Hershey's Chocolate Monkey Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 (16 ounce) packages frozen bread dough (or bread dough from recipe of your choice)
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon hershey cocoa
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, melted and divided (not spread product)
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• mini hershey milk chocolate kisses or semisweet chocolate pieces or milk chocolate pieces

Recipe

• 1 thaw loaves as directed on package; let rise until doubled.
• 2 stir together granulated sugar, cocoa and cinnamon.
• 3 stir together 1/4 cup butter, brown sugar and water in small microwave-safe bowl.
• 4 microwave at high (100%) 30 to 60 seconds or until smooth when stirred.
• 5 pour mixture into 12-cup fluted tube pan.
• 6 heat oven to 350°f pinch off pieces of bread dough; form into balls, 1-1/2 inches in diameter, placing 3 baking pieces inside each ball.
• 7 dip each ball in remaining 1/4 cup butter; roll in cocoa-sugar mixture.
• 8 place balls in prepared pan.
• 9 bake 45 to 50 minutes or until golden brown.
• 10 cool 20 minutes in pan; invert onto serving plate.
• 11 cool until lukewarm.