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Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding

May 23, 2017 By Naomi Robinson | Bakers Royale 9 Comments

There are two schools when comes to bread pudding – the people who like it wet and those who like it just moist enough to give the ensemble an almost cake-like texture. I personally fall in the later. It’s what I strive for in bread pudding—a custard base dessert that is held together with just enough binder to give it a silky center while leaving me with a crispy top for textural contrast.

Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding | Bakers Royale

Boom. Nailed it with chocolate croissant bread pudding. It was exactly the bit of self-indulgence I needed after a few weeks of crazy.

Between multiple birthdays, a wedding anniversary, Little League playoffs, and a sick kid (6 days of no school) I just wanted to whine and complain–so I did. In between that I spooned my way through bites of this bread pudding for 3-square meals a day and traded in traditional wet shampoo for dry shampoo because who has time to do “normal” with all the planning, celebrating, carpooling and rotating out barf bowls.

Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding - Bakers Royale

On a side note . . . I realize I’m so late to the magic of dry shampoo, but OMG nothing beats washing 3-day-old hair in the school parking lot before your kid’s music performance. True story of shameless self-maintenance.

But let’s get back to the food because if you make this there’s one secret ingredient that takes this from good to great: almond paste (not to be mixed up with marzipan). It adds a huge punch of flavor. So go out and get it—don’t skip it.  It’s also the magic to a few of the recipes featured in my book rolling out Sept. 2017, so naturally just make it a staple in your pantry.

Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding

Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding

Yield: Serves 8-10

Ingredients

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 7 oz. almond paste
  • 10 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
  • 3 large egg yolks
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 cups milk
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
  • 8-10 (1lb. total) chocolate croissants, cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 8 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • Confectioner’s sugar for dusting

Instructions

Preparation: Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly butter a 9x13 inch pan or two 8-inch round pans.

Place sugar, almond paste and butter in a blender or food processor and pulse until blended. Add in egg yolks, eggs, milk, cream, vanilla extract, salt, cinnamon and instant espresso; pulse to blend.

Place croissant pieces into preferred pan(s) and sprinkle evenly with chocolate chips. Pour custard on top. Gently press down on croissant pieces to ensure even absorption.

Bake until set but still soft and a knife inserted at the center comes out clean, about 30 to 40 minutes. Dust with confectioner’s sugar prior to serving. Serve warm or at room temperature.

© Naomi Robinson | Bakers Royale
Category: Breakfast

Filed Under: Breakfast, Custards, Sweet

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Comments

  1. cakespy says

    May 24, 2017 at 4:15 am

    I like it when it holds together too. This looks awesome; the chocolate really puts it over the edge into OMG territory.

  2. Sommer @aspicyperspective says

    May 24, 2017 at 5:43 am

    This looks oh so decadent!

  3. Lindsay | With Salt and Pepper says

    May 24, 2017 at 7:04 am

    I honestly almost bought dry shampoo yesterday for the first time but I set it back down because I’m scared my hairs too long for it! Your cut is so cute I imagine it’s a magical thing to be able to use. LOVE chocolate and croissants together, so naturally this sounds amazing to me. I love the addition of marzipan too…amazing flavors Naomi!

  4. Maria says

    May 24, 2017 at 9:03 am

    Oh my! This looks divine!

  5. [email protected] says

    May 24, 2017 at 9:38 am

    We are bread pudding kindred spirits! I love mine the same way, so I know I’d go crazy for this!

  6. Gaby Dalkin says

    May 24, 2017 at 2:45 pm

    LOVE bread pudding! Need to try!

  7. Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles says

    May 25, 2017 at 1:08 pm

    Now that’s how I want to eat my chocolate croissants! And YAY for dry shampoo…a life saver some days!!

  8. Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen says

    June 4, 2017 at 5:18 pm

    How the heck did I miss this one Naomi! It looks amazing! I bet the croissants make it even more indulgent. And the almond paste. Can’t wait to try.

  9. Jackie says

    September 4, 2017 at 3:44 pm

    Hi

    do I use fresh croissants or stale croissants in this recipe.

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