Chocolate Challah French Toast
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French toast just got elevated by using chocolate challah bread. This Chocolate Challah French Toast is great for breakfast, brunch, or even dessert!
More delicious and fun twists on French Toast include our French Toast Roll Ups and French Toast Muffins.
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Chocolate Challah French Toast
If you HAD to choose, would you pick pancakes, waffles, or french toast? For me: eggs benedict. Oh waitโฆ lol.
But seriously. I would pick french toast. Thick slices of bread soaked in a sweet egg custard, then pan fried in butter until golden. PALEASE. Take it up another notch made with chocolate bread and I’ll come sprinting! Chocolate, you guys. Itโs the key to everything in life.
Whenever I bake challah or chocolate challah, I always set a loaf aside to make this french toast. My family begs for it!
Ingredients Needed
You just need a handful of common ingredients to make this french toast recipe.
(Scroll below to the printable recipe card for details and measurements.)
- Chocolate challah (see note below)
- Eggs
- Whole milk
- Vanilla
- Granulated sugar
- Ground cinnamon
- Unsalted butter
Tips for Success and Variations
- Challah is ideal. I love making this french toast with my chocolate challah bread for the ultimate breakfast (or dessert!), but you can make it with traditional challah, either homemade challah or store-bought. Another option is to use a loaf of Brioche.
- Use day old bread. It’s best to use day old bread that has dried out a bit. Warm or fresh bread will just turn to mush sitting in the custard.
- The thickness of the slices matter. It’s also important to slice bread 3/4 to 1-inch thick for the same reason mentioned above.
- Add some orange zest. Add a teaspoon of orange zest to the custard for a different flavor. Chocolate and orange love one another.
Serving Suggestions
This french toast recipe is sweet, but we still love it with a little maple syrup or powdered sugar. For a complete breakfast, it’s nice served with a fresh fruit salad or banana smoothie.
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- Absolute Best Banana Bread
- Homemade Crepes
- French Toast Casserole
- Sheet Pan Pancakes
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- Banana Oatmeal Pancakes
- Hash Brown Egg Casserole
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Chocolate Challah French Toast
Ingredients
- 1 loaf chocolate challah, (12 slices) – day old
- 5 large eggs
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- maple syrup, powdered sugar, and/or fresh fruit, , for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla, sugar, and cinnamon. Transfer to a shallow casserole dish or pie plate.
- Slice the challah loaf into 3/4-inch thick slices. Soak as many slices you can fit in the custard as possible for about 4 minutes, flipping once. (Repeat with the remaining bread slices while the first batch is frying.)
- Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a very large sautรฉ pan over medium heat until bubbly. Remove the bread slices from custard, letting excess liquid drip off, and place in the pan. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, until nicely browned.
- Place the cooked French toast on a sheet pan and keep it warm in the oven.
- Fry the remaining soaked bread slices, adding butter as needed, until it's all cooked.
- Serve with warmed syrup, a dusting of powdered sugar, and fresh fruit.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are very important to you, I would recommend calculating them yourself.
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one of my favorite things to do with leftover challah from Shabbat dinner!! chocolate challah? My goodness!
It doesn’t get any better than this!
Yum… Kinda have to agree about chocolate being the key to everything in life. ;)