Do you like bread pudding? No? Yes? Read my post before you vote, please!

[snickelfritz]

I love bread pudding. I would try a chocolate version.

 

I think a chocolate fudge pudding cake sounds yummier than chocolate bread pudding.

[Belacqua]

I love bread pudding, but we usually make a savory version, not sweet. My favorite has sausage, apples, onions and cheddar in it. Mmmmmm.

 

I misread this as "savory venison." And I was inordinately excited about the idea of venison bread pudding.

[Truscifi]

I have never met a bread pudding I didn't like. It is #2 on my favorite desserts list, second only to tiramisu. I would try the chocolate pudding thingy if nothing else caught my eye, but I would jump on some chocolate bread pudding (unless you had tiramisu, of course).

[Jumping In Puddles]

I use to put bread pudding on the menu all the time and it always sold well!

 

Gosh, I've made so many versions... dried cherry and vanilla, warm chocolate bp with mint tuille cookie and c.a., Grand Marnier bp with whipped cream and candied almonds etc. I ♥ bread pudding!

 

Oooh, I just remembered one of my favorites! Gianduja Chocolate which is an Italian hazelnut chocolate (think Nutella!) and it makes an awesome bread pudding!

[JennyD]

I find bread pudding just OK (unless it has raisins in it, in which case no way), but making it chocolate would definitely raise the appeal.

 

That said, I'll take the flourless chocolate cake instead every time.

[Julie in CA]

That said, I'll take the flourless chocolate cake instead every time.

Yes, but I'm so T I R E D of making it! :tongue_smilie:

The chocolate lava cake and the flourless chocolate have lost their appeal to me, but customers complain when their old favorite isn't there. I just want to make something NEW that's chocolatey!

[Julie in CA]

And I too would be annoyed if it was called something else - bread pudding is bread pudding - be upfront about it and let folks choose for themselves.

Ah, but first you'd have to know one of the ingredients was bread, and I don't think you would by the time I'm finished. There's a reason the chef gets to name their own dish--it truly is what they call it. Sometimes naming a dish themselves allows a chef to be more accurate about what they're serving, rather than less accurate. I think that's probably the case here. :001_smile:

Part of it is knowing your venue & your customers. I live in a very rural area, and while Apple Creme Brulee doesn't necessarily sell, Creamy Apple Custard with sauteed Apple Chunks and caramelized sugar topping does. Same dish, more descriptive or accurate naming. ;)

[Beth in OH]

I have to go beyond "I've tried it and it like it." Bread pudding just might be my all time favorite dessert/comfort food. So dense, creamy, sweet........Yummy!

[katilac]

I don't like it because of the texture, so adding chocolate wouldn't matter. It's like oatmeal and jello; it triggers my gag reflex no matter the flavor!

[Kimberly in IN]

I love bread pudding:tongue_smilie: It is one of my all time favorites. Now I will go off to dreamland w/ yummy thoughts. But, I detest chocolate. My brain never got the memo that women like chocolate. So, I am not your target market & would not want to even try it.

[Danestress]

But I am sure your chocolate version would be wonderful.

 

 

Until I started making bread pudding as part of my professional responsibilities, I thought it sounded really disgusting, and would not have volunteered to eat any. It helped me, when I started making it, to think of it as a "french toast casserole" served warm with creme anglaise. That's what it tastes like, only better than I ever dreamed. :drool5:

 

So, I'm wondering what *you* think of bread pudding?

I'm thinking of making a very chocolatey version, and I'm very sure it's going to be absolutely *to die for*. Would you try it?

 

You can vote for more than one selection in the poll.

 

Thanks!

[Hedgehogs4]

It's my favorite dessert out at our favorite restaurant!

[sewingmama]

No I would not try it - even the chocolate version is still just "soggy bread" - gag.

[justamouse]

So the thing with bread pudding that I think is not so great is the texture - too mushy. Have I just been eating bad bread pudding or is it always this way?

 

If you get a good egg bread, Challah, or brioche, and tear it into chunks, by the time it soaks up the custard it's more like a very rich french toast. And the top is all chunks of torn bread so some is caramelized and crunchy and it goes so well with the rum sauce.

 

Ohh this is very bad. I feel the need to make it for Easter.

[Marylou]

Love bread, love chocolate--pretty sure I would like them to stay apart.

[Britomart]

Wouldn't a savory version be stuffing?

 

Or a strata?

 

It tastes a lot like a stuffing or a strata, but the egg keeps it from being a stuffing. It all holds together - you can't toss it like you can toss stuffing. And a strata has layered slices of bread, not chunks that were soaked and tossed with the egg and milk first. Savory bread pudding does taste almost identical to strata though. The structure's really all that's different. Like a layered lasagna versus a baked macaroni dish.

 

I misread this as "savory venison." And I was inordinately excited about the idea of venison bread pudding.

 

I'd eat that! :tongue_smilie:

[mom4him]

I have made bread pudding since I was a little girl. It was always the way to use up the dried bread. Love it with raisins and fresh cream.

[alpidarkomama]

When we have leftover challah, I use that to make challah pudding with chocolate chips. Throw on some whiskey sauce and WOW! :)