German Chocolate Cake Bread Pudding

Bread pudding combines two of my favorite things – bread and dessert. This German Chocolate Cake Bread Pudding takes that a step farther and throws in a few more favorites – coconut, chocolate, and pecans.

One of the things that I don’t love about bread pudding, though, is how sweet they can be. So often, they’re super sweet and then they’re topped with some sort of sweet sauce. I like to keep the amount of sugar down by skipping the sugar in the pudding and topping it with a sweet coconut topping and caramel-y brown sugar sauce.

Try it warm for some lightened up comfort food, or try it cold for an awesome dessert that rivals ice cream in its deliciousness.

German Chocolate Cake Bread Pudding

German Chocolate Cake Bread Pudding

Author:I Heart Eating

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Servings:12 servings

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate bread pudding, German chocolate bread pudding

Print Rate

5 from 1 vote

Ingredients

• 12 oz loaf French bread
• 2 c half-and-half (fat-free or regular)
• 4 large eggs
• 1/4 c . unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp . vanilla extract

Topping

• 1/2 c . shredded coconut
• 1/2 c . brown sugar
• 2 T . butter
• 2 T . fat-free half-and-half
• 1/4 c . chopped pecans

Sauce

• 1/2 c . brown sugar
• 2 T . butter
• 2 T . fat-free half-and-half

Instructions

• For the bread pudding, grease a 2.2 quart baking dish.
• Cut bread into cubes, and add half to a baking dish.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together half and half, eggs, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract.
• Pour half over bread cubes.
• Repeat with remaining bread and chocolate mixture.
• Let the bread stand to absorb some of the liquid while you heat oven to 325 F.
• Bake for 40-55 minutes, or until done. If it starts to get too brown, tent with foil.
• Remove from oven, and turn oven to broil.
• Mix together topping ingredients, and spread over the top of the warm bread pudding.
• Return to oven, and broil for 2-3 minutes, or until hot and bubbly and just beginning to brown.
• Remove from oven.
• Just before serving, heat butter and brown sugar in microwave for 30 seconds.
• Stir in half and half, and continue to stir and heat in 15 second intervals until brown sugar has melted.
• Serve hot or cold topped with sauce.

Notes

Nutrition values are estimates. 

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1servingCalories: 301kcal (15%)Carbohydrates: 39g (13%)Protein: 7g (14%)Fat: 13g (20%)Saturated Fat: 7g (35%)Cholesterol: 79mg (26%)Sodium: 236mg (10%)Potassium: 192mg (5%)Fiber: 1g (4%)Sugar: 20g (22%)Vitamin A: 340IU (7%)Vitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 87mg (9%)Iron: 1.8mg (10%)

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