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May 6, 2021 28 Comments

Overnight Butterscotch Monkey Bread

Overnight Butterscotch Monkey Bread on a white plate.

 

Easy Overnight Monkey Bread is perfect for a Holiday Breakfast

Light and fluffy rolls covered in an irresistible caramel that is created as it cooks in a bundt pan. Overnight Butterscotch Monkey Bread is the perfect holiday morning breakfast or a delicious treat for any occasion. The comfort food level is comparable to your favorite cinnamon roll recipe, but the prep time is literally less than 5 minutes. 

The amazing flavor of the caramel sauce comes from a surprise ingredient–Butterscotch Cook and Serve Pudding. The pudding is sprinkled over the rolls along with brown sugar and melted butter. As the rolls bake, it creates a delicious sauce with a nice salted caramel flavor. That sticky sauce combined with the soft, warm texture of the baked rolls is a match made in heaven. This monkey bread is best eaten warm. It is such a treat! Before you know it, you will have licked the plate clean. 🙂

Using Rhodes Rolls or any frozen roll dough makes this recipe come together in minutes. If you can’t find frozen rolls at your grocery store or if you just want to make your dough from scratch, my Easy French Bread recipe is an absolutely perfect dough to use. You would need to make 22 (slightly bigger than a golf ball) rolls out of the dough. You may have a little leftover. Don’t use that in the Monkey Bread or it might overflow your pan. You could make a mini loaf of French bread, a few regular rolls out of it, or my kids like to put small pieces of dough in the microwave for 20 seconds and then eat it with butter. It’s actually pretty good. 🙂

A white plate with monkey bread sitting on top. The first finger and thumb are lifting one of the rolls partially up to pull it off.NOTE: If you make homemade dough, you will not need to let them sit overnight. They will only need about 1.5-2 hours to rise before being baked. 

The best way to prepare this Overnight Butterscotch Monkey Bread is to put it together right before you go to bed. They need to defrost and rise to double their size. This usually takes about 7-8 hours. Right when you wake up, you bake them in a 350-degree oven for 20-25 minutes and voila! Everyone will be raving about the delicious breakfast!

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STEP-BY-STEP PICTURES FOR HOW TO MAKE OVERNIGHT BUTTERSCOTCH MONKEY BREAD

11-picture photo collage of step-by-step photos on how to make Overnight Butterscotch Monkey Bread.Butterscotch Monkey Bread sitting on a white plate with a white and blue striped kitchen towel in the background on the right.Tips for making Overnight Monkey Bread

  • Prepare the Monkey Bread around 10:00 p.m., cover the bundt pan with a dish towel, and leave it on the countertop overnight. Bake first thing in the morning.
  • Make sure to use Cook and Serve Butterscotch Pudding–not instant pudding.
  • Place the bundt pan on a cookie sheet while baking in case any sauce spills over.
  • If you would like to add pecans or walnuts, sprinkle 3/4 cup of chopped pecans or walnuts around the bottom of the greased bundt pan before adding the frozen rolls.

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Baker’s tools for Monkey Bread:

  • Bundt Pan
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Cook & Serve Butterscotch Pudding
  • Round Serving Platter
  • Dish Towels
  • Plastic Wrap

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4.4 from 7 reviews
Overnight Butterscotch Monkey Bread
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
25 mins
Total time
30 mins
 
Light and fluffy rolls covered in an irresistible caramel sauce. Literally only takes five minutes of prep. Go to sleep, wake up, and bake! Your family will rave about this delicious monkey bread.
Author: Recipe from my Mom
Recipe type: Special Occasion Breakfast
Serves: 22 rolls
Ingredients
  • 22-23 Frozen Rhodes Rolls
  • ½ cup melted butter, divided
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 (3.5 ounce) package Cook and Serve Butterscotch Pudding
  • Bundt Pan
Instructions
  1. Spray a bundt pan with cooking spray.
  2. Put 22 or 23 frozen dough balls evenly in the pan.
  3. Pour ¼ cup melted butter over the dough.
  4. Sprinkle ½ cup brown sugar evenly over the rolls and butter.
  5. Sprinkle the dry pudding mix over the brown sugar.
  6. Top with the remaining ¼ cup melted butter.
  7. Cover with a light dish towel and let sit for 6-8 hours. This is perfect to prepare at night and bake first thing in the morning.
  8. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and bake for 25-35 minutes. See the pictures above for how the top of the monkey bread should look when it is done.
  9. Carefully invert the bundt pan onto a large plate. Be careful. Some of the caramel sauce may get on you when you do this.
  10. Serve warm and ENJOY!
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28 Comments

  1. Callie

    August 17, 2021 at 6:09 pm

    #augustgiveaway

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  2. Katrina Mathews

    August 17, 2021 at 11:26 pm

    LOVE This Recipe! This is a family favorite. #augustgiveaway

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    • Maria

      August 26, 2021 at 3:26 am

      Me too! Its soooo good!

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  3. Nicole

    December 7, 2021 at 10:35 am

    Have you ever put two pans in 1 oven? I need to cook 3 between my 2 ovens and need to have them all done at the same time. 🙂 I’m wondering if it cooks the same.
    THANKS

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    • Maria

      December 13, 2021 at 2:33 pm

      As long as they fit, it should be fine. I haven’t done it with two, but I cook multiple loafs of bread at the same time all the time and it is never an issue.

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  4. Melissa

    December 23, 2022 at 8:04 pm

    Leave them on the counter or fridge overnight?

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    • Maria

      January 4, 2023 at 5:14 am

      Sorry for the late reply, the counter.

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  5. Big man boris

    February 10, 2023 at 4:18 pm

    Looks delicious

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    • Maria

      February 13, 2023 at 9:10 am

      Thank you!

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      • Tanya

        December 25, 2024 at 1:01 am

        I’ve made butterscotch monkey bread for probably the last 10 years as part of our Christmas breakfast! We love it. The kids still expect and request it. Couldn’t be easier to make either. I whip it up right before I go to bed along with a sausage/egg casserole and they both get put in the oven together.

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        • Ann@Real Life Dinner

          December 27, 2024 at 6:29 pm

          Hi, Tanya! I make it every Christmas, too. So glad your family loves it.

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      • Jo

        January 12, 2025 at 12:36 am

        What if I don’t have a tube pan. Will it work in a 9×13 cake pan?

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        • Maria

          January 14, 2025 at 2:46 pm

          The cooking time would need to be adjusted and they might not stay as sticky, but you could try it. Just cut the time in half and keep an eye on them.

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  6. Abby

    February 28, 2023 at 8:42 pm

    Was just getting ready to make this and realized my butterscotch pudding is instant. 😐 Do you know what difference that will make?? 😬

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    • Maria

      March 7, 2023 at 6:16 am

      Unfortunately it doesn’t work with instant. I’ve never tried it to find out what happens, but I’ve heard it doesn’t create the smooth, yummy sauce the way the cook and serve does.

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  7. Travis

    January 1, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    I tried this recipe and 8 hours on the counter was too long. The bread was way over proofed. Also 25 minutes cook time was not enough, the dough was still raw. Recommend the fridge over night and cook time of 35 minutes

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    • Maria

      January 15, 2024 at 7:42 am

      Thank you Travis.

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    • Michele Lockwood

      December 24, 2024 at 11:40 pm

      Yep, that is the only way to not overproof!

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  8. Shanna

    November 30, 2024 at 1:04 pm

    This recipe is seriously so delicious! My kids go crazy for it every time I make it!

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    • Ann

      November 30, 2024 at 6:45 pm

      We love it, too! I just made it for Thanksgiving breakfast, and it’s always a hit.

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  9. Erin

    December 17, 2024 at 6:43 pm

    would you recommend any other flavor beside butterscotch?

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    • Ann@Real Life Dinner

      December 19, 2024 at 5:03 pm

      Hi, Erin. We have not made them with a different flavor. If you do, let us know how it turns out.

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  10. Lynn Just

    December 27, 2024 at 3:47 pm

    Have you ever tried this in the crockpot?

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    • Ann@Real Life Dinner

      December 27, 2024 at 7:14 pm

      Hi, Lynn. We have not made this recipe in a crockpot. If you do, let us know how it turns out.

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  11. Diana

    January 17, 2025 at 8:06 pm

    O so good! Put chopped pecans in mine!😋😋

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    • Ann@Real Life Dinner

      January 28, 2025 at 7:51 pm

      Thanks, Diana! So glad you liked it. Pecans are always tasty addition.

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  12. Deb

    April 21, 2025 at 12:44 am

    Love this Monkey Bread recipe 😍

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    • Ann@Real Life Dinner

      April 22, 2025 at 7:21 pm

      Thanks, Deb! We love it, too.

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