A deliciously flavorful breakfast or dessert this Chocolate Covered Strawberry Bread Pudding is easy to make and covered in a delicious chocolate sauce!
Spray a 9"x13" baking dish with non-stick cooking spray, set aside.
Cut the bread into 1"-2" squares and add to a large bowl, set aside.
In another bowl whisk together the milk, cream, eggs, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon.
Pour mixture over the bread then add chocolate chips and strawberries and stir gently to coat.
Let the bread mixture soak for 20 minutes.
Spread the bread mixture into the prepared baking dish and bake in the oven for about 50-60 minutes until the center is set.
Chocolate Sauce:
In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips and the butter.
Once melted add the vanilla. Stir until smooth.
Add the heavy cream about 1/4 cup at a time stirring well until you get your desired pouring consistency.
Pour desired amount over individual slices or over the whole dish before serving.
Notes
You can use any type of bread that you like, we like to use the thick sliced white bread, challah, brioche or French bread.
I use semi-sweet chocolate chips in this recipe, but you can use white chocolate, milk chocolate or dark chocolate.
You don't need stale bread for this recipe but if you prefer it and don't have any, you can cut up your bread and then place it in oven at 350F degrees and bake for 10 minutes.
Don't forget to let your bread mixture soak for at least 20 minutes before baking so the bread slices can soak up the liquid.
The chocolate sauce is optional for this Chocolate Covered Strawberry Bread Pudding but highly recommended as it really puts it over the top and makes it more of a dessert bread pudding.
You can add more or less strawberries to your liking.
This bread pudding will slightly deflate after cooling, that is normal.
The amount of cream you add to the chocolate sauce will determine how chocolatey you want the flavor and how thick or thin you like.
If you don't want to make your own chocolate sauce, regular chocolate syrup or hot fudge sauce will work as well.