This Gooey Caramel Monkey Bread takes me right back to my childhood. We loved having breakfast for dinner growing up, and this easy pull apart was our favorite.
I love making this monkey bread for Christmas breakfast! You can get it all ready the night before. In the morning, all you have to do is throw it in the oven in the morning.
This recipe is so easy to make because it only uses a few ingredients, including pre-made frozen dinner rolls.
Related Recipe: If you love monkey bread, give our Easy Lemon Monkey Bread Recipe a try!
How to Make Caramel Monkey Bread:
This Caramel Monkey Bread is so easy to make because it uses frozen dinner rolls, so you aren’t making homemade dough.
If you can’t find Rhode’s frozen dinner rolls in your local grocery store, you could easily substitute them for refrigerated biscuits.
Start by placing the frozen dinner rolls in a resealable bag and setting them out on the counter for 2 hours so they thaw, but don’t rise. The rolls should still be cold to the touch.
Spray a bundt cake pan with nonstick cooking spray and place chopped pecans in the bottom of it.
This easy monkey bread has two layers, so start by cutting 8 of the rolls into 6 pieces and then placing them in the pan over the pecans.
I use kitchen shears (or scissors that you have sanitized if you don’t have kitchen shears) to cut the dough because it is so easy.
Sprinkle half a package of cook n’ serve butterscotch pudding mix on top of the rolls.
In a small bowl, whisk together brown sugar and melted butter then pour half of it over the top of the rolls.
Repeat by cutting the remaining rolls and placing them on top, sprinkling on remaining butterscotch pudding mix and pouring on the butter/brown sugar mixture.
Cover with plastic wrap that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray and let rise at room temperature for 8 hours.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes then remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes, then invert pull apart onto a plate.
Cut into slices and serve warm.
If by some chance you have leftovers, you can cover the pull apart with plastic wrap and store at room temperature.
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- Easy Lemon Monkey Bread
- Orange Monkey Bread
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Gooey Caramel Breakfast Pull Apart Recipe (Monkey Bread)
Ingredients
- 16 Rhodes dinner rolls frozen
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1 3.5 ounce package cook n' serve butterscotch pudding
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 6 Tablespoons butter melted
Instructions
- Thaw frozen roll dough in a Ziploc bag for about 2 hours, just until thawed. Don't let them rise.
- Cut each roll into 6 pieces using kitchen shears.
- Grease a bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Sprinkle pecans in the bottom of the bundt pan.
- Arrange 8 of the cut rolls over pecans.
- Sprinkle 1/2 package of dry pudding over rolls.
- Mix brown sugar and melted butter together and drizzle half over rolls.
- Then repeat with the other 8 rolls cut up, pudding, and sugar/butter mixture.
- Cover with plastic wrap that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray and let rise overnight or for at least 8 hours.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes.
- Cool no longer than 5 minutes and invert bundt cake on a baking dish to serve.
Notes
- Make sure you buy the cook n serve pudding not the Instant!
Nutrition
Equipment
- Bundt Pan
- Plastic Wrap
- Non-stick Cooking Spray
Recipe Details
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This may be a silly question, but do you leave them on the counter overnight or in the fridge:)
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Is it a large or small box of pudding? I plan to make these!
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When they are completely cooled on the serving dish, does the gooey caramel harden or does it continue to stay gooey?
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I have made these for years, and they're delicious! Only difference is 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon and the assembly of it. I grease a bundt or angel food cake pan. Sprinkle pecans in bottom of pan. Arrange 24 frozen rolls in pan. Sprinkle dry pudding mix over rolls. Bring butter or margarine, brown sugar and cinnamon to a simmer in a small pan. Pour over rolls. Cover with foil overnight or 8 hrs.
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My family LOVES this recipe! It's easy and delicious!
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Can you use a regular butterscotch pudding box? My grocery store did not have the cook n’ serve.
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My boys are allergic to nuts, do you think chopped apples would work as a substitute?
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You can make these without the nuts. And yes, apple would work well with this recipe.
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Would I still have to let it rise if I made this with canned biscuits instead? I can’t get Rhodes frozen rolls where I live (in Canada)
