King Cake Monkey Bread

Course Appetizer, Bread, Dessert

Cuisine American, Southern

Keyword easy-monkey-bread, king-cake-monkey-bread, king-cake-recipes

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 50

Total Time 1

Servings servings

Calories 332kcal

3 13 oz cans cinnamon rolls (i.e. Grands Flaky Cinnamon Rolls 8-count) each cut into 4 pieces, reserve cream cheese icing
1 8 oz block cream cheese softened and divided
2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
2 Tbsp butter melted
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 cup half and half
2 large eggs
purple, green and yellow edible glitter or sanding sugar

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a bundt pan or tube pan with baking spray. Set aside.
Using an electric mixer whip together 6 oz cream cheese, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon and vanilla until combined. Add eggs. Beat in half and half until blended. (Small bits of cream cheese may remain)
Cut each cinnamon roll into 4 quarters. Arrange evenly in pan. Drizzle evenly with sauce ingredients.
Bake for 45-50 minutes until golden and puffed. Check at 30 minutes and lay foil on top to prevent over browning, if needed. Let stand for 10 minutes then turn onto a serving platter.
Topping: Using an electric mixer, whip together remaining 2 oz cream cheese with cream cheese frosting from cinnamon rolls until smooth. May add additional half and half to make easier to drizzle.
Drizzle over monkey bread. Decorate with purple, green and yellow edible glitter or sanding sugar.
Serve immediately.

This bread puffs up considerably while baking but, settles while it cools in the pan for 10 minutes. You may also bake this in a deeper tube pan.