Chocolate Croissant Breakfast Bake – buttery croissants, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, milk and chocolate. Can assemble and refrigerate overnight. This is incredibly delicious! Can eat for breakfast or dessert. Perfect for Christmas morning!!
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Pin This RecipeI can not begin to put into words how delicious this Chocolate Croissant Breakfast Bake tasted. It was hands down one of the best sweet breakfast bakes I’ve ever eaten. Buttery croissants, cream cheese, sugar, and chocolate – how could it not be amazing?!?!?! You must try this ASAP! I promise you will love it.
Now, let’s talk about croissants. The picture above is a croissant. You find them in the bakery at the grocery store or your local bakery. This recipe does NOT use refrigerated crescent rolls. Croissants and crescent rolls are NOT the same thing. Please make a note to use croissants that you buy at the store.
This casserole can be made the night before and refrigerated overnight. This would be perfect for Christmas morning! I love make-ahead recipes, especially for the holidays! Easy preparation and easy clean up are a must this time of year!
We ate this for breakfast, but it is also great as a dessert. This recipe is also easy to half and bake in a 9×9-inch pan if you don’t need the whole recipe. We preferred to serve this slightly warm. If you are doing this for dessert, it might be good with a big ol’ scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Chocolate Croissant Breakfast Bake
Ingredients:
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray.
- Place croissant pieces in prepared pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
- Beat cream cheese in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add sugar, eggs, and vanilla and mix until well blended. Add milk and mix until combined. Pour evenly over croissant pieces.
- Let stand 20 minutes or cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Bake uncovered for 35 to 40 minutes or until set in center. Serve warm.
Notes:
Please note that this recipe used already prepared croissants from the bakery, NOT refrigerated crescent rolls.
To quickly soften the cream cheese, microwave it for 20 or 30 seconds.Steph
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Can you cut down on the amount of sugar – will it still be good?
No idea. I’ve only made as written
Hi there! I’m preparing this for a family the Tuesday before Christmas (Saturday). Should I go ahead and bake it and let them reheat it, or do you think it will be ok sitting assembled in the fridge for three days?
What a great idea! But unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
I added some peanut butter chips along with the chocolate chips…YUMMY!
Should this be stored in the fridge or room temp?
I refrigerate leftovers
This would be so yummy for a brunch themed bridal shower or baby shower. I’m definitely making this!!!
Has anyone tried freezing this and if so, how did it turn out? I wanted to make this ahead of time for Christmas and freeze it. Thanks!!
Hi! What a wonderful recipe. Only one problem, I have to make it in a 9by9 dish, cause my husband is diabetic, can I use any sugar free, reduced ingredients, etc. for this recipe? I appreciate it. Gail
You can certainly give it a try.
Thank you for this amazing recipe! I just made and taste tested it myself…delicious!
The cooking time should be close to the same using 9×9-inch pans. You can cook both at the same time
Just made this and it came out perfect! You have to read the instructions just as thdy are…i think people were making this more complicated than necessary lol i just eyeballed about how many big croissants it would take and made sure i added ingredients slowly to make sure everything was incorporated before adding the next…easy peasy…thanks plain chicky
Could you make this in a crock pot?
I have never tried this in the crockpot. I'm sure you could, but I haven't tried it that way.
I am going to try this, and I am glad that I read the reviews. When I buy cream cheese, I make sure that I carefully read the ingredients. I learned the hard way that some brands do not mix well. Thanks for the recipe.
I beat the heck out of the cream cheese then added the eggs turned out very cream no lumps.
Can I use regular croissants? I can't find the minis, but I've worked out that 6 full size ones would be the same ounces?
Absolutely. You can use regular sized croissants if you can't find the mini.
Can I make this ahead of time? Fully cook it and everything and then reheat it the morning I need it? Thoughts? Suggestions? I'd like to bring it to a breakfast potluck but would have to get up ridiculously early to fully cook it the morning of.
This was delicious….I always buy croissants from Costco, they are excellent and you get 12 for $5.00. For my 9×13 I used five of them. Also found that just over a cup of chocolate chips was the prefect amount. Next time I will add some coarsely chopped pecans…Also, looking forward to making it with blueberries and white chocolate chips. Thanks for the recipe!
Great recipe although I will say 35-40 minutes was not accurate for me. Took closer to 50 minutes to completely set in my oven.
It’s best if you let the croissants absorb the liquid over night, so I’d suggest putting it together the night before, then baking it while you get ready for the potluck…take it warm!
I found the mini croissants in the bakery section at my grocery store. The chocolate chips are sprinkled on top of the chopped croissants before you pour the milk mixture over everything.
This looks amazing! Do you use the already baked croissants from the bakery or the refrigerated dough? Thanks!
Already baked croissants from the bakery section at the grocery store.