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Healthy Chocolate Chip Banana Zucchini Bread

Author Casey Colodny
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 55 minutes
Total: 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 8 slices
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Moist and fluffy banana zucchini bread with chocolate chips in every bite. Enjoy as a healthy sweet treat that's gluten free, dairy free, and naturally sweetened!

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

  • 1 cup ripe mashed bananas ~2 - 2.5 dark spotty bananas
  • 2 ea large eggs
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • ¼ cup coconut oil melted & cooled
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Dry Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups super fine blanched almond flour
  • 1 cup 1:1 gluten free flour
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 cup shredded zucchini squeezed of water and packed full (~1 medium zucchini)
  • cup chocolate chips + extra to sprinkle on top

Instructions

  • Line 9"x5" baking pan with parchment paper
  • Prep Zucchini - shred zucchini then squeeze out excess water. Set aside.
  • Whisk together wet ingredients - mashed banana, eggs, maple syrup, coconut oil, and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl.
    A hand whisks wet ingredients for banana zucchini bread.
  • Whisk together dry ingredients in a separate bowl - almond flour, gluten free flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
    A bowl filled with almond flour, gluten free flour, cinnamon, baking soda and power, and salt.
  • Add dry ingredients to the wet and stir until just combined.
    Thick and freshly mixed banana zucchini bread batter.
  • Fold in the strained zucchini and chocolate chips until just combined.
    Chocolate chips folded into banana zucchini bread batter.
  • Pour batter into the parchment-lined 9"x5" pan and sprinkle extra chocolate chips overtop.
    A parchment lined loaf pan is filled with chocolate chip banana zucchini bread batter.
  • Bake at 350F for 50 - 60 minutes (mine took 55 minutes) or until the top is browned and a toothpick inserted comes out crumb-free.
    Fresh baked chocolate chip banana zucchini bread in a parchment paper lined loaf pan.