Krispy Kreme bread pudding.

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Sometimes creative ideas come out of the prospect of having to throw something away.

I was given a box of a dozen stale Krispy Kreme (plain glazed) donuts and they sat in my refrigerator for a week. When I tried to bite into one yesterday, it was hard as a rock. I was going to toss them in the trash, but suddenly I had a better idea.

I thought of the bread pudding I used to make using stale old (non-moldy) bread. I decided why not make a bread pudding out of the Krispy Kreme donuts? Everything would be the same, except obviously since the donuts are already sweet, not as much sugar would be needed.

So I got to work. Here is the result, and it tastes as good as it looks!

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Here is my recipe (I made this one up as I went along but I think it’s very similar to standard bread pudding recipes):

Ingredients:
1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons course grained turbinado sugar (optional)
2 tablespoons of powdered cinnamon
2 large eggs
2 cups milk
12 stale Krispy Kreme donuts
1 1/2 stick butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
1. Grease 9 x 13 baking pan with butter or margarine. (I prefer glass)
2. Cut or break donuts into small pieces and put in large mixing bowl.
3. Mix milk, eggs, cinnamon and vanilla together in another bowl
4. Melt 1 stick of the butter in the microwave until soft, add to the donut pieces and mix until moistened
5. Mix in the milk, vanilla, cinnamon and egg mixture
6. Stir in large bowl until ingredients are well mixed.
7. Spoon mixture into baking pan; flatten on top with spatula.
8. Sprinkle the turbinado sugar on top (this gives it a nice crunchy texture)
9. Cut 1/2 stick butter into small pieces and spread pieces on top.
10. Bake at 300% until butter is completely melted and the pudding turns bubbly and golden brown on top (about 20 minutes)
11. Set aside and allow to cool
12. Serve and enjoy!

11 thoughts on “Krispy Kreme bread pudding.”

    • I thought so too, but out of curiosity after i made these, I Googled it, and there are TONS of recipes for Krispy Kreme bread pudding! I guess a lot of people have a lot of stale donuts lying around lol!

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      • Not me, my husband and I don’t leave sweets uneaten long enough for them to get stale. Speaking of which, it’s time for me to lace up my sneakers and take the dog for our daily mile walk before it gets too hot. Need to work off those calories.

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  2. I wish we had Krispy Kreme up here in Canada, a friend of mine fedexed me a box of them from the States a few years ago…. they are absolutely fantabulous!

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    • They are very good, but the absolute best when they’re fresh and hot from a KK store. The stores are common in these parts, and if they have their ‘Hot” neon sign lit, everyone lines up for fresh donuts. They seem to melt in your mouth.
      Don’t you have Tim Horton’s up there? I hear they are good too.

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      • yep Tim Horton’s is a Canadian donut shop, they are good about the best you can get in Canada, still not as good as Krispy Creme though, however the Tim Horton’s coffee is the absolute best in all of North America , starbucks can’t compete with a good cup of Timmies lol

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