Shredded Zucchini Brownies Dairy-Free

This zucchini brownie recipe is easy peasy and requires no milk and no egg at all.

Perfect for our dairy allergy and egg allergy friends. But really, everyone loves these brownies.

No food allergies required.

Have a bumper crop of zucchini this year? 

Heck yeah, zucchini brownies are calling your name.

Here’s another fun way to use up your zucchini harvest…

dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free zucchini brownies.

That’s right, simple basic ingredients and delicious brownies. 

The hardest part will be shredding the zucchini. 

But it’s so worth it. Trust me. 

Do you kids love eating zucchini? 

Mine either. 

That’s why I’ve been sneaking garden zucchini into baked goods for years. 

No shame in my game!

Sneak in those veggies, mama. 

This recipe makes the most delicious moist and cakey brownies.

And they taste especially rich with frosting. 

Yep, I just went there. Our frosting recipe is below, if you want to go there with me. 

Do these brownies taste like zucchini?

Nope. Not one bit.

I promise your kids and company will happily eat these.

Even picky toddlers, woohoo!

See our zucchini brownie and frosting recipes below.

READER REVIEWS

MORE DAIRY-FREE ZUCCHINI RECIPES

Zucchini Bread

Zucchini Cake Fritters

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins

DO I SQUEEZE WATER OUT OF THE SHREDDED ZUCCHINI

I loved getting this question.

When zucchini is shredded for recipes, it does hold a lot of water. 

And that much liquid COULD be too much for the zucchini recipe you’re using. 

So oftentimes shredded zucchini recipes will require you to first squeeze the water out in paper towels before cooking or baking with it. 

I definitely squeeze the water out in our zucchini bread and zucchini cake fritters recipes. 

And I used to wring out the water with this zucchini brownie recipe, too. 

But I remember them coming out pretty dry. 

So this last time I made the brownies, I did not squeeze out the water. 

And guess what. 

My kids and brownie picky husband all said they are the best brownie we’ve ever made. 

By not wringing out the shredded zucchini for this brownie recipe, 

we had the perfect fudgy AND cakey brownies!

I can’t even explain how it emulated both textures at the same time. 

But it did. And I know you will love it as much as we did!

So to reiterate, you’re off the hook. 

No need to drain the shredded zucchini in this recipe!

See the perfection?!

ZUCCHINI BROWNIES DAIRY & EGG FREE

Oven 350 degrees

9×9 inch dish

ZUCCHINI BROWNIE INGREDIENTS 

1/4 cup oil
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla (affiliate)
1 cup flour
1/4 cup cocoa
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup shredded zucchini
1/4 cup dairy-free chocolate chips (optional)

HOW TO MAKE ZUCCHINI BROWNIES

1. Preheat oven. 

2. Grease baking dish.

3. Mix together 1/4 c. oil, 3/4 c. sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla, and 1 c. shredded zucchini. 

4. Combine 1 c. flour, 1/4 c. cocoa, 3/4 tsp. baking soda, and 1/2 tsp. salt.

5. Mix both the wet and dry ingredients together.

6. Fold in 1/4 c. dairy-free chocolate chips. Don’t leave these out. 

7. Check consistency. If batter is too dry, add 1 tablespoon of water at a time until brownie batter consistency…1-2 tablespoons at most.

8. Bake 20-25 minutes a toothpick comes out clean 1″ from the side. Don’t over bake. 

9. If frosting, wait until the brownies cool. Otherwise enjoy warm brownies with a side of dairy-free ice cream!

See our brownie icing recipe below.

DAIRY-FREE BROWNIE ICING

Icing is optional for our zucchini brownies. But it’s a delicious addition! Here’s the recipe.

ICING INGREDIENTS

3 Tb cocoa
1/8 cup dairy-free margarine
1 cup powder sugar
1/8 cup dairy-free milk
1/4 tsp vanilla (affiliate)

Mix ingredients together and spread over cooled brownies.

Hope you enjoy these dairy-free and egg-free zucchini brownies as much as we do!

This was originally posted in July 2009.