Chocolate Croissant Baked French Toast – mini chocolate chips, flaky croissants, cream cheese combined with a sweetened egg mixture make the perfect overnight breakfast. Make it the night before and it will be ready to eat after baking in the morning. It’s chocolate for breakfast!
We’re going to make this a short post today and get right to the recipe.
Mainly because I have nothing to talk about.
It’s not often that that happens, so enjoy it while you have the opportunity.
Usually, I’m long-winded and can go on and on when I’m writing.
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Chocolate Croissant Baked French Toast
Chocolate Croissant Baked French Toast is chocolate, croissants, and cream cheese soaked overnight in an egg mixture. It's a delicious overnight breakfast.
Ingredients
- 8 jumbo croissants I found them at Walmart, but you can use 12 regular size, chopped
- 1 12- ounce package mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 8- ounces cream cheese
- 8 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
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Prepare a 9 X 13-inch baking dish by spraying it with cooking spray.
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Cut the croissants up into bite-size pieces or 1-inch cubes. Layer half of them into the prepared pan.
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Sprinkle half of the mini chocolate chips over the croissants.
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Cut the cream cheese into small squares by dividing it in half and slicing into 20 pieces. Distribute half of the cream cheese over the croissants and chocolate chips.
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Place the remaining croissants, chocolate chips and cream cheese into the pan.
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In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, heavy cream, sugar, vanilla and salt until thoroughly combined.
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Gently pour and evenly distribute the egg mixture over the entire pan.
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Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
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When ready to bake in the morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F and remove plastic wrap. Bake for 45 – 55 minutes. 45 minutes will give you a softer, slightly unfinished middle whereas 55 minutes will be firmer.
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Gabriella says
January 17, 2017 at 7:54 amOh my, this looks so good! Those chocolate chips are seriously calling my name. ?
amanda says
November 1, 2017 at 1:11 pmAre the croissants already cooked? you buy ready to eat croissants?
Lynne says
November 14, 2017 at 6:16 amYes, Amanda, I purchased them at Walmart, already baked. You can also substitute a challah bread if you’d like and you’ll need about 6 cups of cubed bread, so one loaf would be fine.
Helen says
January 18, 2018 at 7:46 pmI used this recipe but substituted challah bread for crossaints. Soo so good – everyone loved it. I hcut back on the cream cheese because although I like it I am not crazy about it. Definitely will be making this again! Thanks!
Lynne says
January 20, 2018 at 9:14 pmOh, Helen, that’s so wonderful to hear! Thank you so much for letting me know. I’m so very glad you liked it. I love making my baked French toast recipes with challah; it just makes them SOOOOO good!
Becky says
November 29, 2018 at 4:18 amWonderful post, so heart felt and honest! PS. Love the easy recipe. Regards Becky
Lynne says
December 2, 2018 at 7:33 pmBecky, thanks so much. I really appreciate that!
Ally says
January 5, 2019 at 10:14 pmThis recipe looks delicious, but I was wondering if I could substitute the heavy cream with regular 2% milk. Thank you.
Lynne says
January 6, 2019 at 4:37 pmAlly, you can replace the heavy cream with milk as I’ve seen other Baked French Toast recipes made that way. I have never done it, so not sure how the outcome would be, but I found this post which might help guide you if you need to make any additions to the batter. Hope it helps!
https://living.thebump.com/heavy-cream-vs-milk-baking-8064.html
Cheryl Parkey says
January 12, 2019 at 10:31 amHow do I pin this?
Lynne says
February 3, 2019 at 10:49 amCheryl, you just have to hover over the picture and the red Pin it button should come up. IF not, there’s a Pinterest icon on the left side of the screen to click.