Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookie Bars

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Need another yummy zucchini recipe to use up all that bountiful summer zucchini? Your family will love these Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookie Bars!

Need another yummy zucchini recipe to use up all that bountiful summer zucchini? Your family will love these Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookie Bars! #zucchinirecipe #zucchinibars

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookie Bars

Zucchini: the bane and blessing of many a home gardener. They grow in such prolific quantities that it practically takes a village to consume all the bounty. Okay, perhaps that’s an exaggeration, but you get the idea. Come midsummer, zucchini growers everywhere are scrounging for new and interesting recipes.

Zucchini bread is delicious, of course, but one can only handle so many loaves. This recipe for zucchini cookie bars is here to save the day! Squash in cookies? Yes! Much like these amazing chocolate brownies, you can hardly tell it’s there; all you taste is sweet, chocolate-y goodness. Combined with whole wheat flour, honey, and applesauce, these cookies are practically health food. This is definitely one snack that I can feel good about serving my family.

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I prefer making these as bars since it’s faster, but feel free to drop tablespoons of the dough onto a baking sheet to make regular cookies.

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bars Recipe

What You Need:

  • 2 cups shredded zucchini (peeled or unpeeled)
  • ½ cup coconut oil or butter, melted
  • ½ cup honey
  • 1 egg, slightly beaten
  • 3 ½ cups whole wheat flour
  • ½ teaspoon kosher or sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¾ cup chocolate chips
  • ½ – 1 cup unsweetened applesauce (see note)

Note: The applesauce helps moisten the dough. The amount you use will depend on the weather, the moisture content of your flour and zucchini, and personal preference. I ended up using ½ cup, but sometimes I don’t need it at all.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×13 pan.

In a medium bowl, combine the zucchini, butter/coconut oil, egg, and honey.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, and sugar.

Pour the wet ingredients into the large bowl with the flour mixture, stir to combine. Fold in the chocolate chips and add applesauce until a moist dough forms.

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Spread into the pan and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the top turns golden brown. Remove and let cool, then cut into bars.

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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookie Bars

Ingredients

  • 2 cups shredded zucchini peeled or unpeeled
  • ½ cup coconut oil or butter melted
  • ½ cup honey
  • 1 egg slightly beaten
  • 3 ½ cups whole wheat flour
  • ½ teaspoon kosher or sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¾ cup chocolate chips
  • ½ - 1 cup unsweetened applesauce see note

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine the zucchini, butter/coconut oil, egg, and honey.
  3. In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, and sugar.
  4. Pour the wet ingredients into the large bowl with the flour mixture, stir to combine. Fold in the chocolate chips and add applesauce until a moist dough forms.
  5. Spread into the pan and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the top turns golden brown. Remove and let cool, then cut into bars.

Recipe Notes

Note: The applesauce helps moisten the dough. The amount you use will depend on the weather, the moisture content of your flour and zucchini, and personal preference. I ended up using ½ cup, but sometimes I don’t need it at all.

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This Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookie Bars recipe was originally posted on Little House Living in May 2013. It has been updated as of July 2020.

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18 Comments

  1. Oh these sound great! And healthy! Pinning now, love your blog!

    ~Jen @ YummyHealthyEasy.com

  2. These look really! I just made some muffins with zucchini in them, and my little girl went nuts over them! So I will have to make these for her!

  3. I love zucchini! I love zucchini cakes! Therefore, I will love these zucchini cookie bars! Hmmm let’s call it simple zucchini logic 🙂 Jumping from What’scookinglove showcase your talent thursday. Just pinned this.

  4. We grow zucchini in our garden and this will be a great recipe to try. Thank you so much for sharing this awesome recipe with Full Plate Thursday. Hope you have a very special Mothers Day Weekend and come back soon!
    Miz Helen

  5. Excited to try this! I have tons of zucchini from my garden that I need to use. Coming over from the Inspire Me Wednesday link up. Pinning!

  6. I will be making these tomorrow! I love that you used whole wheat and coconut oil! You are my kind of chef! Pinned!

    1. Made these today and they are delicious! I love how moist they are, even with all that whole wheat flour! And quite filling! Thanks again.

  7. G’day! Thanks for sharing your wonderful recipe at our #SayGdayParty!
    Please make sure to stop back if you haven’t already and visit some other people’s blogs!
    I am also curious if you have answered any of the questions I asked on my blog about this week’s party?
    Cheers! Joanne

  8. When I first started eating zucchini (only 4 years or so ago), the only way I could was in a loaf of some kind. Nowadays, I almost hate to use my zucchini in a sweet dish BUT this recipe, I may just make an exception! =) Pinned and shared. #savoringsaturdays

  9. Thanks for linking this recipe to the Be.You.Tiful Link party! You were featured by us this week. Can’t wait to try these cookies. They look so delicious. Don’t forget to grab the button to let others know you were featured.

  10. 4 stars
    Delicious. I used a banana instead of an egg so it was a bit mushy since it was a lot of banana and apple so I’d use an egg next time.

  11. These are so delicious! I made them twice last week as it is zucchini season over here in the netherlands. The second batch I made was a bit dry. I made a frosting of cream cheese and honey and it was delicious again! Thanks for this recipe and all the inspiration you are sharing!
    Geke

  12. Hello Merissa, and thank you for sharing your zucchini cookie bars recipe! I made it earlier this morning and it is delicious! I like that the listed ingredients are healthy and did not require any tweaking except to make it GF. I used a combination of GF 1-1 flour and oat flour. I just so happened to have exactly 2 cups of shredded zucchini in my freezer. I thawed it, did not drain the water, and therefore did not need to add applesauce or more water to the batter. Many thanks again for sharing your delicious and healthy recipe!