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Sweet and Zucchini recipes are the best recipes to have during garden season. Try all the favorite zucchini recipes today!

Sweet and Savory Zucchini Recipes

Is your garden overflowing with summer produce? Do you have some of those GIANT zucchinis soaking up the sun and have no idea what to do with them so you’re pretty much just giving them away by the basketful to neighbors?? Stop! Don’t give any more away. At least not in their raw whole zucchini form. I’ve rounded up more than 40 incredibly mouthwatering zucchini recipes for you to try, both SWEET and SAVORY!! Make something for dinner tonight and then whip up a dessert or two to deliver to those neighbors!

The Best Grilled Zucchini

5 from 2 votes
Grilled zucchini is the perfect healthy summer side dish. The slices of squash are tossed in savory seasonings, then cooked until tender. It is so savory and delicious and goes with just about everything! 
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My Favorite Zucchini Bread Recipe (Tried and True!)

4.50 from 4 votes
My favorite zucchini bread recipe is a sweet and savory, full of flavor, moist bread! Slice a piece of heaven and enjoy this delicious quick bread with your family and friends. 
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Zucchini Pizza

Easy zucchini pizza recipe perfect vegetarian meal. Fresh dough is topped with a savory red sauce, mozzarella, and thin slices of zucchini.
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Oven Baked Zucchini Chips

5 from 1 vote
Need something to do with all of that fresh zucchini in your garden? I highly recommend you try this simple recipe for homemade zucchini chips! Simple to make and baked in the oven, these are a light, fun snack!
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Air Fryer Parmesan Zucchini Chips

5 from 5 votes
Air Fryer Parmesan Zucchini Chips are crunchy, savory bites of heaven! This is hands down one of the best ways to eat zucchini!
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Zucchini Lasagna

Zucchini Lasagna is a low-carb, gluten free twist on your favorite Italian comfort food. This is an absolutely scrumptious way to use all that zucchini from your garden.
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake

5 from 4 votes
This Chocolate Zucchini Cake is a deep, dark chocolate cake that is topped with light and fluffy chocolate whipped cream! With 3 cups of zucchini, it is incredibly moist and you won't even notice all the vegetables!
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Crispy Parmesan Fried Zucchini

5 from 4 votes
Crispy Parmesan Fried Zucchini is made with savory parmesan and panko coated zucchini bites. They will quickly become a favorite for an easy and crowd-pleasing snack, appetizer or side dish!
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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

4 from 1 vote
Perfect Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread is soft and sweet and incredibly easy to make from scratch at home.  It's the best zucchini bread and tastes amazing with coffee for a satisfying breakfast or as delicious afternoon snack!
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Chocolate Zucchini Bread

5 from 2 votes
A delicious chocolate quick bread with 1 1/2 cups of zucchini inside! It bakes perfectly and has a beautiful cracked sugar crust topping!
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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins

5 from 1 vote
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins are moist and rich muffins that are loaded with flavor from rich chocolate and shredded zucchini!  They will be a huge hit and will give you a great way to use all that zucchini from your garden!
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Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

4.67 from 3 votes
Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting are moist and perfect chocolate cupcakes with two cups of zucchini hidden inside!  Topped with chocolate cream cheese frosting these are the best chocolate cupcakes I have had!
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Baked Zucchini Fries

4.86 from 7 votes
Baked zucchini fries are crispy on the outside with a crunchy, seasoned crust and tender zucchini inside. It's hard to stop after just one!
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Cheesy Zucchini Fritters

4.43 from 7 votes
Cheesy Zucchini Fritters are filled with three cheeses and zucchini. These are savory and easy to make and the perfect way to use up that garden zucchini!
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Shrimp Zucchini Boats

5 from 1 vote
Shrimp Zucchini Boats with succulent pieces of shrimp and artichokes topped with parmesan cheese are a great low carb and tasty way to enjoy zucchini!
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Buttery Garlic Herb Chicken with Zucchini

4.18 from 17 votes
Buttery Garlic Herb Chicken with Zucchini is a easy 30 minute meal that has tender and juicy chicken cooked in a buttery garlic herb sauce with zucchini. This dish is cooked with fresh herbs and is incredible!
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Best Ever Zucchini Crust Pizza

4.56 from 18 votes
Zucchini Crust Pizza is the perfect way to use up that zucchini! A healthier and delicious low carb option that the entire family will go crazy for.
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Blueberry Zucchini Bread with a Lemon Glaze

4.94 from 32 votes
Blueberry Zucchini Bread with a Lemon Glaze will be one of the best quick breads you EVER make! Perfectly moist with two cups of zucchini hidden inside and bursting with fresh blueberries. The lemon glaze it the perfect finishing touch!
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Cinnamon Zucchini Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Cinnamon Zucchini Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is the perfect way to use up that garden zucchini! A perfectly moist cinnamon cake filled with crunchy walnuts and frosted with cream cheese frosting.
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Pistachio Zucchini Bread

5 from 1 vote
This deliciously soft pistachio zucchini bread is the perfect twist on a classic recipe. Packed with tons of unique flavor combinations from the pistachios and zucchini, you will LOVE this bread! 
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Taco Stuffed Zucchini Boats

5 from 5 votes
Taco Stuffed Zucchini Boats are loaded with taco seasoned ground beef, cheese and topped with your favorite toppings. These make a delicious low carb meal and are perfect for using up that zucchini!
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Better than Anything Zucchini Poke Cake

5 from 1 vote
A moist chocolate zucchini cake soaked in caramel and topped with Cool Whip and toffee bits.
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Crispy Parmesan Garlic Chicken with Zucchini

4.78 from 36 votes
Crispy parmesan garlic chicken with zucchini is a fantastic one-pan meal that the family will love. Crispy chicken is breaded with an amazing parmesan garlic crust paired with tender zucchini sautéed to perfection!
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Ham and Cheddar Zucchini Frittata

5 from 2 votes
Ham and Cheddar Zucchini Frittata is filled with two cups of zucchini, ham, and cheddar cheese. It has such amazing flavor and will be devoured in no time at all!
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Thai Zucchini Noodle Salad

This Thai Zucchini Noodle Salad is the perfect healthy and tasty dish to use up that garden zucchini! Loaded with spiralized zucchini, tender chicken, fresh veggies, and drizzled with an amazing homemade peanut lime dressing that’s sweet, spicy and tangy!
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Zucchini Bars with Brown Butter Frosting

5 from 6 votes
Zucchini Bars with Brown Butter Frosting is deliciously moist and absolutely heavenly. This is one of the best ways to use up those extra summer zucchini.
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Zucchini Oat Cookies with Brown Butter Frosting

If the soft chewy oatmeal goodness of the cookie isn’t enough to persuade you, just one lick of that brown butter frosting will have you melting into a puddle of cookie seduction – it’s absolutely divine! 
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Cream Cheese Swirled Banana Zucchini Bread

5 from 2 votes
Overripe bananas and zucchini get used in this delicious and perfectly moist bread. The cream cheese swirl hidden inside is the best part! Enjoy a slice of cream cheese banana zucchini bread fresh out of the oven and thank me later.
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Double Chocolate Zucchini Brownies

4.34 from 3 votes
Perfectly moist and chocolatey brownies filled with chocolate chips and topped with chocolate frosting.  Simple and delicious and you won’t even be able to tell that 2 cups of zucchini is hidden inside! 
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Roasted Parmesan Garlic Zucchini Spears

5 from 1 vote
If you're looking for the best way to use up all that summer zucchini, this is it! Quick and easy zucchini spears coated in parmesan and garlic and roasted in the oven to perfection.
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Cheesy Zucchini Rice

5 from 1 vote
This cheesy zucchini rice is ooey gooey and a divine comfort food that makes the best side to any meal. It is so cheesy and delicious, and the best part is that it has a vegetable in it that my kids will actually eat! 
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Three Cheese Zucchini Gratin

4.67 from 3 votes
Three Cheese Zucchini Gratin has layers of creamy, cheesy sauce and is topped with a crunchy buttery topping. Ooey-gooey and cheesy, this low-carb take-on comfort food will please any crowd!
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Chocolate Swirl Zucchini Bread

A delicious zucchini bread swirled with delicious chocolate!
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Welcome to my kitchen! I am Alyssa Rivers and the food blogger behind The Recipe Critic. The blog launched in 2012 as a place to share my passion for cooking. I love trying new things and testing them out with my family. Each recipe is tried and true, family-tested and approved.

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