Zucchini Chocolate Oatmeal Bites Food

ZUCCHINI CHOCOLATE OATMEAL BITES

Steps:

• Mix oats, almond butter, zucchini, chocolate chips, honey, flaxseed meal, and ground cinnamon in a large bowl until combined.
• Divide mixture into 18 bite-sized pieces and roll into balls. Arrange in a storage container and refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.

HEALTHY DOUBLE CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 12 cup muffin tin with cupcake liners and generously spray inside of liners with nonstick cooking spray.
• Squeeze shredded zucchini of excess water with a paper towel. This is important, so don't forget!
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, add coconut oil, honey/maple syrup, vanilla, egg; mix on medium-low until smooth and well combined. Add in zucchini, banana (or applesauce) and almondmilk; mix again. Slowly add in dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Gently fold in chocolate chips.
• Evenly divide batter into prepared liners. Bake 22-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean. After 5 minutes, remove muffins and transfer to wire rack to finish cooling. Enjoy!

DARK CHOCOLATE CHIP, OATMEAL, ZUCCHINI COOKIE

Steps:

• Place 1 1/4 cups oatmeal in a food processor and grind until a fine powder. Add 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon, pulse @ 10 times until well mixed. Store in a bowl and set aside.
• Split a medium sized zucchini down the middle and run through the food processor shredder blade, until you have about 2 cups shredded zucchini.
• In a medium sized bowl mash room temperature butter and cream cheese, with 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup granulated sugar until smooth and creamy. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and 2 eggs, mix until smooth and creamy. Add flour - oatmeal mixture until fully incorporated. Add shredded zucchini, fully incorporate, then add 1 cup regular oatmeal and 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips until fully mixed. Add additional 1/4 cup regular oatmeal to mixture if necessary to thicken mixture (if needed).
• Place @ 1 tablespoon of cookie mixture on a cookie sheet, bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees until golden brown and delicous.

ZUCCHINI OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Stir in the egg and vanilla, mix well, then stir in the shredded zucchini. Sift together the flour, baking soda and cinnamon, stir into the zucchini mixture. Finally, stir in the oats, and chocolate chips.
• Drop dough from a teaspoon onto an unprepared cookie sheet. Leave at least 2 inches between cookies. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. The cookies will stay soft and moist because of the zucchini.

ZUCCHINI BANANA BAKED OATMEAL CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• In a bowl, combine the wet ingredients. Mix well and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
• Let set for 10 minutes to allow for the the oats to soak up the wet ingredients.
• Fold in the mix-ins.
• Transfer the batter to a greased muffin pan (this silicone muffin pan works great!). Fill the muffin wells all the way to the top for 16 muffins. Fill them 3/4 full for 24 muffins.
• Bake in the oven for 23-25 minutes or until tops are golden brown.
• Remove from oven and let set for 5 minutes. Transfer to a baking rack to continue to cool.
• Muffins can be served warm or cold.

CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter the inside of a bundt pan and dust with cocoa powder. Set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking soda
• In the bowl of a stand mixer (or hand mixer) combine oil, sugars, eggs and vanilla. Mix to combine and then stir in sour cream just until blended.
• Add zucchini until just combined. Add all but about 1 tablespoon of the dry ingredients to the bowl and mix until just incorporated. Add chocolate chips to the remaining tablespoon of dry ingredients and toss to coat them and then stir them into the batter.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour 10-15 minutes. Start checking cake after about 60 minutes. Check doneness with a skewer.
• Let cake cool on a rack for about 10 minutes and then invert to remove from bundt.
• To make Glaze: combine coconut oil/butter, corn syrup and water in a microwave safe bowl. Heat for about 30 seconds in the microwave and then beat in powdered sugar and cocoa powder with a hand mixer. Let cool for a minute or two until it's a good glazing consistency and then drizzle over cake.

CHOCOLATE CHIP ZUCCHINI BARS

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grate the zucchini and let drain in a bowl while preparing the rest of the recipe. You'll need 2 cups shredded zucchini.
• Cream together the butter, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
• Add in dry ingredients.
• Then fold in the 2 cups shredded zucchini and chocolate chips.
• Place batter into a 9 x 13 inch baking dish that has been lightly sprayed with non stick cooking spray. Make sure the batter is spread to the edges of the pan.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes or until it starts to turn golden brown.
• Cool slightly and then slice and serve.