This hot chocolate monkey bread recipe will make you feel like a kid again! It’s fun to make and even more fun to eat.
Chunks of monkey bread that has been dipped hot chocolate mix and stuffed with marshmallows. Who can ask for a better treat?
Hot Chocolate Stuffed Monkey Bread
Who doesn’t love to eat delicious treats? Hot chocolate monkey bread is a delicious dessert. Each bite-sized piece of this warm doughy goodness tastes like hot cocoa in your mouth. The best part about this recipe is how easy it is to make and bake for your family or friends! It’s also great for holiday parties and other special occasions because you can make one large batch in advance.
What is Monkey Bread?
Monkey bread is a sweet, sticky pastry made with pre-made biscuit dough that includes butter, sugar, and traditionally cinnamon. Also called “funeral bread” (because it looks like monkey brains), “Mardi Gras bread”, “Dutch treat”, or “pull apart bread”.
In this take of Hot Chocolate Stuffed Monkey Bread, I am skipping the cinnamon and adding hot chocolate mix. I am also stuffing each piece of the “bread” with marshmallows because you can’t have hot chocolate without marshmallows.
How can you tell when it’s done?
It can be tough to tell when the monkey bread is ready. The Hot Chocolate monkey bread is done when it’s a deep golden brown on top and the internal temperature has reached 190 degrees F. This usually takes about 40 minutes.
Can you make Hot Chocolate Stuffed ahead of time?
This recipe is easy to make the morning you want to have it or when you want to have it for dessert. However, Yes, you may prepare it ahead of time. You want to follow the steps to make it and when you get to the baking stage, you want to refrigerate, covered well, until the next day. Then you will want to let it come to room temperature or add in extra baking time.
What kind of pan is used for hot chocolate monkey bread?
You want to use a bundt pan or tube pan for this recipe. You want to make sure it is a 12 cup capacity. If you’re using something like a 9X13 inch baking dish, it can be done, but you might need to use 2 pans and the sides of the monkey bread will not have the same texture.
Hot Chocolate Monkey Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cans 16.3 ounces each biscuits
- 240 mini marshmallows
- 2 packs 1.38 ounces each hot cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted
- 3/4 cups heavy whipping cream
- 2/3 cups semi sweet chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Spray a 12-cup Bundt pan generously with cooking spray.
- Divide each can of dough into the 8 biscuits and cut each biscuit into halves. Flatten and stretch each piece and add 5 mini marshmallows to the center of each one. Use your hands to seal them up and roll them tight.
- Add the rolled biscuits and 1 pack of hot cocoa into a Ziploc bag. Shake well until the biscuits are completely coated.
- Place biscuits in the prepped Bundt pan.
- Add 1 pack of hot cocoa to the melted butter and mix thoroughly. Pour over biscuits in pan.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Place a big plate upside down over pan and turn the plate and pan over to release the monkey bread. You might have to tap the pan a few times to get the money bread to release from the pan.
- Mix the heavy whipping cream and chocolate in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave the mixture in 30 second intervals for about 90 seconds mixing in between intervals. Drizzle over the bread before serving.
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