Delicious but... Tastes good but it took forever to bake. I used hot chocolate mix instead of cocoa but no other substitutions. Even after an hour it was still doughy inside. I don't have a slow oven - in fact it usually bakes items in less time than required. I also agree it did not rise as expected.
I thought the bread was GREAT so yummy. I gave 4 of 5 stars because the sugar amount surprised me. I wonder if I can cut the sugar a little...
Made it with the applesauce. Turned out grea!. I would try the NF Vanilla yogurt next time. Baked it as a bundt cake. 40-45 minutes.
I made this for the first time yesterday and it was GREAT! I used Hersheys Special Dark Cocoa. It tasted to good to be healthy:)
This turned out SO delicious!! I used 2 cups white whole wheat flour 1/2 cup turbinado sugar 1/2 cup coconut sugar olive oil instead of canola a little bit extra applesauce and zucchini and instead of melting chocolate I added about 2/3 cup semi sweet chocolate chunks. Making it again today. Recipe made one large loaf and a half loaf (very short lol). Doing it this way the bread itself is less chocolatey so you can taste zucchini (very mild nice flavor) but with lovely chocolate chunks dispersed! Oh and I did not use walnuts bc of preference.
it was amazing! the recipe itself provides a great sturcture and basis for further variations and testings. I will do it again but will also play with other ingredients.
A nice not-too-rich sweet bread to satisfy a chocolate craving. I subbed pecans for the walnuts reduced 1/4 cup of the sugar and baked in a bundt pan for 42 mins at 315 degrees convection bake. Family liked it with whipped cream on top.
Not what I was expecting the bread did not rise into what I would consider normal dessert type bread should (made 2 loafs as per directions) I thought the cocoa over whelmed the bread it all just tasted like chocolate. I also reduced the sugar and omitted the oil for more applesauce.
I made this recipe yesterday. It was amazing!! It definitely does not taste like typical healthy or good for you foods. I did make a couple of changes. I used a bundt pan instead of two loaf pans. I also replaced the applesauce with non-fat vanilla yogurt because that's all I had on hand. It was VERY moist and chocolatey. My entire family loved it. Even my husband who turned his nose up at it when I told him it was zucchini bread!! He practically ate it all!!
