Chocolate Zucchini Bread

I got 4 zucchinis from my last bountiful basket, so it was definitely zucchini bread time! And of course the chocolate was a must. I ended up taking one loaf to Young Women's and it got RAVE reviews, plus the entire thing was gone in a matter of 3 minutes. I also loved the chopped chocolate chips in it. I thought at first it wouldn't matter much, but in the end it does because it creates a very gentle chocolate swirl and makes the whole thing creamy, rather than having large areas of just chocolate. It's almost hard to believe that there's zucchini (and, in mine, a banana) in this delicious bread.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread
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2 C flour 2 t cinnamon 1/2 t salt 1 1/2 t baking soda 6 T unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 C canola oil - I used 1/2 cup butter because butter is always better. 1 C sugar 1/4 C brown sugar 3 eggs 2 t vanilla 1/2 C sour cream -Be aware this is in there! I didn't, and had to make a mad dash to the store ugh! 3 C grated zucchini - I threw in 1/2 a mashed banana too. 3/4 C mini chocolate chips Topping: 2 T brown sugar 2 T white sugar 1/2 t cinnamon Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 2 loaf pans and set aside.  Mix topping ingredients in a small bowl and set aside. Place flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder in a small bowl and whisk to combine. Set aside. With a stand or hand mixer beat oil/butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and eggs until combined and slightly fluffy, 1-2 minutes. I threw in 1/2 a mashed banana because I have a lot of bananas and figured it would work. Add vanilla and sour cream and mix until combined. Gently stir in the grated zucchini. I wasn't sure whether I was supposed to squeeze out some of the liquid or not so I squeezed about half the zucchini. Take a spoonful of the flour mixture and stir in with the chocolate chips (that will help keep them evenly distributed.) If you only have regular chocolate chips, or a chocolate bar, just give it a chop so it's the size of mini chocolate chips.  Stir remaining flour mixture into batter and mix just until combined.  Add chocolate chips and stir to combine. -If you can make sense of this great. I was in a hurry and it didn't make a whole lot of sense so I just threw in the flour and then threw in the chopped choc chips. Divide the batter between the two pans. and sprinkle topping over each. Bake in your preheated 350 degree oven for 50-60 minutes.Set the timer for 45 minutes and then keep an eye on it for the remainder. -Mine was perfectly done at 50 minutes. When it's done a toothpick or skewer should come out without goopy batter on it and the top will be cracked with sugar. Let it cool on a rack for 5-10 minutes and then remove from pans. Shredded Zucchini. I used the smaller and bigger holes on the grater, I think I like the smaller better. The flour, cocoa mix and in the small bowl the topping. The thick batter after everything has been added In the oven Done! The topping was very crackly so that's why in a couple areas it looks like it has holes. But the topping is soo worth it, it just completes the bread.