Double Chocolate And Spice Bread Pudding

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 cups cubed french bread, crusts removed
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup hershey®'s cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup hershey®'s cinnamon chips
• 1 3/4 cups whole milk
• 1 cup cream
• 50 hershey®'s kisses® milk chocolates
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup hershey®'s cinnamon chips
• 1/2 cup cream
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs 15 mins


• place the bread cubes in a large bowl, and drizzle with melted butter. toss to coat. mix together the sugar and hershey's cocoa powder, sprinkle evenly over the bread cubes, and toss again. mix in 1/2 cup hershey's cinnamon chips. butter an 8 inch square glass baking dish, and spread bread cubes evenly into the baking dish.
• in a medium saucepan, heat the milk and 1 cup cream just to the boiling point; do not boil. remove from heat, add hershey's kisses, and whisk until smooth.
• in a medium bowl, beat eggs until frothy. slowly whisk in chocolate mixture. pour over bread cubes in baking dish. cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). bake pudding until just set , but center moves slightly when dish is shaken, about 35 minutes.
• meanwhile, prepare glaze. place hershey's cinnamon chips and 1/2 cup cream in a microwave-safe measuring cup. microwave, stirring frequently, until the chips are melted. whisk in the confectioners' sugar until the mixture is smooth. drizzle over warm pudding, and serve.