and stir well.
- Stir in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices.
- Mix just until moist.
- Pour batter into prepared muffin tins until 2/3 full.
- Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.
- Store loosely covered.
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Reviews
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With 10 zucchini in the refrigerator I wanted to get rid of a few in a batch of muffins. These are really great tasting and have a nice texture, especially the crispy tops. Next time I will use paper liners because even though I greased non-stick pans, boy did they stick! I followed the recipe exactly except I forgot the vanilla and only had two eggs so I added a quarter cup of sourdough starter. Oh, and I made 18 good sized muffins.
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I followed the recipe like Mandave suggested adding 1/2 cup oil, 1/2 cup apple sauce, then varied with 3/4 cup chocolate chips and used raw sugar instead of white sugar, used 2 1/2 cups of zucchini and 1/2 cup extra of flour. The mixture made 24 muffins. I will be making these again super moist and so delicious. Bronwyn
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Amanda Beth
Indianapolis, 53
<p>I live in TN with a husband, 9 year old, 6 year old, and our two dogs. I'm a busy mom who loves to cook for family and friends. We have two boys, and they are the light of my life! My husband is a restaurant manager. We actually met while working together at Bob Evans in another city. He was one cute grill cook!! Now he is one cute manager, and I am so proud of him! He currently works for El Chico, and he is very happy there. <br />I am a stay at home mom who sometimes does temp work, which is a big change from corporate America. We'll see how that goes. Now that I have some more time, I plan to get back to the kind of cooking I used to do. You know...with pots and pans instead of a take out menu. I love to crochet, garden and hike with the family. Thanks in advance for any reviews you do of my recipes. :)</p>