7 Easy Zucchini Desserts for When Your Garden Is Exploding
It gives everything a moist, tender bite.
At the height of late summer, Ree Drummond knows better than anyone that your garden will be “exploding with more zucchini than you know what to do with." That’s why you need to have any and every zucchini recipe you can think of to use it all up! The good news is that it’s quite a versatile veggie, so you can do something as simple as grilling it or get a bit fancier with a gratin.
Where it really shines, though? Sweet recipes and zucchini desserts! Besides maybe carrots, there are few vegetables out there that taste just as good in a sweet treat as they do in a savory side dish. Somehow, zucchini can do it all! It has a lot of moisture, which leads to a soft texture. Plus, the mild flavor lets other ingredients like sweeteners and spices shine. The end result may not taste entirely like zucchini, but these recipes wouldn’t be the same without it!
Take Ree’s chocolate chip zucchini muffins, for instance. “Trust me, it’s a game-changer. The zucchini melts right into the batter, adding moisture and a delicate texture you won’t believe,” she says. Each bite is flavored with cinnamon and filled with rich chocolate, but it’s the zucchini that makes it tender and perfectly moist. So make the most of the summer season and experience the sweet side with these zucchini dessert recipes.
Zucchini Bread
With a moist middle and crunchy sugar-topped crust, this bread is rich and decadent, yet not overly sweet. Have a slice with your morning or afternoon coffee, and you’ll feel good that you had a serving of veggies, too.
Get the Zucchini Bread recipe.
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins
These anytime-of-day muffins are packed with freshly grated zucchini, warm spices like cinnamon, and the perfect amount of chocolate chips to make them a treat without being super sweet.
Get Ree's Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins recipe.
Triple Chocolate Zucchini Bread
There’s no such thing as too much chocolate, and this bread is proof! It has a combination of milk and bittersweet chocolate chips, plus cocoa powder in the batter. The zucchini keeps it nice and moist.
Get Ree's Triple Chocolate Zucchini Bread recipe.
Mock Apple Pie
When you feel like having a taste of fall, but it’s still summer, this is the pie you need to make. It tastes like apple pie, but there’s not a fruit in sight. The filling is made with zucchini!
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Lemon Zucchini Coffee Cake
Trust the process on this one. Make the cake the day before, wrap it in foil, and let the zucchini work its magic. The coffee cake becomes perfectly moist, and the lemon flavor has time to develop and shine.
Get the Lemon Zucchini Coffee Cake recipe.
Chocolate Chunk Zucchini Loaf
If you’ve only got dark chocolate in the house, make this loaf recipe instead. It’s still perfectly chocolatey and moist. And since it has zucchini in it, you won’t feel bad about having a second slice.😉
Get the Chocolate Chunk Zucchini Loaf recipe.
Pineapple Zucchini Sheet Cake
The first time Ree made this cake, she declared, “I have just made a cake of such unfathomable deliciousness.” And while you have to grate the zucchini, you can use canned pineapple to speed up the process.
Get the Pineapple Zucchini Sheet Cake recipe.
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