Chocolate Bread Pudding

We’ve sponsored the California State Fair Chocolate Passion Contest for nearly fifteen years, and occasionally I get to hand out the medals. One year, the host asked me to share my favorite dessert. When I said bread pudding, there was an awkward silence followed by a few chuckles; apparently bread pudding wasn’t a glamorous choice. I stand behind my answer and defy anyone to taste this luscious, rich, chocolate bread pudding and tell me it doesn’t have a place in the pantheon of great dess