Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread

I bet I had you at double chocolate! Stay with me through the zucchini part. It's SO worth it. Here's the original recipe.

Here's what I did:

Ingredients

• 2 extra-large eggs
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/3 cup Hershey's cocoa 
• 1 1/3 cup all-purpose gluten-free flour blend - I used Cup4Cup
• 1/3 cup coconut flour
• 2 cups shredded, unpeeled zucchini
• 1 cup Nestle chocolate chips 

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan with butter.
2. Put eggs, honey, oil, brown sugar and vanilla extract into a large bowl and mix until combined. Add the salt, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa, gluten-free flour blend, and coconut flour and beat until smooth. My mix was kind of stiff. I probably should have added a bit more coconut oil, but when I added the zucchini, it gave it enough moisture to mix together. 
3. Gently squeeze the zucchini in paper towels to remove as much moisture as possible. Fold into the batter. Stir in the chocolate chips.
4. Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 55-60 minutes if you're using a dark pan, and a bit longer for a glass pan. Mine was glass, and it took more than 90 minutes! Check loaf by inserting a toothpick or knife into the center, it should come out clean (unless you hit a melted chocolate chip).
5. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to finish cooling completely (if you can wait that long).

It turned out great! I ran 9 miles today, so this is my treat -- so worth it. Plus technically it's a vegetable so no guilt! 

I ran with 9:1 splits (so I walked a tenth of every mile). My first mile was slower because some guy in a Honda Fit was apparently lost and thought he'd turn at the red light and then BACK UP into oncoming traffic to turn out. Great idea, dude. Not sure what was going on there, but I had to wait and stay out of his way! I was really proud of myself because I jogged DOWN the big hill (it's super steep) and then ran UP the next two big hills. There were some dog walkers in the park with at least 8 dogs. Nothing better than a herd of puppies in the morning. I've been toying with the idea of running to the gym in the morning, working out, and running back, but I don't know about carrying my water bottles and yoga mat...do I just buy a drink there and use their mat? Then I have to carry money. Do I use a backpack? Isn't that going to be awkward to run with? Seems silly to DRIVE a mile to the gym just to exercise!