Monkey Bread Recipe {with a tropical twist} - Belly Full (2024)

Ooey gooey Pina Colada Monkey Bread with canned biscuit dough, coconut milk, pineapple, rum, and a silky vanilla glaze! Make it for an indulgent breakfast or dessert. So easy!

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There are a few food items my husband deeply loves: a sloppy burger, beer, anything dill, and pineapple. Not necessary together. Because…ew. Although I wouldn’t put it past him.

Inspired by traditional cinnamon-sugar monkey bread and our favorite Pina Colada drink, I decided to put a delicious tropical twist on it for him, which included pineapple. It was sweet, rich, gooey…and he loved every single bite. And then said, “don’t ever make that again.” HA. This monkey bread recipe is so good!

What is Monkey Bread?

Monkey bread is essentially a bundt cake made from small balls of dough that have been coated in butter, sugar, and cinnamon. It bakes until the dough is tender and golden, with a buttery, sticky sweet sauce, then inverted onto a plate and drizzled with glaze. It’s basically a giant mound of tiny cinnamon rolls. Eaten like pull-apart bread, where everyone snags a piece, similar to how monkeys eat.

Our version uses the same method, but we changed up the ingredients to mimic classic Pina Colada flavors.

Monkey Bread Recipe

Ingredients you’ll need for this particular monkey bread with biscuits recipe:
(Scroll below to the printable recipe card for details and measurements.)

• Butter and sugar: To coat the dough balls in.
• Coconut milk: Just canned coconut milk, full fat or light. Make sure you shake it up before using.
• Rum: No need to buy anything top shelf – just whatever rum you enjoy drinking. Simply omit the rum if you’re avoiding alcohol.
• Pillsbury biscuits: This recipe calls for Pillsbury Homestyle Original Grands refrigerated biscuits. If you are outside the US and can’t find canned biscuit dough, you can try and make your own homemade dough or use pizza or bread dough, but the overall texture might be more dry.
• Crushed pineapple: Canned crushed pineapple that’s been fully drained.
• Powdered sugar and vanilla extract: These ingredients are combined with coconut milk and rum to make the glaze.

How to Make Monkey Bread

There are 5 easy steps to making this recipe: Make the sauce, prepare the biscuits, fill the bundt pan, bake, invert, and glaze. (To make this Pull Apart Monkey Bread, follow the steps below included in the printable recipe card.)

This type of bread cooks best when made in a bundt pan and that’s how this recipe has been tested. You probably could bake it in a different type of baking dish, but a bundt pan gives it that signature shape.

Sometimes it can be a guessing game when monkey bread is cooked through. Our recipe bakes for 35 minutes and when a toothpick inserted comes out clean. But all ovens run differently, so it’s best to use a digital thermometer to ensure the internal temperature reaches 190 degrees F and you’re not eating any raw dough.

How to Store Monkey Bread

Monkey bread is best served right away or at least the same day it’s made while it’s fresh. If you do have leftovers, it can be stored tightly covered at room temperature for a day or in the fridge for about 3 days. Bring it back to room temperature or heat up sections in the microwave before serving again.

More Pull Apart Bread Recipes:

• Italian Pull Apart Bread
• Breakfast Pull Apart Bread
• French Toast Pull Apart Muffins
• Monkey Bread Muffins {savory}

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