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15 Sweet Treats Made with Zucchini

July 9, 2015 Filed Under: Desserts

While garden-sitting for my neighbors while they were on vacation, I spied this beauty hiding under a leaf.

large zucchini

Why do zucchinis do that?! One day nothing and the next day you have a green prickly billy club! Knowing it would be baseball bat size by the time she got home, I picked it. I will give her some Pickled Cherry Tomatoes from my yard in exchange (recipe on Tuesday).

But what to make with this monster? Zucchini Frittata is always one of my go to recipes. Zoodles are fun, I suppose. But, I have to admit I wanted something sweet. So I hopped over to Yummly and started searching. I found everything dessert-like you could imagine: bread, cakes, cookies, brownies, muffins, even pie and cobbler!

So, I now present to you 15 sweet treats with zucchini I would like to bake sometime.

Desserts made with Zucchini

 

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BREADS

Even though I was tempted by a cheddar bacon zucchini bread, I forced myself to stick with my original concept and focus on sweet quick breads only.

I found this Pina Colada Zucchini Bread with pineapple and coconut over on Creations by Kara.

Pina Colada Zucchini Bread

photo courtesy of Creations by Kara

J would love this Banana Zucchini Bread from Real Housemoms.

Banana Zucchini Bread

photo courtesy of Real Housemoms

If you want something with a little less fat and calories, check out this Low Fat Chocoalte Zucchini Bread from Diet Recipes Blog.

photo courtesy of Diet Recipes Blog

photo courtesy of Diet Recipes Blog

BROWNIES

Only one recipe in this category, though I did spy an interesting blondie recipe.

I didn’t want to leave out the gluten-free crowd, and these Double Chocolate Gluten-Free Zucchini Cake Brownies from My Gluten Free Kitchen look so moist and delicious with or without gluten in them.

photo courtesy of My Gluten-Free Kitchen

photo courtesy of My Gluten-Free Kitchen

CAKE

Oh my, there were so many delicious flavor combinations for zucchini cakes I had a hard time narrowing it down to four representative samples.

I love lemon and blueberries so of course I gravitated towards this Blueberry Zucchini Cake with Lemon Buttercream from I am Baker.

photo courtesy of I am Baker

photo courtesy of I am Baker

The Dark Chocolate Zucchini Cake from Inside Bru Crew Life looks like a cross between brownies and a Texas Sheet Cake. This one is egg-free if that is a concern.
photo courtesy of Inside Bru Crew Life
Of all the spice cakes I saw, I just had to share this Zucchini Spice Cake with Browned Butter Frosting from Butter with a Side of Bread.

photo courtesy of Butter with a Side of Bread

photo courtesy of Butter with a Side of Bread

This Tuscan Sweet Zucchini Cake from Jul’s Kitchen reminded my of Polenta Cake. Maybe because they are both Italian, maybe because they are just a little different than what you normally think of as cake or even dessert. But it sure looks good to me.

photo courtesy of Jul's Kitchen

photo courtesy of Jul’s Kitchen

COOKIES

I found a great looking cookie recipe in a cookbook and didn’t find anything similar online. But, I think I am going to hold on to it until next year’s Summer themed Fill the Cookie Jar post and give you these two instead.

Eat Cake for Dinner had these Zucchini Cake Sandwich Cookies which are similar to a carrot cake cookie.

photo courtes of Eat Cake for DinnerLife Currents definitely got my interested with Cream Cheese Frosting, sigh!, and the red walnuts in this Zucchini Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting recipe.

photo courtest of Life Currents

photo courtest of Life Currents

 

MUFFINS

Breakfast, snack, dessert… anytime you decide to serve them I love these portable easy to serve treats.

Carrot Zucchini Muffins from Messes to Memories look like the perfect combination of carrot cake and zucchini – YUM!

photo courtesy of Messes to Memories

It wasn’t until I scrolled to the bottom of the post that I noticed the creator of these Crumb Topped Zucchini Muffins on Thinking Outside the Sandbox was Tammy Doiel of Creative K Kids who graciously allows me to co-host her Tasty Tuesdays Link Up on occasion. I had already chosen this recipe for the roundup and wasn’t just sucking up, ha ha!

crumb topped Zucchini muffins

photo courtesy of Thinking Outside the Sandbox

PIES AND COBBLERS

Say what now? Pies and cobblers? According to these bloggers, zucchini can be very similar to apples when baked in this manner. Awesome way to use up the zucchini and satisfy your apple craving while you wait for them to be ripe in the fall.

These Zucchini Cobbler Bars from Taste and Tell Blog have a marvelous looking crumb topping.

photo courtesy of Taste and Tell Blog

photo courtesy of Taste and Tell Blog

For a more pie-like treat check out these Zucchini Pie Bars from Crazy for Crust. And a dollop of ice cream and caramel sure doesn’t hurt.

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photo courtesy of Crazy for Crust

And here’s one more twist from Confessions of a Spoon: Zucchini Phyllo Pie. Kind of like baklava, but with zucchini instead of nuts.

photo courtesy of Confessions of a Spoon

photo courtesy of Confessions of a Spoon

So, many choices. Which would you choose?

Until next time, happy eating.
~Audrey

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  1. Jessica Williams

    July 9, 2015 at 9:42 am

    Thank you for featuring our Spice cake in your roundup! We appreciate it! 🙂 Pinned!

    Reply
    • Audrey

      July 10, 2015 at 8:30 am

      I just got another zucchini from my neighbor and I think the spice cake is the next one I am going to try.

  2. Sheena

    July 14, 2015 at 8:30 am

    These are so awesome!! We always end up with so much zucchini in the summer and my children hate it. I will have to try some of these. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty I hope you will join us again this week!!

    Reply
  3. Kim~madeinaday

    July 14, 2015 at 9:50 am

    There are some great ideas here! Thank you so much for linking up to Merry Monday this week! I am sharing your post today on our Pinterest board. We hope to see you next week for another great party! Have a great week!
    Best,
    Kim

    Reply
  4. Kara

    August 3, 2015 at 5:39 am

    Thanks so much for sharing my pina colada bread. I’ve made zucchini bread, cake, muffins, cobbler, and brownies, but never cookies. I’m going to have to try one of those next, they both look amazing! 😉

    Reply
  5. Debi @ Life Currents

    August 3, 2015 at 9:53 am

    Thanks for this fun round-up! You can never have too many zucchini recipes in the summer. And, thanks for including my Zucchini Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting.

    Reply
  6. Winnie

    August 17, 2015 at 10:47 am

    It’s a terrific round up!!
    I personally love using zucchini in baking, but here (in my country) it is not something people are used to.
    You’ve picked some wonderful recipes, I can’t choose 🙂

    Reply

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