| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 2 hr 25 min |
| Active: | 15 min |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- Butter or nonstick cooking spray, for greasing the baking dish
- 3 cups half-and-half
- 3 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 packets hot chocolate mix
- 3 large eggs plus 6 large egg yolks
- 1 loaf country white bread, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
- 12 ounces chocolate chips
- 2 cups mini marshmallows
- Confectioners’ sugar and whipped cream, for serving
Instructions
- 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.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 12 servings |
| Calories | 545 |
| Total Fat | 26 g |
| Saturated Fat | 14 g |
| Carbohydrates | 67 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Sugar | 48 g |
| Protein | 12 g |
| Cholesterol | 188 mg |
| Sodium | 390 mg |
Reviews
Can this be made dairy free?
Good but waaayyy too sweet…did some of the suggested reductions of sugar which probably helped some but even the kids took a pass after the first serving.
A family favorite, especially for Christmas! I agree with some of the other comments about the sweetness, so I cut back to 3 packets of cocoa and don’t use the full 12 oz. of chocolate chips. A delicious and comforting dessert!
After reading the negative reviews I decided to change the recipe a little bit . I used sourdough bread. 2 eggs and 3 egg yolks and 3/4c marshmallows and the .7 ounce of hot chocolate packets. 3c half and 2 cups of milk.
I saw this today and decided I had everything for this in except marshmallows so I made it will leaving out the marshmallows hurt or should I go get some.. Let me know as I have time. I will bake it in the morning. Thank You.
This was super easy to assemble. I used whole eggs in this recipe and instead of packets I used hot chocolate powder mix. It came out great and I will definitely make it more.
Not a good bread pudding because it was sticky. The marshmallows didn’t help. Ultra sweet and a gooey mess. The chocolate mix didn’t make it chocolate just too sweet. Will not make again.
Yummy
Very good but very sweet. You could maybe cut back on the number of hot chocolate packets that is calls for. I didn’t have any issue with the consistency; just like bread pudding should be. I was worried when I saw all of the liquid but no problem, at all. I will make it again.
Very good. Agree with cutting either chocolate chips or cocoa mix in half.