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Sneak Zucchini (Cookies) on Your Neighbor's Porch

Share your summer harvest with this easy recipe

By Melissa Hucal August 21, 2014
Finding yourself overwhelmed with the amount of zucchini harvested from your garden? Or did you pick up a few too many at the farmer's market? Believe it or not, there is an actual holiday designated that gives gardeners a reason (and a means!) to share the zucchini surplus with friends and family.

Because the fruit (did you know that it's technically a fruit, even though we treat it like a vegetable?) is so plentiful during the month of August, "Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch" has become a tradition not only on the "official" holiday of August 8th, but all month long.

This year, share your zucchini harvest by baking a batch of these Double Chocolate Zucchini Cookies. The recipe is easy to make and results in a moist, chocolatey cookie with a hint of "healthy" thanks to the zucchini.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies

You'll need:
  • 1 tube of refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
  • 1-2 cups of shredded zucchini (we used approx. 1 1/2 cups)
  • 1/4 cup of baking cocoa
  • 1/4 cup of brown sugar
  • 1/2-1 teaspoon of cinnamon
Preheat oven to the temperature indicated on the cookie dough wrapper. Break up the refrigerated cookie dough in a large bowl. Add cocoa, brown sugar, cinnamon and zucchini and mix well.

Drop tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheets, approx. 2 inches apart. The dough will be wet (that's a result of the zucchini) and will spread during baking, so leave some room.

Bake according to cookie dough package instructions, usually about 10-12 minutes. Cool for 2-3 minutes on pan before removing and cooling on a wire rack.

Package cookies to leave on your neighbor's porch. It will be the best way they've enjoyed zucchini all summer!

This recipe was adapted from the recipe found here.