Chocolate Bread Pudding is the perfect Valentine’s Day treat because it is
rich, and decadent! Then there’s the chocolate! It’s also such a
comfort food. Few people can resist it. This dessert takes some time to make, but it can be made the day before you want to serve it, so the pressure is off!
Chocolate Bread Pudding w/ Chocolate Sauce
3 cups Firmly Packed day old French Bread Cubes
2 cups Milk
2 ounces Semi Sweet Chocolate Morsels
2 tablespoons Butter
3 Egg Yolks
1/2 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Topping
3 Egg Whites
1/4 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
1/.3 cup Sugar
The Sauce
4 ounces Semi Sweet Chocolate
1/4 cup Heavy Cream
Preheat oven to 325 degree.
Cut your bread into slices, then pull the bread apart and
toss it into a bowl. Add the milk and let it soak for 30 minutes.
Melt the chocolate and butter together over low heat
in a double boiler. Mix well with a fork or whisk.
Use a mixer to beat together the yolks, sugar and vanilla
until fluffy and smooth. Mix in the chocolate and
butter mixture and mix well.
Pour the chocolate mixture over the bread and
fold it in.
Grease four ramekins with butter, and fill them with
the bread mix. Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes.
Whip the egg whites with the cream of tartar
on high until it is frothy. Pour the sugar in gradually
as the mixer is spinning. Mix, still on high until it is shiny and soft peaks form. When the ramekins are ready, remove them from the oven, and turn up your oven temp to 375 degrees. 
Spread the meringue over the hot pudding and bake some more for approx 15 minutes until the meringue is golden brown. 
Mix together the chocolate and cream on low heat in a double boiler. 
Once the chocolate is shiny and smooth, drizzle over the meringue. 
Serve warm or at room temperature.
Enjoy this Valentine’s Day treat! 
Thanks for joining me today!
