Molten Chocolate Bread Pudding.

I adapted this recipe from the Purple Chocolate Home.  Check out the link where you can find two divine looking sauces to pour over the bread pudding for an even more decadent dessert.

10-12 cups French bread, dried out and chopped into 1 inch pieces.  (I used 1/2 of a round French country loaf from Costco.)
1 quart heavy cream
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 Tbsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup orange juice

additional 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup chocolate chips

1.  Cut up bread and place in large bowl.
2.  In a separate bowl whisk together cream, sugars, egg, vanilla, and cinnamon.
3.  In a microwave safe bowl stir together chocolate chips and orange juice.  Microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring in between, until smooth (I melted for a total of 1 minute 30 seconds.
4.  Stir melted chocolate into the cream and sugar mixture. 
5. Pour over bread and toss.  Allow to sit for 30 minutes.
6.  Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and spray grease a 9x13 pan.
7.  Pour bread into pan and sprinkle additional brown sugar and chocolate chips on top.
8.  Bake for 45 minutes.  Pudding will be gooey.  Allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Another way to dress up this dessert would be to serve with a berry syrup and/or fresh raspberries.