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1 Comment Today I’m sharing a delicious twist on a classic French toast recipe: French toast with mini Easter eggs and an easy vanilla sauce. Perfect for Easter brunch, but you can absolutely make this with a regular chocolate bar any time of year!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
You can of course make a classic vanilla sauce for this recipe, but I used a quick “cheat” version made with custard and a splash of milk. Delicious and ready in under a minute! It makes your Easter French toast even easier.
Recipe Ingredients
The type of bread you use for French toast is a personal choice. Slightly stale bread works for best texture, and I personally like using sturdy breads like sourdough. But honestly, any type of bread will work.
- Eggs – you’ll need eggs to make the custard mixture. I used large eggs
- Milk – whisk the eggs together with the milk (heavy cream works too!)
- Chocolate Easter eggs – choose your favorite: dark, milk, or white chocolate
- Vanilla pudding – mixed with a splash of milk, this makes an easy vanilla sauce
Of course these are just the basics. You can easily add a bit of brown sugar to the egg mixture, add fresh berries like strawberries or blueberry. A pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg is also delicious to add. A little pinch of salt is also tasty.
How to Make Easter French Toast
Making French toast is super easy. Whisk together milk, eggs, and cinnamon until combined.
Briefly dip each slice of bread into the mixture. It helps to pour the mixture into a shallow dish so the bread fits easily. A large bowl will also work.
Heat a skillet with some butter or oil and add the bread slices to the pan. Bake the French toast in the pan until golden brown.
To make the vanilla sauce, whisk the custard with a splash of milk until smooth and pourable.
Sprinkle chopped chocolate Easter eggs over the French toast and serve with the vanilla sauce. Done!
FAQ Easter French Toast
I wouldn’t recommend it. This is a quick recipe and tastes best when freshly made. You can reheat it, but fresh is definitely better. If you’re storing the french toast, keep it in the fridge covered in plastic wrap.
I prefer a sturdier bread, but you can use anything, from brioche to sourdough to French bread..
It depends on the bread. You don’t want it to get too soggy and fall apart. Usually a few seconds per side is enough.
Cooking doesn’t take long, just a few minutes per side.
Anything you like! Milk, dark, filled, or white chocolate. Just keep in mind it may affect how sweet the dish is. I used dark chocolate eggs myself.
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Easter French Toast with Vanilla Sauce
Ingredients
For the French toast:
- 4 slices day-old bread
- 200 ml whole milk or heavy cream
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Butter for frying
For serving:
- 100 grams chocolate Easter eggs
- Powdered sugar
- 100 ml custard or vanilla sauce
- Splash of milk
Equipment
- Skillet
Instructions
- Whisk the eggs, then stir in the milk, vanilla extract and cinnamon. Mix well.200 ml whole milk, 2 eggs, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Heat a skillet with butter and/or oil.Butter
- Dip each slice of bread into the milk mixture for a few seconds on each side.4 slices day-old bread
- Place in the skillet and cook until golden brown.
- For the vanilla sauce, stir the vanilla pudding with a splash of milk (or cream) until slightly thinner and pourable.100 ml custard, Splash of milk
- Chop the chocolate Easter eggs into smaller pieces. Serve the warm French toast topped with chocolate and drizzle with the vanilla sauce. Add powdered sugar if using100 grams chocolate Easter eggs, Powdered sugar
Notes
Nutrition Information per portion:
Disclaimer:
The nutritional values above are calculated per portion. The details are based on standard nutritional tables and do not constitute a professional nutritional advice.
Just a fun Easter twist on a classic recipe. And easy to customize too!