We’re not talking about your grandma’s heirloom recipe here. Veering a bit from tradition, we added chocolate to this indulgent zucchini bread that will fill your kitchen with heavenly scents and create a delicious, fudgy treat when the oven timer dings.

Baking a loaf of this sweet bread is a great way to use up extra zucchini when your garden gets overzealous, but the nutritious vegetable can also be found year-round at the grocery store. When growing zucchini, farmers often use GMO varieties, which were developed to defend against the zucchini yellow mosaic virus. GMO crops, like zucchini and soybeans, have stronger internal defenses so farmers can cut back on the amount of pesticides they use to protect them. There are only 10 GMO crops approved and grown in the U.S. today, and since they became commercially available over 20 years ago, they’ve increased crop yields by 22 percent and reduced pesticide use by 37 percent, but the benefits don’t stop there. Discover more reasons South Dakota farmers choose to plant GMOs and read about the other eight GMO crops here.

If you’re itching to get your chocolate fix, watch the video to see this dreamy zucchini bread come together and find the full recipe below. While you’ve got your loaf pan out, try this banana nut bread from a local farmer, too!

Hungry for Truth is an initiative about food and farming funded by the South Dakota soybean checkoff. The goal is to connect South Dakotans with the farmers who grow and raise their food.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread