This Chocolate Cherry Bread tastes just like a buttery chocolate croissant. It is deliciously made with fresh cherries and dark chocolate.

So, if I could have anything in the world, my favorite breakfast item would be a chocolate croissant. I love the rich buttery layers and then the dark chocolate center.

Now I realize why they are WORTH the money. Chocolate croissants take a ton of time and butter. Trust me, friends, it is worth buying these. But if you have the time, there isn’t anything like homemade, right?

This recipe came together on a whim, and cherries are in season. After the first bite, I thought, “This tastes similar to a chocolate croissant.” Then, my husband had a bite and said the same thing.

Now I can state the obvious and tell you this bread doesn’t have rich butter layers dough, but you get what I mean: the taste is similar. And you know what this recipe is so much easier and cheaper than buying a half dozen chocolate croissants, that this will be my new to go to brunch fascination.

chocolate cherry bread dough unbaked

Ingredients

  • Rhodes Frozen Bread Loaf
  • Fresh cherries, seeds removed
  • Sugar
  • Ghirardelli 60% Cocoa Chocolate chopped
  • Butter

How To make Chocolate Cherry Bread?

  • Prepare a baking sheet with cooking spray. Place one frozen loaf of Rhodes bread on the pan. Cover it with a towel and let it rise to room temperature for 4 hours.
  • Prepare cherries by removing stems and seeds and cutting them into quarters. Sprinkle with sugar and toss to coat.
  • Chop Ghirardelli chocolate squares and set aside.
  • Using a pair of scissors, cut slits into the top of the bread, cutting ¾ of the way into the bread loaf. In between each slit, add in cherries and press them into the slits so that they go to the bottom of the slit to the top. Repeat the same thing with chocolate. Use all the cherries and chocolate.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 25 minutes. Open oven brush melted butter over bread and sprinkle with 1 ½ teaspoons sugar. Close oven and bake another 5-10 minutes, until golden brown on top.
  • Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. Serve warm or cold. Enjoy!
This Chocolate Cherry Bread tastes just like a buttery chocolate croissant. Deliciously made with fresh cherries, dark chocolate, and a Rhodes bread loaf.

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Chocolate Cherry Bread

Prep: 4 hours 40 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes
Total: 5 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 299 kcal
This Chocolate Cherry Bread tastes just like a buttery chocolate croissant. Deliciously made with fresh cherries, dark chocolate, and a Rhodes bread loaf.

Ingredients
 

  • 1 loaf Rhodes Bread
  • 1 1/2 cup fresh cherries seeds removed and cut into quarters
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 4 squares Ghirardelli 60% Cocoa Chocolate chopped
  • 2 tablespoons butter melted
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar

Instructions
 

  • Prepare a baking sheet with cooking spray, place one frozen loaf of Rhodes bread onto pan. Cover with a towel and let it rise at room temp for 4 hours. 
  • Prepare cherries, by removing stems, seeds and cut into quarters. Sprinkle with sugar, and toss to coat. 
  • Chop Ghirardelli chocolate squares and set aside. 
  • Using a pair of scissors, cut slits into the top of the bread, cutting ¾ of the way into the bread loaf. In between each slit, add in cherries and press them into the slits so that they go to the bottom of the slit all the way to the top. Repeat the same thing with chocolate. Use all the cherries and chocolate. 
  • Cover and let the bread sit for 30-45 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 25 minutes.
  • Open oven and brush melted butter over bread and sprinkle with 1 ½ teaspoons sugar. Close oven and bake another 5-10 minutes, until a golden brown on top.
  • Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. Serve warm or cold. Enjoy!
Calories: 299kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 4gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 268mgPotassium: 184mgFiber: 3gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 110IUVitamin C: 1.8mgCalcium: 16mgIron: 2.2mg
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