Bittersweet Chocolate Bread Pudding

Name: Bittersweet Chocolate Bread Pudding
Ingredients: 4 oz bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped; 1/4 c very hot coffee; 1 T butter, melted; 2 eggs; 6 T sugar, plus more for dusting souffle cups; 3 T cocoa powder; 3 T flour; 1/4 t cinnamon; 1/2 c half and half; 1 1/2 T dark rum (; 1/2 loaf of Challah or brioche, crust removed and cut into 1/2 inch cubes and frozen; Sweetened whipped cream, optional

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Ingredients

4 oz bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
1/4 c very hot coffee
1 T butter, melted
2 eggs
6 T sugar, plus more for dusting souffle cups
3 T cocoa powder
3 T flour
1/4 t cinnamon
1/2 c half and half
1 1/2 T dark rum (
1/2 loaf of Challah or brioche, crust removed and cut into 1/2 inch cubes and frozen
Sweetened whipped cream, optional

Directions

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["Combine bittersweet chocolate and hot coffee, stirring until smooth. This is the filling for the bread pudding. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour or overnight.", "", "Preheat oven to 350. Brush 6 souffle cups with melted butter. If you plan to unmold, line bottom with round of waxed or parchment paper, butter again, and sprinkle with sugar.", "", "In a large bowl of stand mixer, beat eggs and 6 T sugar until pale and thick, about 5 minutes. Stir in cocoa powder, flour, cinnamon. Mix in half and half and run. This is the chocolate custard.", "", "Remove bread cubes from freezer. Moisten 1 cup of frozen bread cubes at a time into the chocolate custard until lightly saturated and spoon into souffle cups, filling half way. When half full, spoon about 1 1/2 T of the filling into the center of each cup. This filling will make a sauce when serving warm bread pudding! Moisten remaining cubes in the custard and mound on top.", "", "Set souffle cups in roasting pan and pour enough hot water in pan to come up about 1\" to the sides of the cups. Cover with foil and bake about 25 minutes