Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding made with stale glazed doughnuts is maybe the most heavenly thing you will taste besides “Hot” Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. It is creamy and sinfully rich. Serve with an easy homemade chocolate sauce to mimic a chocolate glazed doughnut.
This is a great recipe if you have leftover, stale Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Like you’d have any of those right? I didn’t but I wanted to try making Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding so badly, I went to the Krispy Kreme store near our house and bought 2 dozen “Hot Now” doughnuts. One dozen for us the eat fresh and one dozen to save. Not such an easy task. The saving part.
Now if you’ve never had a Hot Krispy Kreme doughnut right off the conveyor belt, let me just say they are the best things ever. Literally.
The texture is unreal, so light and pillowy. They just melt in your mouth. But with each passing minute they lose a little of their special something. Until they become those dense Krispy Kreme doughnuts you can buy at the gas station. They don’t tempt me at all. You can revive them a little by sticking them in the microwave for 8-10 seconds, but they will never completely recapture that “Hot” flavor and texture.
Not eating that second box of doughnuts for 3 days was quite the challenge. They were hidden at the back of the bottom shelf in the pantry to lessen the temptation.
I don’t recommend torturing yourself in this way.
But if you do happen to ever have stale glazed doughnuts on your hands, take them and drown them in milk, cream, eggs, and sugar and bake until hot. You will have maybe the next best thing to “Hot” Krispy Kremes – Hot Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding.
Put on a little homemade chocolate sauce to get that taste of a chocolate glazed doughnut. Stale never tasted so good!
If you’re a Krispy Kreme lover, try there Copycat Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.
Note: If you don’t live where Krispy Kreme doughnuts are available, any glazed doughnut will do.
See How To Make Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding in the Video Below.
Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding
Ingredients
- 1 dozen stale Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts,, any glazed doughnuts will do
- 3 eggs,, lightly beaten
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of nutmeg
Chocolate Sauce
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Cut each doughnut into 5 or 6 pieces and place in a greased 9X13-inch or slightly smaller baking dish.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, heavy cream, brown sugar, salt, vanilla extract, and nutmeg.
- Pour over doughnuts. Press doughnuts into liquid to moisten. Let sit 10 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place baking dish in oven uncovered and bake for 45 minutes.
- To make sauce, place chocolate chips in a small bowl. Bring heavy cream to a boil in a small saucepan. Pour over chocolate chips. Let sit 15 seconds. Stir until smooth.
- Serve bread pudding warm.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Originally published September 25, 2014.
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I don’t have Krispy Cream doughnuts any where where I live but I do have an assortment of day old doughnuts and hey, I even have some strawberries that haven’t gotten eaten so going to mix these ingredients into a hopefully delicious dessert lol
Wish me luck 🍀 lol
My family LOVED this bread pudding!!! It was easy to make and soooo delicious! I added 1/2 cup of raisins and made a Bourbon sauce, it will try a rum sauce the next time. This was my first time making ANY type of dessert and was perfect! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
I’ve made this a few times now and my whole family (including those who don’t like bread pudding) LOVE it!
I have a question. Can this be prepared in advance then placed in the oven to cook the next day? Or am I better to cook and reheat the next day?
I love this recipe. My Grandma made it from since I can remember. My Mom did to. But I’m confused. If your Southern and only know Stale Krispie Kreme doughnuts., I’m amazed. I’m in NC where they started from and I beg you get some actual fresh ones from one of the distributors. You’d kinda be ashamed to even speak of them as stale gas station doughnuts. For that comparison only Dunking Doughnuts fit. When they are fresh. 😁
I made this but instead of your topping :
12 tsp. Butter
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups coarsely chopped pecans
Mix soft butter with sugar. Mix in pecans. Break in peices across top before baking.
Awesome Pecan Pie donut pudding.
How can you tell when it’s done? As all ovens are created equal! Thanks!