Easy And Moist Zucchini Bread Recipe (with pudding mix)

Try this simple and moist zucchini bread with pudding mix recipe, perfect for breakfast or as a snack. The recipe easily doubles to make a big batch to be shared with friends or frozen for later.

Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

• Granulated Sugar
• Large Eggs
• Vegetable Oil
• Vanilla Extract
• All Purpose Flour
• Ground Nutmeg
• Cinnamon
• Ground Cloves (optional)
• Salt
• Baking Powder
• Baking Soda
• Grated Zucchini
• Instant Vanilla Pudding
• Chopped Nuts
• Semi-sweet Chocolate chips, divided

Big Batch Zucchini Bread Recipe

If you have zucchini in your garden, then you know that one larger zucchini goes a long way. I used one medium to large zucchini, and it was enough to double the recipe and still have some zucchini left over.

This is the perfect recipe to double because it calls for half a box of instant vanilla pudding (3 Tablespoons). You might as well double the recipe and use up the whole box.

Here’s what I do. My family eats one loaf (immediately), I share one loaf with a friend, neighbor or sister, and then I freeze two loaves for later.

To freeze, let the loaves cool. Wrap them in either plastic wrap or aluminum foil, and then place in a freezer bag. They are good to go in the freezer for up to six months.

Pudding Mix Zucchini Bread

I associate summer with the smell of zucchini bread baking in my oven. The warm spices fill the air, and my mouth instantly starts to water. These are also the memories I have growing up. My Mom was always making zucchini bread to use up those garden zucchini.

I’ve tinkered around with many different zucchini bread recipes, and I go between all of them. However, I am so glad I added this zucchini bread recipe with pudding mix to my repertoire.

Pudding mix helps to bread recipes to retain moisture resulting in a moist finished product.

How to make zucchini bread with pudding mix?

Step by Step Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two loaf pans.
2. Using an electric mixer or stand mixer, mix together sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla.
3. In a large bowl, combine flour, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda, baking powder, salt and pudding mix.
4. Gradually, add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until well incorporated.
5. Add in chopped nuts and grated zucchini; mix well.
6. Mix chocolate chips with 1 teaspoon flour.
7. Stir in 1 1/2 cups of the coated chocolate chips into the batter.
8. Pour batter into prepared pans. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips over top.
9. Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean in the center.
10. Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan; remove and let cool completely on a wire rack.
11. Serve as is or smeared with butter.

Storage Instructions

Let bread cool completely. Store in an airtight container or a zip-lock bag at room temperature. To freeze, wrap the loaves in aluminum foil, and then place in an airtight zip-lock bag. Store in the freezer for up to 6 months. To thaw, remove from the freezer, and thaw in the fridge or at room temperature.

For the full ingredient amounts and recipe steps for pudding mix zucchini bread, scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Do you squeeze out the liquid from zucchini for bread?

No, it is unnecessary to remove the liquid from fresh zucchini before baking zucchini bread. The water content in the zucchini is what lends to a moist zucchini bread.

Do you leave the skin on zucchini when making bread?

Yes, the skin of a zucchini is completely edible, and has health benefits including fiber and vitamin C and vitamin B6. There’s no reason to remove the skin, so why waste the energy doing so.

What tool is used to shred zucchini?

There’s multiple tools that can be used to shred zucchini for bread or other desserts. The most basic is a box grater which you probably already have in your kitchen. Another easy option is to purchase an attachment for your Kitchen aid Mixer that attaches to the top. The easiest is to use a grating attachment on a food processor. Any of these three will result in shredded/grated zucchini perfect for zucchini bread.

Recipe FAQs

• Double this recipe to use an entire box of instant pudding mix. Doubling the recipe will result in 4 loaves of bread, the perfect big batch zucchini bread recipe.
• Do not peel the zucchini before shredding.
• There is no need to squeeze the liquid from the zucchini. This is what makes it a moist zucchini bread recipe.
• Coating chocolate chips with a little flour will prevent them from falling to the bottom of the loaf during baking.
• Instead of greasing and flouring the pans, this Pam Nonstick Cooking Spray with flour works great.

Recipe Variations for Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

• Use chopped walnuts, pecans or any other nuts.
• Omit chocolate chips, or replace them with Dark Chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, etc.
• If you don’t have ground cloves, omit them.
• Instead of vanilla pudding, use other flavors such as chocolate pudding, cheesecake, butterscotch, lemon pudding mix, etc.
• Make this a large batch zucchini bread recipe by doubling the ingredient amounts.
• Swap chocolate chips for raisins or dried cranberries.
• Make these zucchini muffins by using a muffin pan or use mini-loaf pans for mini-loaves of zucchini quick bread.

How do you keep zucchini bread from falling down?

To keep zucchini bread from falling, make sure not to overmix the batter, as this can result in a dense and sunken loaf. Additionally, be sure to properly measure all ingredients and avoid opening the oven door too often while baking to prevent temperature fluctuations.

Why is my zucchini bread with pudding mix soggy in the middle?

It’s most likely that your zucchini bread is not baked all the way through. To ensure that the bread is fully baked, test it with a toothpick or a sharp knife before removing it from the oven. The toothpick or knife should come out completely clean after poking the center of the loaf.

Zucchini Bread Recipes

Growing up our mom always made a ton of zucchini bread in the summer. Her go-to recipe was a simple chocolate chip zucchini bread. Over the years we’ve branched out and posted so many different versions of this easy quick bread.

Cheesy Zucchini Bread

Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Classic Zucchini Bread

Mom’s Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Caramel Zucchini Bread

Kitchen Tools

• KitchenAid Mixer
• KitchenAid Grater Attachment
• Loaf Pans
• Wire Rack