These soft and chewy cake like Flourless Chocolate Zucchini Cookies are the best summer dessert. It’s guilt free and a great veggie dessert that even kids would love it. This gluten free and paleo sweet treat is absolutely satisfying and desirable.
It’s that time of the year when the sun is shining bright up in the sky, nature is blooming happily and all of us trying to change our diet for seasonal produce (summer fruits and vegetables) and so to start with I chose Zucchini. They are light, with lots of water content, full of nutrition and perfect summer vegetable.
I know you all must be thinking that baking a dessert with zucchini is not new but as per the theme of my blog these Flourless Chocolate Zucchini Cookies are surely unique because these delectable, oeey gooey cookies are made purely with zucchini and chocolate and no flour or grains at all. Isn’t that unique?
You must be wondering how to bake Zucchini cookies without any flour. Well before baking these cookies even I wondered but took up the challenge on myself. I can now happily say that Flourless Chocolate Zucchini Cookies are a success in my household and my 3 year old approved it. She couldn’t even figure the zucchini at all and I am a happy mommy making a third batch of these cookies on my daughter’s demand.
Ingredients for Flourless Chocolate Zucchini Cookies
Shredded zucchini (squeezed)
Dates
Cocoa powder
Egg
Baking powder
Salt
Instant coffee
Vanilla extract
Flax oil
Dark chocolate chips
How to make Flourless Chocolate Zucchini Cookies
I was lucky enough not to find any seeds in the zucchini but if you do please clean the zucchini to remove the seeds and grate it. Squeeze it as much as possible to drain the water. Once the zucchini vegetable is taken care off its very simple to bakes these cookies. I combined the grated zucchini, dates for sweetening, unsweetened cocoa powder for chocolatey flavor, egg, instant coffee to uplift chocolate flavor, flax oil to moist it (olive oil can also be used), vanilla extract for flavoring along with baking powder and salt and whipped up in the food processor.
Easy, isn’t it? I love recipes which call for just putting all the ingredients in the food processor to process and bake. Wow super simple!! 🙂
Just before shaping the batter into cookies I tossed chocolate chips into the batter and baked them. The smell in my kitchen aroused my appetite for dessert and fresh baked cookies are my top priority desserts. These cookies are soft and I loved using the spoon while eating these delicious and healthy cookies because I ate them immediately after taking them out from the oven.
I put the cookies in the refrigerator for some time to stiffen and when offered to Yashvi as an after school snack she finished almost the whole batch. 🙂
FAQs
- It has a shelf life of 3-4 days. Place these cookies in an air tight container and refrigerate. For better taste warm it in the microwave for 10 seconds and enjoy it with a fork.
- These cookies are kid friendly
- For vegan option – replace the egg with flax eggs. Also make sure to use vegan chocolate chips.
Flourless Chocolate Zucchini Cookies
Equipment
- oven
Ingredients
- 2 cups shredded zucchini (squeezed)
- 1/2 cups pitted dates (about 7 pieces)
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tsp instant coffee
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp flax/olive oil
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 350 degree Fahrenheit. Prepare a cookie sheet with a liner and grease it.
- In a food processor combine all the ingredients (except chocolate chips) and grind smooth.
- Pour the batter into the mixing bowl and mix in chocolate chips.
- With the help of a round spoon or ice cream scoop spoon the batter into 12 round shapes.
- Put the sheet on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
- Take it out and let it cool completely. Put the cookies in the refrigerator for 15 minutes to stiffen.
- Then enjoy it with a fork and or a spoon.
Notes
- Measure grated zucchini after squeezing it. If your zucchini has seeds inside then make sure to take them out before grating. You can also grind it in the food processor in the chop option, measure and then combine rest of the ingredients into it (except chocolate chips).Â
- These cookies are soft cake like texture. Since it has no flour to bind it and made purely out of zucchini it does not have the texture of store bought cookies. Make sure to refrigerate for 10-15 minutes or if in a hurry put the cookies in the freezer for 5-10 minutes to stiffen.Â
- If you want to consume immediately you may enjoy these cookies with a spoon. I loved eating these cookies with spoon.Â
- Any oil of your choice can be used in place of flax oil
- For vegan option - replace the egg with flax eggs. Also, make sure to use vegan chocolate chips.
Nutrition
annabelt - geeks diet says
These look great! I’ve made chocolate zucchini cake before and it was so much nicer than I expected, so I’ll try these too. Thanks for sharing!
Brooke Knipp says
These look delicious! The instant coffee is a great addition, I bet it just brings out the chocolate flavor even more. Yay for healthier cookies!
Sara says
You had me at zucchini 🙂 These sound yummy!
sara says
I love that you snuck some instant coffee in there along with the zucchini! A win win for the kids and the parents.
kathy says
I love zucchini and chocolate together. These sounds wonderful ,will be trying them out soon!
Tee @ Beauteeful Living says
This is such a great way to sneak in some healthy ingredients. Thanks for sharing recipe. This looks delicious!
Crystal says
I don’t know about the dates, but the rest looks yummy! it probably wouldn’t work without them though.
Deepika says
These are seriously some amazing cookies. I will try this with my family soon.
Amy Nielson says
Zucchini is go versatile. I love sneaking it into things when my kids aren’t watching. Thanks for sharing!
Takisha says
I have no words for this post other than WOW!!! This looks amazing. My husband has to have cookies every night before bed. I am serious when I say that I am making them and not telling him exactly what they are. Lol
You’re photos are amazing!
Tirralan - Tinseltown Mom says
I love wholesome sweets. Going to try these for my kids.
Leslie says
I have a child who will literally eat no vegetables at all. I wonder if he would try these?
Ronda says
Yummy healthy goodness! Great way to get your kids to eat their veggies!!
Jen says
These look great! I can’t imagine what they taste like but I want to try it and find out. My daughter is in an anti veggie phase and this would be a wonderful solution.
Six Pack Mommy says
I love recipes that allow you to sneak healthy veggies into something that picky kids (like my daughter) will actually eat. My kids don’t generally eat zucchini, but they’ll definitely eat it if slipped into a delicious chocolate cookie. 🙂
Elaine Allen says
I love zucchini. I never thought of combining it with chocolate. Can’t wait to try these!
Emily, Our house now a home says
The combination of zucchini and cocoa sounds like it would be a weird mix. But I think it will work and taste awesome!
Yanique says
Thanks or giving me an idea of how to slip veggies into my kids diet. This is genius!
Kim @ This Ole Mom says
You never seize to amaze me! Your cookies look wonderful and I love the way you sneak vegetables into your desserts.
Agatha says
I think you answered my prayers for a healthy choc cookie! I was going to ask about the water content, but realised you mentioned squeezing out as much as possible. I thought about rolling the zucchini in a kitchen towel as well.
Gunjan says
Hi Agatha, Thank you for showing interest in these cookies. Yes, squeeze zucchini as much as possible and if you still think that your zucchini need to be rolled in a paper towel then go ahead. My zucchini were pretty fresh and didn’t require it to be towel rolled. 🙂 Hope you enjoy these cookies.