Game Day Cinnamon Bun M&M Monkey Bread
Everyone is going to beg to come to this year’s big game once they know you’ll be serving this ooey, gooey, chocolaty baked treat – even if they don’t love football!
duration
45 minutes
yield
24
difficulty
easy
Recipe Ingredients:
- 2 cups M&M’s Peanut Milk Chocolate Candies, divided
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 cans (12 oz each) refrigerated large biscuits
- 1/4 cup icing sugar
- 2 tsp milk (approx.)
Directions:
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
- Preheat oven to 350F. Grease large Bundt pan; set aside. Coarsely chop 1/4 cup M&M’s; set aside.
- In bowl, whisk together butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and cinnamon until well combined..
- Separate dough into individual biscuits; cut each biscuit into quarters. Wrap each piece of dough around 2 M&M’s, pinching seam to enclose candy.
- Dip balls in butter mixture, shaking off excess. Arrange in prepared pan; scatter remaining whole M&M’s among balls.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto serving platter.
- Whisk icing sugar with enough milk until thickened but still until pourable; drizzle over top. Sprinkle with chopped M&M’s. Serve warm.
Tip:
- Make-ahead: Bake and turn out monkey bread up to 6 hours in advance. Warm in 300F oven for 10 minutes before drizzling with glaze and sprinkling with chopped M&M’s.
- Just as delicious made with M&M’s Milk Chocolate Candies.
Nutrition Facts
Per 1/24 recipe
- Calories 230
- Fat 10g
- Saturated Fat 5g
- Cholesterol 15mg
- Sodium 310mg
- Carbohydrate 32g
- Fiber 1g
- Sugars 19g
- Protein 3g