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Home » TWD » Four Star Chocolate Bread Pudding

Four Star Chocolate Bread Pudding

April 21, 2009 · WCC Administr@tr · 26 Comments

150-x-120-tuesdays-with-dorie-thumbnail-6394823Back when I was a child, my first experience with bread pudding was through my Tita Julie, who is the mom of one of my dearest friends, Joie. Joie and I met before kindergarten and soon became friends and are still friends even nearly 30 years later. Her mom, my Tita Julie, would make this wonderful bread pudding for any social gathering our families attended and it was truly delicious! Joie and her family moved to California sometime around our high school years and along with Joie went Tita Julie’s bread pudding.

I had a bread pudding-less life until the past few years when I saw it at a restaurant and ordered it to somehow get a taste of Tita Julie’s bread pudding… or something close. It was then when I began to fall in love with bread pudding all over again since it brought back memories of the times I spent with Joie. Nowadays, I enjoy making bread pudding whenever I have leftover bread and I like to change it up by infusing different flavors such as strawberry, bananas foster or whatever comes to mind. And with each and every time I make or enjoy bread pudding at a restaurant, I always think of Joie and my Tita Julie…

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Dorie’s Four Star Chocolate Bread Pudding is amazing. This was my first attempt at making a chocolate bread pudding and Dorie’s recipe is pretty much fail-proof. Her recipe involves whisking sugar, whole eggs and egg yolks together…

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…and slowly adding a warm mixture of whole milk, heavy cream and finely chopped bittersweet chocolate to create a custard.

dsc01510-5299846This custard is then poured into a baking dish filled with cubed, stale bread. The baking dish is then set into a larger roasting pan filled half way with hot water and baked.

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I haven’t made bread pudding using a water bath before, but it allowed for the chocolatey custard to bake up to a nice creamy texture and is wonderfully rich and not too sweet.

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An optional ingredient to Dorie’s recipe was to add raisins or even dried cherries. I opted not to add either since I wanted nothing but custard soaked bread this time around. I would think any fruit that pairs nicely with chocolate could be added or even nuts would work well.

I made the recipe as is in 3 small loaf pans instead of a large baking dish and I also used semi-sweet chocolate chips in place of bittersweet chocolate. I think this helped add some additional sweetness since I didn’t use the optional dried fruit in the recipe. A simple garnish of powdered sugar and a plump red strawberry completed the dish!

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For the recipe, check out Lauren’s blog, A Baking Blog aka Upper East Side Chronicles. To see how the recipe came out for other fellow Tuesdays With Dorie bakers, be sure to pop here!

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  1. Sara says

    April 21, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    Beautiful! I added some cherries to mine.

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  2. Scate says

    April 21, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    gorgeous! Bread Pudding is a baker’s dream – but i need to bake some bread first – sounds like i’ve got some work to do. thanks!

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  3. alauna says

    April 21, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    i don’t know if i like bread pudding, but adding chocolate might help! this looks really delicious 🙂

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  4. h2babe says

    April 21, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    This is my mom’s all-time fave dessert!

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  5. Anonymous says

    April 21, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    What great comfort food, this looks great!

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  6. Jessica says

    April 21, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    This just could make me want to give bread pudding another try!

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  7. chocolatechic says

    April 21, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    Looks great.

    I like it with the powdered sugar on it.

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  8. Jessica of My Baking Heart says

    April 21, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    Great pics! Especially the ones with the strawberries – beautiful! 🙂

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  9. Chris says

    April 21, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    Gorgeous pix Joelen!

    I think the addition of the strawberry balances out the fat and sugar in the bread pudding. LOL!

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  10. Spryte says

    April 21, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    I don’t think I’ve ever tried bread pudding. I think I’m afraid it has a weird squishy consistency. But that look GREAT! I might have to give it a try!

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  11. Unknown says

    April 21, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    This was my first time making and tasting bread pudding and it was delicious! Yours looks wonderful!

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  12. Jessica Keipper says

    April 21, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    This looks so good!

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  13. Sarah says

    April 21, 2009 at 5:47 pm

    I’ve never made or eaten a chocolate bread pudding. Unfortunately my husband doesn’t really like the texture of bread pudding, so I’ll have to find another excuse to try this out (or just eat it all myself…)

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  14. Pamela says

    April 21, 2009 at 5:47 pm

    It looks great!! The strawberries on the side were an excellent idea, too!

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  15. Unknown says

    April 21, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    Great story, beautiful pictures, and I love the way the strawberry adds a splash of color and a nice pairing with the chocolate.

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  16. Jennifer says

    April 21, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    I liked this recipe and really loved how easy it was and how easily it could be altered if you wanted to make it a different flavor. I imagine stale banana bread with a rum sauce would be great.

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  17. Megan says

    April 21, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    Perfect – nothing but chocolate and bread!

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  18. the happy family says

    April 22, 2009 at 1:21 am

    love how pretty you sliced that strawberry. nice touch!

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  19. Cookin' Canuck says

    April 22, 2009 at 1:21 am

    I love bread pudding, but haven’t had it for years. You’ve inspired me to try it again. Thanks for the recipe.

    http://www.cookincanuck.com

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  20. Linda says

    April 22, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    Hi! First time commenting and I want to echo the responses from above. You make bread pudding seem effortless to make, and yours look so tasty as well.

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  21. Melissa says

    April 22, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    I have never had bread pudding…but this looks really good!

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  22. Kristen616 says

    April 22, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    Oh how beautiful! A coworker and I were just talking about bread pudding…how I’ve never made it and when I do it will be chocolate! I think I definitely need to try this recipe…beautiful photos as well!

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  23. TeaLady says

    April 23, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    Looks perfect. Those strawberries are beautiful. Were they as sweet as they look? Great job here.

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  24. Leslie says

    April 23, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    This looks delcious! Baking it in loaf pans is something I never would have thought of. Nice job!

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  25. Tangled Noodle says

    April 24, 2009 at 3:16 am

    I adore bread pudding and adding chocolate just makes it all the more tasty and tempting!

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  26. Kristi~Leigh says

    April 27, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    I have never had bread pudding before. This looks delicious! I am going to have to give this a try! Thanks Joelen!

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