Rich Thick Cocoa Bread Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Whisk together the first 10 ingredients until blended. Gently stir in bread. Transfer to a greased 3-qt. or 13x9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with brown sugar; let stand until bread is softened, about 15 minutes. Bake until puffed and a knife inserted in center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes., Meanwhile, for sauce, melt butter in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar; stir until dissolved. Gradually stir in cream. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until thickened, 15-20 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add vanilla, sea salt and baking soda, stirring well. Serve sauce with warm bread pudding.

Steps:

• 1. Spray a 13x9 dish with non stick spray. Cut the wheat bread into medium size cubes then put in the 13x9 and let it sit out for a day or you could set it out the night before with a dish towl over it.
• 2. In a large pyrex liquid mixing bowl if you have one or a regular large bowl, mix your milk, eggs and vanilla and blend to break the yolks up. Then mix your sugar with your cocoa and stir them until mixed well, then add cocoa mix to the milk mixture and blend well.
• 3. Slowly pour chocolate milk mixture all over the dry bread. With a spatula press the bread down gently all over to absorb the liquid. I cover the mixture and let it sit 20 minutes to let bread absorb liquid. At this time sprinkle mini chips over the top. While waiting the 20 minutes preheat your oven to 350F.
• 4. Bake the bread pudding for 1 hour 20 minutes or until pudding is mostly firm and center test done with a toothpick. Remove from oven let cool. I serve it slightly warm with a scoop of ice cream on top. Enjoy! 8) I keep leftovers covered and in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with butter or cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, whisk the half-and-half, milk, granulated sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, hot chocolate mix, whole eggs and egg yolks. Stir in the bread cubes until evenly coated. Stir in the chocolate chips and marshmallows. Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake until golden brown, 55 minutes to 1 hour. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting. Serve dusted with confectioners' sugar and a dollop of whipped cream.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, cocoa, flour and salt. Gradually whisk in water and egg yolks. Cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened., Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla until blended. Pour into individual dishes. Refrigerate until set. Garnish with whipped topping and chocolate curls.