Bread Pudding Sauce
Published Oct 01, 2019
Updated Sep 30, 2025
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The most delicious Bread Pudding Sauce that is creamy, rich, and takes bread pudding (or pancakes, waffles, etc) to a whole other level!

This sauce is the boss you guys! If you are looking for a delicious easy-to-make sauce to drizzle over desserts, welcome! You are about to fall in love!
This bread pudding sauce has only 3 ingredients! THREE! Yet, it tastes so fancy, like a sauce you will enjoy at a fancy restaurant. It’s perfect for a busy mom like me to make.
It is sweet, but not overwhelmingly sweet. Just the right amount of sweetness to allow you to enjoy whatever you are having it with!
Drizzle this sauce on crepes, pancakes, lemon pound cake or pour it all over your bread pudding!

Ingredients for Bread Pudding Sauce
You only need 3 ingredients for Bread Pudding Sauce:
- Butter
- Sugar
- Coconut milk

These 3 ingredients, combined in the right way, taste like a dream. So creamy and velvety with a slight nuttiness from the coconut. Wayyyy better than a warm vanilla sauce.
Also, there are many other ingredients that can be added to Bread Pudding Sauce, like rum, bourbon, maple syrup, vanilla extract, caramel sauce, dark brown sugar, coconut cream, warm spices, fruit juice or fruit zest.
However, the three main ingredients are butter, sugar, and a creamy liquid, such as milk, heavy cream, or, in this case, coconut milk. The coconut milk makes the sauce incredibly delicious!
How to Make Bread Pudding Sauce
Place butter and sugar in a pot and set on medium heat. Let them cook until the butter has completely melted and the sugar has completely dissolved.

Add the coconut milk and let the sauce simmer for a few minutes. That’s it, your Bread Pudding Sauce is ready!

When this bread pudding sauce is still hot, it is light.

It thickens as it cools down, so keep that in mind.
Save leftover Bread Pudding Sauce in an airtight container in the fridge. It is the perfect sauce to whip out to pour on desserts. It takes classic bread pudding to a new level!
But let’s not forget that this is BREAD PUDDING SAUCE. So pour this goodness over your warm bread pudding and enjoy!

I have a phenomenal bread pudding recipe to go with this sauce. It is coming your way tomorrow. Enjoy, friends! Update: here is the recipe for Challah Bread Pudding.
More Serving Ideas
Also serve this creamy sauce with:
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Bread Pudding Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 13 oz can of unsweetened coconut milk
Instructions
- Place butter and sugar in a pot on medium heat and let them cook together while stirring from time to time until the butter melts.
- Add the coconut milk and bring to a simmer. Let it simmer together for about 5 minutes.
- Serve sauce over bread pudding, pancakes, waffles, cakes, etc.








I followed this and mine was so delicious. Thanks alot sis