Chocolate-Cherry Bread Pudding

Name: Chocolate-Cherry Bread Pudding
Ingredients: 1 (6 ounce) jar maraschino cherries; 3 large eggs, lightly beaten; 3 cups chocolate milk (can make your own with preferred amount of chocolate); 3/4 cup sugar; 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted; 1 tablespoon cocoa powder; 6 cups cubed French bread (the size of dice); 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsel (6 oz); Garnish; sweetened whipped cream; Garnish; maraschino cherry

12 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

1 (6 ounce) jar maraschino cherries
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 cups chocolate milk (can make your own with preferred amount of chocolate)
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
6 cups cubed French bread (the size of dice)
1 cup semisweet chocolate morsel (6 oz)
Garnish
sweetened whipped cream
Garnish
maraschino cherry

Directions

1

Drain the jar of cherries but reserve 1 TB of the cherry juice. Chop the cherries coarsely. The first time I made this I used a food processor and got them too fine. More chunky is definately better.
2

In a large bowl, combine 1 TB of cherry juice, eggs and next 4 ingredients and stir will.
3

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
4

Add the bread cubes and let stand for 15 minutes on the counter, stirring occasionally. After 15 minutes, stir in the chocolate chips and cherries.
5

Spoon this mixture into a greased 9 inch square pan (I used a bread pan with good results) and bake, uncovered for 50-60 minutes or until set.
6

Garnish, if you want to, with whipped cream and maraschino cherries.
7

Cook time includes 15 minutes soaking time for french bread cubes.