Hot Chocolate Bread Pudding #Choctoberfest2019

Welcome to Choctoberfest!  This week we will be sharing such great chocolate recipes with you and be giving away these incredible chocolate prizes. I am going to start the week by sharing a wonderful dessert that my family adores: Hot Chocolate Bread Pudding.

The first time I made this, I added hot chocolate mix when I discovered I was out of cocoa. It was a pleasant surprise and helped me reduce the amount of sugar I used in the recipe.  This is pretty simple, even though it has a long list of ingredients.  You cut up and stale the bread you are going to use (for us we use a package of honey buns, but Krispy Kremes are wonderful, too!) make a custard and pour on top and let it soak in, and then bake it!

Yield: 8

Author: Terri Steffes

Hot Chocolate Bread Pudding

Bread pudding that is sweetened with hot cocoa mix and made with... honey buns!

prep time: 8 H & 30 Mcook time: 30 Mtotal time: 8 H & 60 M

ingredients:

• 1 box Honey Buns (6 count)
• 1 1/2 c milk
• 1/4 c cream
• 3/4 c sugar
• 1/2 c hot chocolate mix
• 1 T vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 4 oz dark chocolate chips
• 1 t espresso powder
• 1 t cinnamon

instructions:

How to cook Hot Chocolate Bread Pudding

1. Open the honey buns and remove all packaging. 
2. Cut the honey buns into cubes and set out overnight with no covering.
3. Preheat oven to 325.
4. Butter a loaf pan and place the honey bun cubes in it.
5. Beat together milk, cream, sugar, hot chocolate powder, vanilla, espresso, cinnamon, and eggs.
6. Sprinkle chocolate chips over cubes.
7. Pour custard over the cubes.
8. Let rest 10-20 minutes or until all custard is absorbed.
9. Bake 30 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
10. Let rest, serve warm with ice cream, vanilla sauce or chocolate sauce.

NOTES:

Prep time includes overnight time for the cubes.

Calories
381.91

Fat (grams)
13.15

Sat. Fat (grams)
7.29

Carbs (grams)
59.16

Fiber (grams)
2.33

Net carbs
56.83

Sugar (grams)
47.14

Protein (grams)
6.43

Sodium (milligrams)
221.03

Cholesterol (grams)
60.27

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