Chocolate Chip Coconut Monkey Bread Minis are a yummy, hand-held version of this breakfast treat! They’re filled with chocolate chips, coconut, butter, brown sugar and cinnamon!
Recently I made an eggs, bacon, and biscuit breakfast for my husband and I, but had some leftover biscuit dough. I decided to create miniature, hand-held monkey bread using the leftover dough. These yummy Chocolate Chip Coconut Monkey Bread Minis were the result!
I didn’t use a recipe, but instead, just went with what I knew would work (based on making monkey bread previously). The decision was made to add coconut and chocolate chips to the middle, as a nice surprise! These chocolate chip coconut monkey bread minis are very easy to make.
Since I was using canned biscuits (Grands), I only had 4 rounds of biscuit dough left over, so the recipe I post will make 4, but it is absolutely easy to double the recipe if you have more mouths to feed. Here’s how I made these chocolate chip coconut monkey bread minis. Let me tell you… they are incredibly delicious!
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How To Make Chocolate Chip Coconut Monkey Bread Minis
You will need to start with biscuit dough, right out of the can! I used Grands biscuits, because they are so big!
Using kitchen scissors, cut each biscuit in half. Next, cut each biscuit half into 3 pieces. Note that each biscuit will end up being cut in 6 pieces when done.
Let the Biscuit Pieces Go Swimming In Butter
Melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl. Dip each piece of biscuit in the melted butter. Make sure to turn each piece over, to fully coat with butter.
Put all the buttered biscuit pieces in large bowl. Sprinkle liberally with cinnamon (I didn’t measure… just eyeballed it!) This is what it looked like.
Add the brown sugar, and stir to completely coat the biscuit pieces.
Prepare Chocolate Chip Coconut Monkey Bread Minis For Baking
Spray a muffin tin with non-stick spray. Place 3 biscuit pieces into each of the 4 muffin cups.
Add the shredded coconut and chocolate chips to the monkey bread minis. I didn’t measure, but estimate it is about a teaspoon of each per muffin cup.
Place 3 more biscuit pieces over the top of the chocolate chips. Once that’s done, top the monkey bread minis with any butter/brown sugar mixture left in bowl.
Place a few chocolate chips (pointy side down) into the top of each of the monkey bread minis.
Bake The Monkey Bread Minis
Place the monkey bread minis in a preheated 350 degree oven. I baked them for 17 minutes (check them around the 15 minute mark). When done, they should be golden brown and not look “doughy” on top.
Place the hot muffin tin on a wire rack. Let cool for 5 minutes, then carefully removed the the monkey bread minis. You can use a large kitchen spoon to scoop the monkey bread minis out without any trouble. Once removed from pan, let them cool down a bit.
You can pull away the pieces just as you would do with monkey bread. Make sure to enjoy the chocolate chip coconut monkey bread minis while warm. You can also simply eat them just like a muffin!
I cut one in half so you can see the inside. See how the monkey bread minis are filled with melted chocolate chips and coconut? YUMMO!
These monkey bread minis are so good! The flavors of butter, cinnamon, brown sugar, chocolate and coconut really come together. I hope you enjoy this portable, handheld miniature version of a fun (and somewhat decadent) breakfast treat!!! The recipe can easily be doubled, as well. Really hope you will give these a try.
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Chocolate Chip Coconut Monkey Bread Minis are a yummy, hand-held version of this breakfast treat! They're filled with chocolate chips, coconut, butter, brown sugar and cinnamon!
- 4 large biscuit dough rounds (I used Grands because they are big)
- 1/2 cup butter , melted
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (approx.)
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 4 Tablespoons shredded coconut flakes
- 4 Tablespoons semi-sweet chocolate chips (plus a few more for top of dough)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter. Pour into a large mixing bowl.
Cut each piece of biscuit dough in half, then cut each half into 3 pieces. (I used kitchen scissors). Toss the biscuit pieces into the butter. Stir to completely coat each piece with butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon, then add brown sugar. Stir to fully coat pieces of dough.
- Spray 4 muffin cups with non-stick spray. Place 3 pieces of dough into each of 4 muffin cups. Add 1 Tablespoon of coconut followed by 1 Tablespoon chocolate chips per muffin cup. Top each one with 3 more pieces of dough. If desired, poke a few extra chocolate chips into the top of the dough (point side down to make it stick into the dough). Spoon any leftover brown sugar/butter mixture onto top of each one.
Bake at 350 degrees for approx. 17 minutes (check them at 15 minutes since oven times vary). When done, they should be golden brown in color (and the top should be cooked through and not "doughy" looking). Let them cool in the pan for about 5 minutes, then carefully lift them out to a wire rack to cool. (I used a large serving spoon to scoop all the way under the finished mini monkey breads and to get them out in one piece). Let cool slightly, then serve. Enjoy!
This recipe is for 4 servings, but can EASILY be doubled, if you have more mouths to feed. Leftovers can be re-warmed in a microwave on a low temperature setting.
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