Best Chocolate Zucchini Brownies Recipe (2024)

How to Make Fudgy Chocolate Zucchini Brownies

I recently went out of town and came home to a ginormous zucchini in the garden. (Note to self: Don’t forget to check on the garden before you leave town.)

It was heavy too – had to use some muscle to hold it with one hand. 😉 I scraped out the soft, seedy part and started shredding. ELEVEN cups of finely shredded zucchini, people!

I Love Zucchini Recipes!

We have already shared so many great zucchini recipes on Fabulessly Frugal. Here are a couple of my favorites:

• Chocolate zucchini bread
• Lemon poppy seed zucchini bread
• Zucchini pizza crust

We were missing one though…chocolate zucchini brownies. Off I went to research recipes and then into the kitchen to start using up that zucchini.

How I Came Up With This Chocolate Zucchini Brownies Recipe

It all started with a lot of research and testing. I tried a few different recipes, but nothing was satisfying my desire for the perfect zucchini brownie.

To me, a brownie needs to be dense, chewy, and chocolatey. The inside should be moist, and I like the outside to have a slight crust. Quite the list of demands, huh.

Anyway, some of the recipes I tried ended up more like a cake, but we’ve already shared a great recipe for zucchini cake. Another recipe resulted in brownies that were too thin and oily for my taste, although still pretty tasty.

So I made a few tweaks, used up more of that zucchini, and now I can say that I have found my best zucchini brownies recipe! I hope you like them too!

How to Dry Your Zucchini

To squeeze the excess moisture from the shredded zucchini, I like to place it in the center of a clean dish towel, bring the corners of the towel together so it makes a little zucchini bag, then squeeze over the sink three or four times.

For this recipe, the zucchini doesn’t need to be all the way dry, but it shouldn’t be dripping wet either.

Recommended Pan Size

I use a 9×9 baking pan, but you can try using an 8×8 if you want to. The brownies will be a bit thicker, so you may need to adjust the baking time. You might also want to use a bit less frosting, or maybe not. 😉 You can also try doubling the recipe for a 9×13 pan.

Final Thoughts

If you’re looking for a zucchini brownie in which you can taste or see the zucchini, this is not the one for you. The zucchini blends in really well, so you can barely even see it.

As for the flavor, I would never guess there is zucchini in the brownie just from tasting it! For that reason, these healthy zucchini brownies would be perfect to give to kids.

OXO Silicone Whisk – I love using this whisk any time a nonstick surface is involved. Don’t want to scratch my pans!

More Dessert Recipes You Might Like:

• Lemonies Recipe (Lemon Brownies)
• Raspberry Yogurt Pudding Salad
• Healthy Granola Yogurt Parfait Recipe

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