Description
This festive Christmas Monkey Bread is a fun and delicious treat, perfect for holiday gatherings. Made with flaky biscuit dough rolled with colorful sprinkles and a hidden Hershey Kiss in each piece, it’s coated in a cinnamon sugar mixture and topped with a buttery brown sugar glaze for a sweet, gooey finish.
Ingredients
Scale
Dough and Filling
- 2 packages refrigerated biscuit dough (such as Pillsbury Grands)
- Christmas sprinkles (about 1/4 cup)
- 12 unwrapped Hershey Kisses (any flavor)
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 tablespoons ground cinnamon
Brown Sugar Sauce
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare a bundt pan by spraying it generously with non-stick spray and set aside.
- Prepare Dough Balls: Cut each biscuit into quarters using a pizza slicer for ease. Flatten each quarter slightly, then add a few Christmas sprinkles and one unwrapped Hershey Kiss. Roll the dough around the Kiss to form a ball. Repeat this process with all biscuit quarters until all are filled.
- Coat Dough Balls: Mix granulated sugar and ground cinnamon in a large zipper bag and shake to combine evenly. Add several dough balls at a time to the bag, seal, and shake to coat each ball completely with the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Arrange in Pan: Remove coated dough balls from the bag and place them evenly in the prepared bundt pan. Continue until all dough balls are layered in the pan.
- Make Brown Sugar Sauce: Melt the unsalted butter and brown sugar together in a medium saucepan over medium heat until the mixture is smooth and fully melted.
- Pour Sauce: Pour the warm brown sugar sauce evenly over the dough balls in the bundt pan, ensuring coverage for maximum flavor.
- Bake: Bake the monkey bread for 40 minutes or until the top is a deep golden brown and the bread is cooked through.
- Cool and Serve: Remove from the oven and let cool in the bundt pan for 10 minutes. Place a plate over the bundt pan, invert the pan to release the monkey bread onto the plate, sprinkle additional Christmas sprinkles on top and serve warm.
Notes
- Using a pizza slicer makes cutting multiple biscuits into quarters quick and uniform.
- Make sure to let the monkey bread cool slightly before inverting to prevent burns and sticking.
- Substitute Hershey Kisses with other small chocolates or candies for variation.
- To make cleanup easier, line the bundt pan with parchment paper before spraying.
- Use a sturdy bundt pan to support the sticky and heavy dough balls.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 370 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg
