Chocolate Zucchini Cupcake

The New Year often brings about New Year's resolutions like eating healthier or cutting down on sweets.  This recipe isn't a super healthy choice, but it does up the calcium and  veggie intake!  For this sort of  healthy recipe you’ll need…

• Chocolate Cake Mix (plus ingredients to make the cake...usually eggs, oil, and water...but you won't need the water for this one)
• Store bought Chocolate Icing
• Plain Greek Yogurt (replace the water your recipe calls for with this)
• 1 cup of shredded Zucchini
• Butter (room temperature...around 1/2 cup....but it's up to you)
• Icing Sugar (optional)
• Garnish Idea: Fresh Slice of Zucchini (serve immediately if you're garnishing with this!) or skip the icing and Dust with Icing Sugar

And here's my kinda healthy recipe...

Step 1: Preheat your oven as directed on the Chocolate Cake Mix package.  Add all the ingredients your Chocolate Cake Mix calls for EXCEPT for the water.  Instead of the water, replace the called for amount with Plain Greek Yogurt. Mix the ingredients together until smooth. Add in 1 cup of Zucchini and gently mix into the batter until fully incorporated.

Step 2: Spoon the batter into your cupcake liners and bake as directed on the package. Once they are done baking, let them cool completely.

Step 3: For the icing I made my classic Chocolate Icing by mixing together the store bought chocolate icing and around 1/2 cup of butter on high until smooth.  If it's too buttery for you or you need to thicken the icing simply add in some icing sugar.  If you want to keep the calories low, you can always skip the icing and eat them as is or lightly dust with some icing sugar.  And that's it!

Happy Faking!