This bread pudding is a combination fo two flavors that go perfectly together: chocolate & orange. It's a sweet, gooey, slightly sour, delicious dessert that's perfect all year, but especially during the holidays.
Melt a half stick of butter and pour into the bottom of a 9x13 glass pan. Spread the butter around the bottom and sides of the pan.
Cut up the white bread into small cubes and place in the bottom of the pan. You need to fill the pan about 3/4 of the way to the top with the cubed bread (about 10 cups).
In a mixing bowl, whisk together all the remaining pudding ingredients and evenly drizzle over the bread. Sprinkle on the top the chocolate chips and press into the egg mixture.
Cover the top of the pudding with tinfoil that has been sprayed on the underside with cooking spray. Keep in the fridge until ready to bake.
Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes, or until the center of the pudding is no longer wet. The last 10-15 minutes, remove the tinfoil and let the top pieces brown a little. Once the pudding is cooked, remove from the oven and let sit for 20 minutes until slightly cooled.
While the pudding is cooling, make the Orange Sauce by combining the orange juice concentrate, orange juice, orange zest, sugar and butter into a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Let boil for 3-5 minutes and then set aside.
Make the whipped cream and add a little powdered sugar to the cream (or you can use Cool Whip). Top each piece of bread pudding with the whipping cream and drizzle some of the orange juice on top of the pudding.
Notes
You can switch up the orange with any of your other favorite flavors--raspberry, strawberry, lemon, etc.