For all the bread pudding lovers, chocolate and croissant enjoyers, we have this amazing recipe that combines both of them to create a really unique dessert that is just amazing, you will love it!
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook: 35 mins
Additional: 40 mins
Servings: 12
Ingredients.
- butter-flavored cooking spray
- 2 cups 2% milk
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise
- 4 large day-old chocolate croissants, cut into 1/2-inch-thick pieces
- 1 (6 ounce) bag chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar, or to taste
Preparation.
Step 1.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray muffin cups or brownie pan with cooking spray.
Step 2.
Mix milk, cream, eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Scrape the insides from each vanilla bean half into the milk mixture. Stir milk mixture until smooth and light yellow in color. Carefully stir croissant pieces into milk mixture until all the pieces are wet; let soak for at least 10 minutes.
Step 3.
Fold chocolate chips into croissant mixture. Spoon croissant mixture into the prepared muffin cups or pan.
Step 4.
Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling and golden brown, 35 to 45 minutes. Cool pudding for 30 minutes to 1 hour; transfer to a plate and dust with confectioners’ sugar.
