Treat your family to our festive, eggnog bread pudding with rum sauce. We took a traditional bread pudding, added eggnog, and topped it with a sweet sauce.

As you may have guessed from the title of this dessert, Kim and I wanted to make something special for the this post. We already have a few holiday favorites out there, like our cranberry bread, berry cobbler, or our eggnog bread.

However, for today, we’re sharing something that, I hope, all the grown-ups in your house will love. It’s an eggnog infused bread pudding with rum sauce.

The recipe description says it all, a traditional bread pudding with eggnog and rum added to the batter. It’s similar to our Caramel Bread Pudding and Pumpkin Bread Pudding, only this version has a a holiday spin. As far as the rum sauce goes, it’s pretty basic.

A little melted butter, some sugar, and of course, more dark rum. The pudding takes a little bit to prepare, but I feel it’s worth the effort.

Since this dish is time-consuming, I won’t bore you with a long story. As always, check out our tips below for helpful hints. Let’s get started!

The finished bread pudding, topped with the rum sauce, sitting on a square plate.

How to Make Eggnog Bread Pudding:

First, start by gathering all your ingredients and spraying a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray. Also, don’t forget to preheat your oven to 350° F.

Next, cut the French loaf into 1-inch cubes. Remember, you should be using, “day-old,” bread.

The bread pudding with rum sauce ingredients like eggs, sugar, and a loaf of french bread.

Now, in a large mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, eggnog, rum, vanilla extract, nutmeg, and all-spice. Really give everything a good mix, like your making scrambled eggs.

Then, pour the mixture over the prepped bread and use a spoon to give the ingredients a good toss. You want to make sure the bread is properly coated with eggs.

The eggs, sugar, and other ingredients whisked together in a large glass mixing bowl.

After that, cover the bread pudding with aluminum foil and let it chill in your fridge for at least 30-minutes. Honestly, I’m not sure why this is needed.

But, every bread pudding with rum sauce I’ve ever made requires this step. So, I wouldn’t skip it if I were you.

Then, remove the dish from your fridge and place it in the oven, covered, to bake for 30-minutes.

Last, remove the foil and let it continue to cook for an additional 10-15 minutes so the pudding can set-up. Take it out of the oven and get started making the sauce.

The day old bread has been ripped apart and placed into a large casserole dish.

How to Make Rum Sauce:

First, in a medium saucepan over low heat, combine the heavy cream, sugar, and butter. Make sure to keep stirring the sauce while it cooks.

Next, while stirring, let the butter melt and the sugar dissolve.

Last, slowly add the dark rum to the saucepan and mix it into the sauce. That’s it, the sauce is done, now drizzle it over each piece of bread pudding or over the entire dish.

Two pieces of the bread pudding have been placed on square plates and topped with rum sauce.

Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce Tips:

This dessert can be made, “virgin,” simply omit the rum from the batter and the sauce. With that being said, it will change the flavor of the pudding.
If you don’t have, “day-old,” bread, just leave the French loaf out on your counter overnight and prepare the holiday dessert tomorrow.
You can reduce the sugar in this recipe by substituting Stevia or another sweetener in place of the granulated sugar. Also, for a more natural approach, try using maple syrup or honey in place of the sugar.

Other eggnog recipes you may enjoy: