Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Yield: 16 slices

3/4 cup sugar
3 Tbsp vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1 cup applesauce
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups finely shredded zucchini
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Whisk first three ingredients until well-blended. Add applesauce. Combine flour and next four ingredients, stirring well with whisk. - Add flour mixture to sugar mixture, beating until moist. Stir in the zucchini and chocolate chips.

Spoon batter into 9x5” loaf pan and cook for 1 hour.

Submitted by Mary Ann Cappiello, from Cooking Light