Name: Gooey Caramel Breakfast Pull Apart Recipe (Monkey Bread)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 650 min
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)

This Gooey Caramel Monkey Bread is perfect for breakfast but sweet enough to eat for dessert. This easy pull apart is made with frozen dinner rolls then topped with an amazing caramel sauce and chopped pecans.

Caramel Monkey Bread Breakfast Pull Apart Recipe

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.

Chopped pecans in the bottom of a sprayed bundt pan

Spray a bundt cake pan with nonstick cooking spray and place chopped pecans in the bottom of it.

Thawed, chopped roll dough in the bottom of a bundt pan

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.

Cook 'n' serve pudding mixture being poured over thawed rolls in the bottom of a bundt pan

Sprinkle half a package of cook n’ serve butterscotch pudding mix on top of the rolls.

brown sugar and melted butter mixture poured over ingredients in the bundt pan

In a small bowl, whisk together brown sugar and melted butter then pour half of it over the top of the rolls.

Layers of pecans, thawed rolls, pudding mixture and brown sugar and butter mixture in the bundt pan, ready to rise and then cook

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.

cooked gooey caramel pull apart before it is inverted out of the bundt pan

Cover with plastic wrap that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray and let rise at room temperature for 8 hours.

Cooked gooey caramel breakfast pull apart inverted onto a serving dish

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.

the gooey caramel pull apart with a piece cut out so you can see the soft, cooked inside

Cut into slices and serve warm.

a piece of gooey caramel pull apart on a plate, waiting to be eaten

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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Gooey Caramel Breakfast Pull Apart Recipe (Monkey Bread)

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This easy pull apart is made with frozen dinner rolls then topped with an amazing caramel sauce and chopped pecans.

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 35

Total Time 10 50

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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

Equipment

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

Calories: 643 kcal · Carbohydrates: 96 g · Protein: 11 g · Fat: 25 g · Saturated Fat: 9 g · Cholesterol: 30 mg · Sodium: 814 mg · Potassium: 206 mg · Fiber: 5 g · Sugar: 42 g · Vitamin A: 350 IU · Calcium: 234 mg · Iron: 4 mg

Cuisine: American

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

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Questions & Reviews

Erika says:

This may be a silly question, but do you leave them on the counter overnight or in the fridge:)
Cyd says:

We leave it on the counter. Sometimes we'll have it for dinner, so we make it in the morning and let it raise all day!
Chris says:

Is it a large or small box of pudding? I plan to make these!
Cyd says:

It's a small box.
Stephanie says:

When they are completely cooled on the serving dish, does the gooey caramel harden or does it continue to stay gooey?
Cyd says:

They stay pretty gooey! It doesn't harden.
Penny Waters says:

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.
Kathy says:

My family LOVES this recipe! It's easy and delicious!
Rebecca says:

Can you use a regular butterscotch pudding box? My grocery store did not have the cook n’ serve.
Momma Cyd says:

We have only made it with Cook N Serve pudding mix. I don't think instant would work.
Becca says:

My boys are allergic to nuts, do you think chopped apples would work as a substitute?
Jacki Turner says:

You can make these without the nuts. And yes, apple would work well with this recipe.
Momma Cyd says:

Yes, apples would work great in place of the nuts.
Andrea says:

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)
Momma Cyd says:

Canned biscuits don't raise much after you open the container. So you could just bake it after assembling it. It won't need to cook as long. Not sure how it will all turn out because we have not used biscuit dough with this recipe.
Michelle says:

I need to use sugar free pudding, which doesn't come in butterscotch (unless you get instant). The closest match is vanilla cook n' serve. The only flavorings I can find are liquid. Do you think an extra 1-2 teaspoons of liquid in the recipe would be ok?
Momma Cyd says:

We have not tried this with the Pull apart Monkey bread recipe.
Mama Dox says:

Is total time of 10 hours 50 minutes a typo??
Momma Cyd says:

If you read through the steps, the rolls need to thaw for about 2 hours so you can cut them up. Then you will need to let the monkey bread rise at room temp for about 8 hours. It could be an hour or two less if the house is warm.