Name: Chocolate Banana Bread Pudding
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 80 min
Ingredients: 450 ml whole milk; 300 ml double cream (heavy cream); 1½ tbsp vanilla extract; 3 medium free range eggs; 3 tbsp white caster sugar (superfine sugar); 100 g milk chocolate chips; 70 g slightly salted butter (softened (plus some to grease)); 300 g chocolate chip brioche (8 buns); 3 medium bananas (thickly sliced)

This chocolate banana bread pudding is super decadent with brioche buns, sliced bananas and oodles of chocolate chips. It's a rich, gooey masterpiece.

Chocolate banana bread pudding served on a decorative plate with a spoon on the side.

Traditional bread and butter pudding is made with stale white bread and a handful of raisins. It's delicious, but there's always room to take it further.

I've made a bread and butter pudding with jam before, and now I'm turning it all the way up with this gorgeous, dinner-party-worthy dessert.

Overhead shot of chocolate banana bread pudding served on a decorative plate with the finished pan of chocolate banana bread pudding on the side.

Making this dessert is really simple. First, you'll make a one-step custard by whisking milk and cream together with eggs, sugar and vanilla.

Next, you'll slice and butter chocolate chip brioche and layer up in a tin, scattering extra chocolate chips as you go Tuck slices of banana into any gaps, pour on the custard and your pudding is ready to bake!

Side on shot of the finished chocolate banana bread pudding served on a decorative plate.

After an hour, your chocolate banana bread pudding will be puffed and golden, with a wobbly set custard texture and bursts of ooey, gooey banana. Divine!

Here's the full recipe.

Ingredients

450 ml (1 pint) whole milk
300 ml (1¼ cup) double cream (heavy cream)
1½ tbsp vanilla extract
3 medium free range eggs
3 tbsp white caster sugar (superfine sugar)
100 g (½ cup) milk chocolate chips
70 g (5 tbsp) slightly salted butter softened (plus some to grease)
300 g (10 oz) chocolate chip brioche 8 buns
3 medium bananas thickly sliced

Equipment

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan).

Generously grease your 20cm (8 inch) square tin.

Overhead shot of a well greaced square tin.

Put the milk, cream, vanilla extract, eggs and sugar in a bowl.

Overhead shot of some of the wet ingredients inside a mixing bowl.

Whisk together to make your custard. Set aside for now.

Overhead shot of the chocolate banana bread pudding wet ingredients mixed together in a mixing bowl.

Butter the brioche. Put a layer of brioche, buttered side up, in the tin.

Overhead shot of the sliced broche laid across the square tin.

Sprinkle with chocolate chips.

Chocolate chips sprinkled ontop of the broche.

Repeat with the remaining brioche and chocolate chips to create two more layers.

Adding the remaining broche ontop of the previous layer inside the square tin.

Take the banana slices and tuck them into any gaps between the brioche, then pour the custard into the tin, aiming the soak all the brioche.

Adding the wet ingredients for the chocolate banana bread pudding and slices of banana.

Bake for 50-60 minutes until golden, puffed up and gooey. The custard should be set but you may still see some liquid syrup from the bananas.

Overhead shot of the finished chocolate banana bread pudding having been baked in the oven.

Use a large spoon to serve onto plates or into bowls.

A finished serving of chocolate banana bread pudding on a decorative plate.

Enjoy this wonder chocolate banana bread pudding.

A spoon going into the serving of chocolate banana bread pudding.

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Chocolate Banana Bread Pudding

This chocolate banana bread pudding is super decadent with brioche buns, sliced bananas and oodles of chocolate chips. It's a rich, gooey masterpiece.

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time1 hr

Total Time1 hr 20 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: British

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings: 8 servings

Author: Emily Leary

Ingredients

450 ml (1 pint) whole milk
300 ml (1¼ cup) double cream (heavy cream)
1½ tbsp vanilla extract
3 medium free range eggs
3 tbsp white caster sugar (superfine sugar)
100 g (½ cup) milk chocolate chips
70 g (5 tbsp) slightly salted butter softened (plus some to grease)
300 g (10 oz) chocolate chip brioche 8 buns
3 medium bananas thickly sliced

Equipment

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan/350F).
Generously grease your 20cm (8 inch) square tin.
Put the milk, cream, vanilla extract, eggs and sugar in a bowl.
Whisk together to make your custard. Set aside for now.
Butter the brioche.
Put a layer of brioche, buttered side up, in the tin.
Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
Repeat with the remaining brioche and chocolate chips to create two more layers.
Take the banana slices and tuck them into any gaps between the brioche.
Pour the custard into the tin, aiming the soak all the brioche.
Bake for 50-60 minutes until golden, puffed up and gooey. The custard should be set but you may still see some liquid syrup from the bananas.

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Notes

This chocolate banana bread pudding is great served on its own or with custard, cream or ice cream.

Nutrition

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