Mini Monkey Bread

Mini Monkey Bread is the perfect finger food dessert for any party. Your guests will love pulling apart their individual servings of monkey bread. It’s a fun size for the kids, brunch, or summer potlucks.

mini monkey bread

Darn, these irresistible little pieces of deliciousness. I seriously had to walk away from the warm, tasty morsels. There is just something about fresh, warm bread. Add a little cinnamon sugar and a caramel topping to bread and it’s an instant dessert or breakfast food. I love that! Combining bread with dessert is always a win-win like this old-fashioned peach cobbler, crescent roll apple dumplings, and Skillet Berry Slump.

Ingredients

mini monkey bread ingredients
  •    Buttery Biscuit Refrigerated Dough – I bought a can of large buttermilk biscuits.
  •     Sugar – this will be mixed with the cinnamon to coat the biscuit dough
  •     Cinnamon

For the topping:

  •     Butter – You’ll melt the butter to make a caramel sauce
  •    Brown sugar – This will be added with the cinnamon to the melted butter to make a delicious caramel sauce
  •    Cinnamon

Equipment

  •     Muffin Tins sprayed with spray oil – butter-flavored

How to Make Mini Monkey Bread

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit

Open your biscuits, and cut each biscuit into eight pieces. To do this, cut the biscuit across and vertically in half. Cut those halves in half. You should now have eight pieces.

biscuit dough cut into pieces

Fill a large zip-lock bag with the sugar and cinnamon. Shake the cinnamon and sugar to combine.

Drop a few biscuit pieces at a time into the bag of cinnamon sugar

making monkey bread

Shake the bag so the sugar coats the biscuit pieces

cinnamon coated biscuit dough

Place the sugar-coated bread into the greased muffin tins. You should have room for 5 or 6 per muffin cavity.

making monkey bread

 Using a saucepan, heat the butter over medium heat until melted

Turn the heat off, and add the cinnamon and brown sugar. Stir the mixture until combined

making caramel sauce

Pour evenly over the 12 mini monkey bread

caramel sauce over biscuit dough

Bake for 15 minutes

monkey bread

While the bread is still warm, invert it onto a serving plate or a parchment-paper-lined surface, and enjoy!

monkey bread

Expert Tips

Only place 4-5 biscuit pieces into the large bag of cinnamon sugar at a time. Otherwise, you’ll run the risk of the biscuit pieces sticking together and they will not be completely coated.

Be sure to turn the heat off once the butter has melted for the caramel sauce. If you cook the sauce, it will still tastes delicious but it will get too thick

Variations

Sprinkle mini monkey bread with powdered sugar

Drizzle powdered sugar and milk glaze over finished mini monkey bread

What to Serve With

FAQs

Why is Monkey Bread Called Monkey Bread?

Nobody really knows how Monkey Bread got its’ name, but some people speculate it is because we pull the pieces apart to eat them as a monkey would. Personally, I think it is because of the sound of oohs and aahs people make when eating the delicious cinnamon bread.

What Else Can I Use Besides a Muffin Tin to Make Mini Monkey Bread?

You can use a mini bundt pan or use a parchment-lined baking sheet with mounds of 4-5 pieces of sugar-coated biscuit pieces.

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Serving Size

This recipe should yield one dozen mini monkey bread

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    mini monkey bread

    Mini Monkey Bread

    Delicious cinnamon sugar bread baked with a caramel glaze.
    5 from 1 vote
    Print Pin Rate
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes
    Servings: 12 servings
    Calories: 326cal
    Author: Melissa Haines
    Cost: $10

    Equipment

    • muffin tin for one dozen muffins – sprayed with spray oil (butter flavored)

    Ingredients

    • 1 can Buttery Biscuit Refrigerated Dough   
    • cup sugar 
    • 2 tsp. sugar granulated

    Caramel Sauce

    • 1 cup brown sugar
    • ½ cup butter
    • 2 tsp. cinnamon

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
    • Open your biscuits, and cut each biscuit into eight pieces. To do this, cut the biscuit across and vertically in half. Cut those halves in half. You should now have eight pieces.
    • Fill a large zip-lock bag with the sugar and cinnamon.
    • Shake the cinnamon and sugar to combine.
    • Drop a few biscuit pieces at a time into the bag of cinnamon sugar and shake so they get coated with sugar.
    • Place the sugar-coated bread into the greased muffin tin. You should have room for 5 or 6 per muffin cavity.
    • Using a saucepan, heat the butter over medium heat until melted
    • Turn the heat off, and add the cinnamon and brown sugar.
    • Stir the mixture until combined
    • Pour evenly over the 12 mini monkey bread
    • Bake for 15 minutes
    • While the bread is still warm, invert it onto a serving plate or a parchment paper-lined surface and enoy!

    Notes

    Nutrition facts are only an estimate 

    Nutrition

    Calories: 326cal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 429mg | Potassium: 117mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 240IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 1mg

    ~Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.com – fun foods, party ideas, recipes, crafts, and fun things to do with the whole family

    Adapted from Calvin Christian School Cookbook

    5 from 1 vote

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    1. Melissa Haines

      5 stars
      So delicious!