September Pinterest Challenge-- Mocha Zucchini Bread with Dark Chocolate Chips

Welcome to the September Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by My Pinterventures. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to make it happen!

I really wanted to try this Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread by Delightful E Made but found that I only had 1/4 cup of cocoa powder on hand.  Not to be deterred, I decided to substitute the other half of the cocoa powder with 1/4 cup of decaf instant coffee making Mocha Zucchini Bread.

I knew I loved the taste of chocolate and zucchini together from when I once made a chocolate zucchini cake but I really wasn't sure of the addition of coffee... It ended up being quite tasty!  

To make the bread I used:

1/4 cup cocoa powder

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup decaf instant coffee granules

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups shredded Zucchini

1 cup dark chocolate chips

In the stand mixer I combined the brown sugar, cocoa powder, and coffee grains together first making sure I could smell both chocolate and coffee.  

I then mixed in all the vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla.  In a small bowl I combined the flour, baking soda and salt and added it to my stand mixer.  Once everything was mixed I added in my shredded zucchini and gave it a few final stirs. 

I mixed in the cup of chocolate chips and poured it all into a greased loaf pan.  I baked my bread in a preheated 350 degree oven for 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle came out clean or with dry crumbs attached. 

Once my bread had cooled I turned it onto a plate, sliced a piece off and enjoyed a very late lunch. 

While I did really enjoy this bread it wasn't my favorite.  

I think I used just a bit too much coffee.  I am not a coffee drinker and this did have a pretty strong coffee flavor.  I think I would have liked this better if I had only used 1/8 cup of coffee instead of the full 1/4 cup.  

But that said we did end up eating the whole loaf and I actually preferred it cold out of the fridge with the crunch of the chocolate chips.  

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