Rescue Roast® Hot Chocolate French Toast

Crispy on the outside, soft in the middle, chocolatey all the way through, and absolutely made for slow weekend mornings.

If ordinary French toast is already one of your favourite breakfasts, this version takes things in a much more indulgent direction.

Rescue Roast® Hot Chocolate is whisked directly into the egg mixture, giving every slice a rich chocolate flavour before it even reaches the pan.

Add fresh berries, banana, whipped cream or a drizzle of chocolate sauce, and breakfast starts looking suspiciously like dessert.

Ingredients

• 6 thick slices of bread or brioche
• 3 large eggs
• ¾ cup milk
• ⅓ cup Rescue Roast® Hot Chocolate powder
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Pinch of salt
• Butter for frying

For Serving

• Fresh strawberries
• Banana slices
• Whipped cream
• Chocolate sauce
• Maple syrup or honey
• Chocolate shavings
• Icing sugar
• Extra Rescue Roast® Hot Chocolate powder for dusting

Method

1. Add the eggs, milk, Rescue Roast® Hot Chocolate powder, brown sugar, vanilla essence, cinnamon and salt to a shallow bowl.

2. Whisk everything together until smooth and well combined.

3. Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat and add a small amount of butter.

4. Dip each slice of bread into the chocolate egg mixture, coating both sides.

Allow the bread to absorb some of the mixture, but do not leave it soaking for too long or it may become difficult to handle.

5. Transfer the soaked bread to the warm pan.

6. Cook for approximately 2–3 minutes per side, or until golden and cooked through.

7. Repeat with the remaining slices, adding a little more butter to the pan when necessary.

Stack It, Top It, Make It Ridiculous

Serve your Rescue Roast® Hot Chocolate French Toast while it is still warm.

You can keep things simple with fresh fruit and a light dusting of icing sugar.

Or you can accept that chocolate French toast was never going to be a particularly restrained breakfast.

Try piling it high with:

• Banana slices
• Fresh strawberries
• Whipped cream
• Chocolate shavings
• A drizzle of warm chocolate sauce
• A little maple syrup

Finish with a light sprinkle of Rescue Roast® Hot Chocolate powder over the top.

Use Brioche for an Extra-Special Version

Regular bread works perfectly well, but thick slices of brioche make this recipe particularly indulgent.

The soft, buttery bread absorbs the chocolate mixture beautifully while developing caramelised edges in the pan.

If you are making this for a special breakfast or brunch, brioche is absolutely worth considering.

Make It Stuffed

Want to take things a little further?

Spread chocolate hazelnut spread, peanut butter or cream cheese between two slices of bread before dipping them into the mixture.

Cook the sandwich gently on both sides until golden and warmed through.

Slice it in half and you have a warm, chocolate-filled French toast centre.

Completely unnecessary.

Also completely worth it.

Rescue Roast® Mocha French Toast

For coffee lovers, replace approximately ¼ cup of the milk with strong brewed Rescue Roast® coffee.

The result is a subtle mocha flavour that works especially well with chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

And, naturally, you can serve it alongside another cup of Rescue Roast® coffee.

There are no rules saying breakfast cannot contain coffee twice.

Make It a Dessert

If you serve this later in the day, simply replace the whipped cream with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Add warm chocolate sauce, strawberries and chocolate shavings.

At that point we can probably stop pretending it is breakfast.

And that is perfectly fine.

250 g or 500 g?

Rescue Roast® Hot Chocolate is available in both 250 g and 500 g bags.

The 250 g bag is a handy option for hot chocolate and occasional recipes.

But if you are following the Rescue Roast® Academy recipe collection and have already discovered hot chocolate pudding, mug cake, crinkle cookies, cheesecake, pancakes and now French toast...

The 500 g bag may be starting to look like the safer option.

Chocolate for Breakfast

We are now several recipes into our Rescue Roast® Hot Chocolate experiment, and we have reached an important conclusion:

There are considerably more places for hot chocolate in the kitchen than simply inside a mug.

And apparently one of those places is French toast.

We are definitely not complaining.