Zucchini Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
When coconut meets zucchini, you get a wonderful combination in these Zucchini Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies. A great recipe to use up summer zucchini.
Guys, I really wish I could tell you I am a more active human being and spend a lot of time outdoors and not on my couch watching TV. Or that I do not enjoy watching a gazillion TV shows. But I can’t. I love TV shows. I watch way too many for my own good. I know it. My shows are mostly dramas (medical and crime) and comedies. No zombies, vampires, fake housewives drama, or any ‘reality’ TV for that matter for me. So you will find me glued to Grey’s Anatomy (should seriously stop watching), Scandal (LOVE!!), Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, and SVU to name a few of my favorites. So the arrival of fall does not only bring pumpkin lattes and these apple crumble cheesecake bars, but it also brings back all my TV shows. My DVR gets super busy, and my weekends are mainly used to catch up. Luckily, it snows a lot and gets really cold around here from Halloween to March, and I have no desire to be out in it, so I hibernate. Story of my life.
But why am I talking about TV when these (totally wonderful) zucchini coconut chocolate chip cookies are staring at you? Well, while baking these cookies, I was in TV mode. My friend suggested that I watch a Netflix original series, “Orange is the new black,” and I started it last weekend. And let me tell you. IT IS ADDICTING. We watched almost the entire season in one sitting, staying up till 2 am. If it weren’t because my (ir)responsible man had to work on Sunday, we would have finished it all in one sitting.
Needless to say, the next day, I was ready to finish the last three episodes, but we could not get to the show due to mister’s busy work schedule and an early bedtime. All day, I was waiting to find out what happened in the last episodes. I kept rushing through the day in the kitchen, housework, etc., to make room for time on the couch later. These zucchini coconut chocolate chip cookies happened then, and the fact that they survived my mental state and turned out so great speaks to the recipe’s simplicity.
The cookies are made with loads of zucchini, coconut oil, coconut flakes, oatmeal, and chocolate chips. I love me some coconut but never thought of combining zucchini and coconut until a few weeks ago when I saw this recipe on Two Peas and Their Pod. It’s a great combination folks and these cookies are super soft. Lots of chewy goodness, and they make for great breakfasts and snacks. You must use up the last of those zucchinis to make these cookies. My only regret was that I made one batch and didn’t save enough for myself before sending them off to a new friend.
Let’s walk through how to make these!
Cream the sugars with coconut oil.
Add in the eggs and mix until combined.
Beat in the zucchini.
Then add in the dry ingredients. Mix until its all well combined.
Add in the chocolate chips and coconut flakes.
Dollop the cookie dough onto baking sheet.
Bake untol golden brown!
That’s it! Enjoy these cookies.
Quick question: Do we really have to wait for significant others to watch a show you started together? Like seriously? If you have a bedtime that is not compatible with amazing show watching, then catch up on your own time. Am I wrong here? He thinks so, and in the end, I waited for him, and we finished the show together 🙂
(Yes, I have a problem, but these zucchini coconut chocolate chip cookies help me forget!)
Zucchini Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies are made with loads of zucchini, coconut oil, coconut flakes, oatmeal, and chocolate chips for a super moist and flavorful cookie!
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 tablespoons coconut oil
- ½ cup dark brown sugar
- ¼ granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup shredded zucchini
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- ½ cup sweetened coconut flakes
- ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the coconut oil and sugars until smooth, about 2-3 minutes on medium speed. Add in egg and vanilla extract and mix to combine. Beat in the shredded zucchini until just combined.
- Reduce speed to low and slowly add the flour mixture. Mix until just combined. Stir in the oats, coconut flakes and chocolate chips.
- Using a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop, drop cookie dough onto prepared sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are golden on the edges and set. Let cool completely on wire racks.
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Zainab, I am a total TV junkie and have been watching the older seasons of Modern Family and Parks & Rec to get my fix. I’m so excited for them to start up again!! We don’t have a TV but we sure do love streaming and have been obsessively watching pretty much every BBC thing that has come out in the past few years. Luther is SO good. PS: These cookies look awesome!
I love reruns very much! Especially modern family because it is still funny. BBC America has lots of great shows…I haven’t seen Luther but I need to considering Idris is one there. Did you know he was half-Sierra Leonean?? One of his parents is from my country…love him!
Ok so many things to say:
I watch so much TV it’s cray. But I love it.
I am so stoked for shows to come back (include Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, and SVU)
I NEED TO TRY ZUCCHINI IN COOKIES! I love these omg
When we both like a show we try to watch it together but that goes out the window quite often. Cookies, cookies, and more cookies. These look delicious. And yes, coconut and zucchini sound yummy.
Oh do I love a good zucchini cookie! These look fantastic. And we have the same taste in TV…. SVU is one of my favorites. I have seen every episode ever. I spent my entire winter last year catching up on old episodes I had never seen. Can’t wait for the new season. I have a SAD LIFE! Also… Orange Is The New Black best show ever. So addicting.
Thanks Carrie! I’m totally in love with SVU and can’t wait. Do you see the premiere is two hours?? I love watching the reruns on USA as well…always my back up when there is nothing on.
Dear Zainab, I feel the same way. I’m excited for the Fall not only because I can get back to turning my oven om but also because Revenge is coming back…I just love that show! There are other shows of course but that one is my favorite.
These cookies look wonderful. I’ve never tried baking with zucchini although I have heard much about it. I have to give it a go one of these days. I love carrot cake so why not zucchini cookies?!
Many blessings my dear friend, Catherine xo
Catherine, I never got into Revenge. I kind of limited myself to only watch the old shows I am already into…because the list is too long so I don’t tend to follow newer shows. But maybe I should make an exception here lol! Baking with zucchini is easy and the results has always been great for me. Previously I’ve made zucchini bread variations and loved them!
Ooo I need some new good tv shows! Maybe I will check out Orange is the New Black. And these cookies? Look amazing! I am so glad that zucchini is still making appearances in the blog world. Love!
Yes Meghan! You will love it but it is so addicting. Be prepared to lose a day or so. I have a few zucchinis laying around still but I mostly eat them sauteed and it was refreshing using them in a cookie!
Girl, your recipe titles make me salivate. As I am sure these cookies would.
Hahha thanks dear!
I never get round to watch TV shows because school homework, my training schedule and the blog :(( Although I adore Grey’s Anatomy and The Big Bang Theory, those are pretty darn awesome series!!!
And so are these cookies, they look wonderful! I’ve still got loads of summer zucchini to use up, and now I can’t wait to try your recipe 😉
It’s good you are productive, I wish I could be 🙂 I find that TV shows and blogging go well at night…I catch up on reading most of my blogs when I have something going on in the background.
Oh girl!! I love me some TV too!! Like I’m beyond exciting that all my shows are starting up again and I’ll see that little red DVR light every night of the week. It’s really sad since I have no snow excuse to stay inside. But I just can’t get off my shows!! {Although I did give up on Grey’s 2 seasons ago.} And I’ve heard about Orange is the New Black but I don’t have Netflix so I can’t consume myself with it!
So true story. I’ve never baked with zucchini and it kinda weirds me out to think of doing that. I like it sauteed just fine but in baked goods. Kinda weird to me. I might just have to give these cookies a try out to venture into baked zucchini goods!! 🙂
I knew there was a reason why I love you!! You get me lol! I should have given up on Grey’s ages ago but McDreamy is still there so I force myself to watch plus it’s a girl’s night tradition we started 4 years ago and we get together for it still. Now, it’s just excuse for wine and cheese and/or cupcakes!
Oh you will not be weirded out with the zucchini in these cookies…they are barely present so it might be a good place to start.
First off these cookies sound wonderful. I think my mom made something similar when I was a kiddo.
I love being able to binge watch TV shows on Netflix. When I have to actually wait a week before seeing what happens next it feels so wrong. 🙂
Thanks Jamie! It is hard to wait week after week to see what is next. That’s why I love Netflix too!
New TV shows can be a blessing and a curse, can’t they? 🙂 You want so badly to find out, everything else isn’t as important! I really like that these combine coconut and zucchini – what a unique combo! I bet the texture is unbeatable. And chocolate; chocolate makes everything better!
Mary Frances exactly!! It’s a love and hate relationship but once you are all done with it you want more. Now I’m strung out waiting for the next season lol! At least, there were cookies 🙂
I’m a TV addict too. I wish I could stop it, but I can’t. And I wish I was watching all my trashy shows with a few of these cookies in my mouth!
Thanks Steph for making feel not alone 🙂