Black Cherry Mini Monkey Bread Recipe

Black cherry mini monkey bread is a yummy twist on homemade monkey bread. Made with cherries, Yoplait® Black Cherry yogurt, and cherry juice, these mini monkey breads are the perfect treat for snacking.

I recently read that snacking now accounts for over half of all eating.  I’m assuming that’s in the U.S. because we are definitely a country of snackers if my kids are any indication.  Of course, I do the mom thing and offer my kid oranges, apples and carrots as snacks.  But when it comes to mommy snacking, there’s a bit more indulgence.

One of my favorite snacks is homemade monkey bread.  It’s one of those recipes I make when I need to indulge a little.  I make my monkey bread from scratch without canned biscuits or yeast so it’s easy to make and still homemade.  I often use yogurt in my monkey bread dough and I realized that I’d never tried to make it with a flavored yogurt.  I had a jar of cherries in my pantry I needed to use up and Black Cherry Monkey Bread was born. I added cherries to the tops of the bread, cherry yogurt in the dough, and cherry juice to the monkey bread sauce.

I picked up Yoplait Greek Yogurt in Black Cherry at my local Albertson’s grocery store. I was surprised, and delighted, to see that there were actual cherries right in the yogurt.  You could really use any flavor of  Yoplait yogurt to make a flavored monkey bread. I just happen to love cherries!

When digging around my cupboard for my fluted Bundt pan, I found this mini Bundt pan I’d completely forgotten about. These are perfect for a little snack and you aren’t tempted to eat the entire monkey bread in one sitting. I put a layer of chopped cherries and a little bit of the sauce on the bottom of each mini Bundt cake well. This will be the top of the mini monkey bread.

Roll the dough into half inch balls and place 4-5 in each Bundt.  Top each mini monkey bread with more of the sugar/butter sauce.  I over filled the pans on purpose because I like really sticky monkey bread.  Make sure to bake the bread on top of a cookie sheet. These will overflow.

These were amazing.  The cherry flavor came through in all aspects and the mini size is perfect for snacking.

Black Cherry Mini Monkey Bread Recipe

Preparation 20 min 2017-07-11T00:20:00+00:00

Cook Time 15 min 2017-07-11T00:15:00+00:00

Ingredients

For the dough

• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 Tablespoons cold butter
• 1 5.3 oz container of Yoplait 100 Calorie Greek Yogurt, Black Cherry flavor

For the sauce

• 6 Tablespoons butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup juice from jar of cherries
• 1 cup maraschino or Moreno cherries, roughly chopped

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
Amount Per Serving	As Served
Calories 2884kcal Calories from fat 1343
% Daily Value
Total Fat 149g	229%
Saturated Fat 93g	465%
Transfat 6g
Cholesterol 386mg	129%
Sodium 2357mg	98%
Carbohydrate 356g	119%
Dietary Fiber 14g	56%
Sugars 153g
Protein 42g

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

	Calories	2000
Total Fat	Less than	65g
Sat Fat	Less than	25g
Cholesterol	Less than	300mg
Sodium	Less than	2,400mg
Total Carbohydrate		300g
Dietary Fiber		25g

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