Chocolate Zucchini Bread {GF, Low Cal}

Low Fat Chocolate Zucchini Bread made with no added sugar or oil. A lighter and healthier zucchini bread that’s most, creamy, incredibly addicting and guaranteed delicious! Gluten Free + Low Calorie, weight loss recipe. Gluten Free + Low Calorie

Raise your hand if you’re ready for chocolate zucchini bread! This isn’t just any regular ‘ole zucchini bread either. This is Low Fat Chocolate Zucchini Bread! A lighter version made with no added sugar or oil. Technically, the chocolate chips do have sugar but that can easily be tailored to your liking.

Since I quit sugar a few months ago, I’ve noticed I can’t eat a lot of sugary things anymore. I get dizzy and feel funky all over. It’s massive overload for my body. Don’t get me wrong, that’s a good thing but it’s also a bad thing when you’re a food blogger and you make lots of tasty treats. 🙂

Needless to say, it’s given me a nice challenge when it comes to baking. I’ve been on a mission to lighten up several oldie but goodie recipes like that incredible Espresso Zucchini Bread that doesn’t have such incredible pictures. Seriously, they’re so sad they make me want to cry. 🙁

But pictures aside, it’s still a tasty recipe but it does have a lot more sugar than I can tolerate these days. So I experimented with the base recipe to see what would happen if I left it out. When I was it mixing the ingredients, I rolled my eyes at myself thinking “yeah right, like is really gonna work.”

Then I took an even bigger gamble not adding any oil. Well truthfully, I forgot the oil. I was Instagram storying my life away and forgot about the oil. Oops! Multi-tasking at its’ finest! I am obsessed with Instagram stories so there. #couldnothelpit

Fortunately, in the end my oops moment paid off. Big time! Not only did it result in a low fat chocolate zucchini bread thanks to the missing oil, but it also resulted in a dreamy, CRAZY creamy, melt-in-your-mouth bread that even I had a hard time resisting.

If I were being honest, I think the bread disappeared in my house in three days and only I live here. Eek! Actually, it worked out for me to eat it on my carb loading days. I’ve having a hard time getting my calories those days so Low Fat Chocolate Zucchini Bread to the rescue!

In fact, I’m eating a slice now as I type this, really wishing I could pass you a slice across the screen. Each bite is so insanely delicious with its luscious creaminess and bursts of chocolate. It makes you feel like you’re at a dance party you never want to end.

Moral of the story, multi-tasking isn’t always a bad thing!

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Low Fat Chocolate Zucchini Bread {Low Cal, GF}

Low Fat Chocolate Zucchini Bread made with no added sugar or oil. A lighter and healthier zucchini bread that's most, creamy, incredibly addicting and guaranteed delicious!

Author Megan

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Servings 10 slices

Calories 115 kcal

4 from 1 vote

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Ingredients

• 1 large zucchini shredded*
• 2 egg whites
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 1 1/2 cups Gluten Free oat flour **
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips dairy free
• optional: 1/4 cup honey ***

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare a 8x8 loaf baking pan with parchment paper allowing the sides to hang over the edges of the pan for easy bread removal.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, applesauce, honey, salt and almond extract.
3. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon.
4. Very slowly fold in the flour mixture into the liquid mixture. Do not over mix.
5. Next fold in the zucchini and chocolate chips into the batter.
6. Transfer to the prepare loaf pan.
7. Bake 50 minutes or until a toothpick removes clean from the center.
8. Remove from the oven and cool 1 hour in the pan before removing, slicing and DEVOURING!

Recipe Notes

*To save time, I pulse quarter chunks of zucchini in a blender or food processor. It's a huge time savior, shreds zucchini perfectly and no wringing out the dampness is required either!
**For a lower carb version, swap the oat flour for almond flour.
***You can add a 1/4 cup of honey to the recipe if it's not sweet enough for you. Test the batter before baking.

Course Breads

Nutrition facts per serving (1slice)

Calories 115 kcal

Fat 3.5 g

Saturated Fat 1.5 g

Trans Fat 0 g

Polyunsaturated Fat 2 g

Monounsaturated Fat 0 g

Cholesterol 0 mg

Sodium 77.3 mg

Potassium 0 mg

Carbohydrates 18.3 g

Fiber 2.8 g

Sugar 4.9 g

Protein 4.7 g

Vitamin A 0 %

Vitamin C 0 %

Calcium 0 %

Iron 0 %

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When has multi-tasking worked out in your favor? While you’re at it, tell me what breads you want me to make this fall/winter?

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About Megan

Megan is a certified nutrition practitioner, author, freelance food photographer and fitness instructor living in Phoenix, Arizona. On her blog, Skinny Fitalicious she shares EASY, gluten free recipes for weight loss. Follow Megan on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram for the latest updates.