27 Absurdly Easy Monkey Bread Recipes For All Occasions! - The Gold Lining Girl (2024)

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A collection of the BEST easy monkey bread recipes!

All the monkey bread recipes you will ever need, and EASY, at that. For all occasions, and for all ‘flavor preferences’. You like fruity stuff? I’ve got monkey bread recipes featuring fruit. Breakfast monkey breads? Got ’em, both sweet AND savory. Like, one of these has bacon and eggs in it!

Want super over-the-top, ultra-decadent, sinful, and ridiculous monkey bread recipes? Ones that have candy bars stuffed into every bite? Or are oozing with caramel and chocolate? Drenched in a peanut butter glaze, and nestled with Reese’s cups? Those are here too.

What about a monkey bread recipe for fall/Thanksgiving or Christmastime? Yes, and yes!!

Even savory… did you know that pretzel monkey bread exists?That is damn genius. Pizza monkey bread is a close second.

I’ve got you covered. I researched and dug around for the BEST and most magical easy monkey bread recipes that you NEED in your life, and here they are.

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Breakfasty monkey bread recipes!

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Honey Cinnamon Monkey Bread:Sweet, sticky, short-cut monkey bread made with flaky honey-butter biscuits, and drenched in honey-cinnamon syrup! 10 minute prep! This needs to accompany your morning pot of coffee.

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Slow-Cooker Monkey Bread: A classic! It’s still quick and easy to prep because the dough proofs in the slow-cooker. Everyone needs this staple monkey bread recipe in their arsenal.

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Praline-Pecan Monkey Bread: Stunning. I can’t stop staring at the smothering of syrup on this bread.

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Mimosa Monkey Bread: It’s made with Prosecco! It’s boozy! If there’s a better brunch monkey bread, I don’t know what it could be.

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Bacon Egg & Cheese Monkey Bread: Amazing, right? And drizzled with a sour cream & dijon sauce. So fantastic.

Fruity monkey bread recipes!

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Banana Bread Monkey Bread: Like bananas foster over soft pillows of yummy carbs.

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Lemon Blueberry Pull-Apart Bread recipe: Each soft, squishy piece of dough is rolled in butter and lemon-sugar, then buried with fresh blueberries, and drenched in lemon glaze! There are not enough heart emojis.

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Glazed Lemon Monkey Bread: Lemon lovers – this is for you!!

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Sweet Orange Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread: You know those insanely delicious orange sweet rolls in a can? I’m not knocking those things, but a homemade version? Hiiiiiii.

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Strawberry Monkey Bread: Well, this takes a little longer to make because the dough is homemade, but it’s still easy, and do you see it? Oh. my. goodness. Those sweet, macerated strawberries are bliss.

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Apple Pecan Monkey Bread: So glazed and sticky, it actually glistens.

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Raspberry Chocolate Chip Monkey Bread: Loadedwith fresh raspberries, and melty chocolate chips.

Dessert recipes for monkey bread!

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Snickers Monkey Bread: The ultimate monkey bread recipes involve filling each piece of dough with a candy bar. This is chocolate, caramel, and peanut heaven!

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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Monkey Bread recipe:With a mini Reese’s cup inside each bite of monkey bread, and drenched in peanut butter glaze, the decadence is unmatched here!

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Rolo Monkey Bread: Talk about ooey-gooey.

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S’mores Monkey Bread: It has chocolate, marshmallows, and graham cracker crumbs, baked right in.

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Chocolate Cherry Monkey Bread: With cherry pie filling and chocolate chunks, I love this classic combo of flavors.

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Chocolate Monkey Bread:Chocolate sinfulness abounds!

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Nutella and Cream Cheese-Stuffed Monkey Bread recipe: Say no more… the name tells me everything I need to know. And honestly, it had me at ‘Nutella’.

Seasonal!

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Pumpkin Spice Monkey Bread with Cream Cheese Glaze: There is not one crevice of this monkey bread that isn’t coated in pumpkin spice or glaze. WOW.

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Slow-Cooker Pumpkin Monkey Bread: This is my speed because I want to make as many things as possible in the slow-cooker, and does a person ever really have enough pumpkin recipes? Nope.

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Gingerbread Monkey Bread: Whaaaat? Genius. This is SO happening at Christmastime. I’m anxious to make it now, and it’s June.

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Cranberry Orange Monkey Bread: For the holidays, this is the most perfect flavor duo! What gorgeousnessfor Christmas brunch.

Savory!

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Pretzel Monkey Bread with Honey Mustard Dip: I’m losing my mind over this recipe! You guys know I have a serious soft spot for all thingspretzel. Isn’t this brilliant?

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Savory Monkey Bread: One of the prettiest recipes of the bunch! Look at all the different colors.

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Garlic Parmesan Monkey Bread: Cannot go wrong here. Garlic and Parmesan belong together, and they belong together with bread.

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Pizza Monkey Bread: It’s made to tear & share, but you won’t want to.

What’s your favorite? Which ones do you have to make right.this.second? How about all of them! I seriously can’t choose, but I’m so happy to have this ultimate list of easy monkey bread recipes!

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pancakes

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Giant Pumpkin Caramel Pecan SkilletCinnamon Roll

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Easy Pumpkin Pecan Pull-Apart Bread

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Homemade Soft Pretzels Recipe

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FAQs

What American president made monkey bread popular by serving the dessert at the White House during Christmas? ›

During the 1980s, Nancy Reagan popularized serving monkey bread during Christmas by making it a staple of the Reagan White House Christmas.

What culture is monkey bread from? ›

Fazekas traced the dessert back to the 1880s, claiming that it was Hungarian immigrants who introduced it to the United States. Fazekas named Hungarian Jewish bakers as the heroes of the story. In the middle of the twentieth century, it was they who made aranygaluska popular with American society.

Does monkey bread contain eggs? ›

Lightly grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt) with vegetable oil; set aside. Make dough: Combine warm water, yeast, and 1 teaspoon sugar in a large bowl. Let stand until bubbly and foamy, about 5 minutes. Stir in 1 cup flour, warm milk, egg, 3 tablespoons sugar, butter, salt, and vanilla extract until combined.

What is a fun fact about monkey bread? ›

Dating back to the 1880s in Hungarian literature, Hungarian immigrants brought this dish with them when they immigrated to America and began introducing it into the country's food landscape when Hungarian and Hungarian Jewish bakeries began selling it in the mid-twentieth century.

What is the real name of monkey bread? ›

Monkey Bread, aka Puzzle Bread, aka Hungarian Coffee Cake, may not have originated in the United States but in Hungary, where my paternal grandmother was born. And so, in my search for a dish that was previously unknown to me, I am somehow guided to an ancestral tradition. I think that grandmom would be pleased.

Why is monkey bread called monkey? ›

Monkey bread gets its name by the method in which it is eaten: picking off chunks of buttery, gooey dough with your fingers not unlike a monkey grooming his buddy (which is actually a weird thing to name a food after, if you really think about it.)

What is another name for the monkey bread tree? ›

Common names for the baobab include monkey-bread tree, upside-down tree, and cream of tartar tree.

What can I use instead of a bundt pan for monkey bread? ›

I bake mine in one of the best Bundt pans, but a tube pan works, too. You could even bake it in a muffin tin for individual monkey bread "muffins." Wouldn't that be cute?! Just be sure to adjust the baking time.

What does monkey bread taste like? ›

Each bite tastes like the sticky delicious center of cinnamon rolls. Monkey bread is served pull apart style, similar to my cinnamon roll wreath, where everyone tears off a piece—just like how monkeys pick at their food. You can have monkey bread for breakfast, brunch, or dessert.

Is monkey bread made from bananas? ›

Bread Ingredients

Bananas: You will need 3 ripe bananas for the bread dough and 3 more bananas that will be diced and layered in between the balls of bread dough. Yeast: I used instant yeast in this recipe. It is also called quick rise or fast-rising yeast. Milk: I prefer whole milk in this recipe.

Who came up with monkey bread? ›

Some say monkey bread evolved from Parker House rolls. Others attribute its creation to silent film actress ZaSu Pitts in the '40s.

How did monkey bread get its name in America? ›

According Avey (2022), the term may have originated from “someone combining a 1940s Southern slang for snack food, 'monkey food', with a traditional jumble bread”.

Which president started the tradition of a yearly tree lighting ceremony at the White House? ›

The National Christmas Tree Lighting first began in 1923 under President Calvin Coolidge. The tree is decorated every year with thousands of lights and unique decorations. The National Christmas Tree stands as a daily reminder of the holiday spirit and of this cherished national tradition.

Where does the president eat in the White House? ›

The President's Dining Room is a dining room located in the northwest corner of the second floor of the White House. It is located directly above the Family Dining Room on the State Floor and looks out upon the North Lawn.

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