Chocolate Bread Pudding
a rich delicious chocolatey baked bread pudding that will have you dreaming of how delicious this is after you've eaten it.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 12 cups croissants cut into pieces, 10 croissants
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 6 eggs
- 12 oz chocolate I use Ghirardelli 60% cacao Chips
- 1/4 cup dutch cocoa
Instructions
- Cut bread into one-inch pieces (approximately)
- Fill the jars or ramekins with the bread (or place it in a casserole dish)
- whisk the heavy cream, milk, brown sugar, vanilla, and eggs together
- melt the chocolate in a dish in the microwave (about a minute)
- in a medium saucepan heat the milk mixture just until warm
- whisk in the melted chocolate and dutch cocoa
- when it's all combined pour the mixture over the croissants
- Bake at 325 degrees for 30-40 minutes until the pudding is set. Timing will be based on the size of the jar/ramekin used. I used both 1 cup and 2 cup sized dishes and they were done in 35 minutes.