I've become obsessed with bread pudding lately — especially bread pudding cooked overnight in a Crock-Pot and ready for you first thing in the morning. Heaven! It's exactly what I'm in the mood for on cold days, but of course bread pudding also makes a fabulous dessert. Because it's bread, eggs, and milk, we justify it as "good for you" — but come on. That's some mighty decadent nutrition!
Are you craving it, too? Well you're in luck — we've got 10 Crock-Pot bread pudding recipes that are making us drool. Give some of them a try and then tell us: What's your favorite Crock-Pot bread pudding?
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Sunday Morning Slow-Cooker Bread Pudding
This is a great basic breakfast slow-cooker bread pudding recipe — if you scroll down you'll see lots of other scrumptious variations.
Slow-Cooker Chocolate Bread Pudding With Caramel Sauce
This sounds beyond decadent, but you'd be surprised at the healthy ingredients — like coconut milk! But that doesn't make this slow-cooker chocolate bread pudding recipe any less rich and luscious.
Nutella Bread Pudding
Is this not the best thing to happen to bread pudding, ever? This Nutella bread pudding recipe (with chocolate chips thrown in!) looks. To. Die. For.
Slow-Cooker Overnight Blueberry French Toast Casserole
This blueberry French toast casserole is an especially indulgent version of bread pudding thanks to a special ingredient: cream cheese.
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Cranberry & Eggnog Bread Pudding
Ever try making bread pudding with eggnog? Brilliant! This cranberry and eggnog bread pudding recipe has all the flavors of the holidays. You can use fresh cranberries instead of dried if you want.
Breakfast Banana Bread Pudding
Fruit just melts into the bread crumbs in this breakfast banana bread pudding recipe — and we think it would taste even better with some chocolate chips thrown in.
Cheesy Savory Bread Pudding
Bread pudding doesn't always have to be sweet. Just for fun, we're sneaking in this cheesy savory bread pudding recipe — another breakfast your whole family will love.
Slow-Cooker Donut Bread Pudding
WHAT??? That's the best idea ever, right? We're dying to try this slow-cooker donut bread pudding recipe — the perfect use for stale apple cider donuts!
Tres Leches Bread Pudding
The Latin American tres leches cake is a rich sponge cake drenched in sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and cream — hence the name. And it's just a small walk from there to this yummy tres leches bread pudding recipe.
Butterscotch Pecan Bread Pudding
NOM! This butterscotch pecan bread pudding recipe sounds like a fabulous flavor combination for dessert or breakfast.