Name: Monkey Brain Bread
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cans of refrigerator biscuit dough; 1 can of Strawberry Pie Filling; 1/2 C sugar; 1/2 C butter, melted; Wilton candy eyeballs; 1 C sweetened whipped cream or Cool Whip; Adam's Extract Red Food Coloring, optional

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Get a bit gruesome this Halloween when you serve the family a classic Monkey Bread for breakfast when your make Monkey Brain Bread instead.

Monkey Brain Bread

I am a huge fan of breakfast for any meal of the day. I think that pancakes are perfectly acceptable for dinner and that cereal is perfect any time of day. That’s why I feel that monkey bread is perfect for breakfast, as an after school snack, and for dessert. I’ve seen them served sweet and savory and I don’t think that there’s a bad way to prepare a big serving pf pull apart bread. For this Halloween inspired treat, I paired the biscuit based loaf with sweet strawberry filling for this fun and delicious Monkey Brain Bread.

You can totally go with the traditional cinnamon sugar flavor, but I wanted a bit more of gorey effect, so adding in the red fruit filling was perfect!

Then I poured the pie filling over the loaf for an oozing bloody look!

The candy eyeballs and monkey skeleton I got at Target just made serving it up even better!

Trust me – the kids are going to love it!! I know I did.

It’s simple to stuff your biscuits with pie filling.

Once you quarter your biscuits, simply open them up and add a small amount of strawberry pie filling and then pinch it closed. It’s a process to make them all, but I thought it was totally worth it.

Once it’s baked up, you can see little spots where the filling oozed through but that just adds to the overall effect.

Serve it up with some “spinal fluid” dipping sauce. That’s just more pie filling mixed with whipped cream 🙂 But it’s always fun to pretend.

I think this would be super fun at a Halloween party for the kids. Monkey Brain Bread serves a lot of people, tastes great and is so fun to watch your guests think back to the scene in Indiana Jones when they get served chilled monkey brains for dessert.

I’m evil… I know. You’re welcome!

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Check out the amazing #HalloweenTreatsWeek recipes from our bloggers today!

Melting Ghost Hot Chocolate from Big Bear’s Wife
Day of the Dead Mexican Chocolate Cupcakes from Pook’s Pantry
Devilish Halloween Deviled Eggs from Pastry Chef Online
Candy Corn Layer Cake from ReciPEAs
Cauldron Cupcakes from Mrs. Happy Homemaker
Black Magic Skull Cakes from Sugar Dish Me
Frankenstein’s Monster Pudding Cups from I am a Honey Bee
Halloween Sprinkle Cookie Cake from Love and Confections
Chocolate Dipped Brownie Pops for Halloween from Southern From Scratch
Creepy Crawly Dirt Cup Pudding Parfaits from 4 Sons R Us
“Guts” Cinnamon Rolls from A Blender Mom
Creepy Eyeball Donuts from Daily Dish Recipes
Mummy Bites from Eat Move Make
Monkey Brain Bread from Pint Sized Baker
Halloween Cookie Pizza from Grumpy’s Honeybunch
Boo Berry Pie from Kudos Kitchen
Monster Donuts from The Baking Fairy
Boogeyman Brew from Who Needs A Cape?
Purple People Eater Thumbprints from The Spiffy Cookie
Hocus Pocus Halloween Decorated Pretzels from Lady Behind The Curtain
Black and Orange Cookies from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
Skeleton Popsicles from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
Monster Mash Cake from Mildly Meandering
Graveyard Skillet Brownies from Strawberry Blondie Kitchen
Blood-Red Pomegranate Margarita from The Redhead Baker
Halloween Snoballs from The Beard and The Baker
Halloween Chocolate Cherry Hand Pies from House of Nash Eats
Halloween Dunkaroo Dip from Savory Experiments
Bloody Eyeball Cherry Cheesecake Cupcakes from Katie’s Cucina
Eye Scream Sundae from For the Love of Food

And since you love Monkey Bread so much, here’s a few more flavor ideas for you – Lemon Curd Monkey Bread

Peaches and Cream Monkey Bread

Chocolate Cherry Monkey Bread Recipe

Yield: 18

Monkey Brain Bread

Get a bit gruesome this Halloween when you serve the family a classic Monkey Bread for breakfast when your make Monkey Brain Bread instead.

Prep Time 45 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Additional Time 1 hour

Total Time 2 hours 45 minutes

Ingredients

2 cans of refrigerator biscuit dough
1 can of Strawberry Pie Filling
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C butter, melted
Wilton candy eyeballs
1 C sweetened whipped cream or Cool Whip
Adam's Extract Red Food Coloring, optional

Instructions

Pop open the refrigerator biscuits and try not to scare your self. Cut each of the biscuits into 4 pieces. Set aside.
Open the pie filling and pour over a strainer. Push the jelly through the strainer into a bowl and reserve the fruit. Open the biscuit pieces and add a small amount of fruit to the center and pinch close. You'll know how much is enough or too much when it oozes out the sides.
Preheat the oven to 350F and add nonstick baking spray to a large bundt pan.
Sprinkle the dough pieces with sugar and place them into the bundt pan. Pour the melted butter over top and bake for 45 - 60 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes. Turn the monkey bread out on to a serving plate and cool for an hour.
Use the reserved pie filling jelly and spoon over top of the bread. accessorize with Wilton candy eyeballs.
Serve with "spinal fluid" by mixing the pie filling jelly with sweetened whipped cream or cool whip.

Notes

Don't want to use a can of pie filling? No problem. Simply slice some strawberries up and pop those into the center of the biscuits pieces. To make the "bloody" topping, mix 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 - 3 tablespoons of milk and enough of Adam's Extract Red Food Coloring to make a red glaze. Pour over the monkey bread and serve.