Captain Hershey's Rum Pudding

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 10 eggs
• 1 cup rum or 1 cup spiced rum or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, in 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup hershey's cocoa
• 1 quart heavy cream
• 1 loaf italian bread (about 10 cups) or 1 loaf french bread, cubed (about 10 cups)
• vanilla ice cream
• chocolate sauce
• hersheys chocolate syrup

Recipe

• 1 heat conventional oven to 350°f.
• 2 butter or oil 10 to 12 individual baking dishes.
• 3 in large bowl with wire whisk, blend together eggs, rum, spices and vanilla.
• 4 place hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips, sugar and hershey's cocoa in heavy saucepan.
• 5 gradually blend in cream.
• 6 over low heat, stirring constantly, heat until hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips are melted and mixture is smooth.
• 7 gradually blend into egg mixture.
• 8 add bread, stirring to coat.
• 9 let stand until all bread is soaked (about 2 to 3 hours).
• 10 stir occasionally.
• 11 spoon mixture into prepared dishes.
• 12 bake 25 to 30 minutes or until set.