Caramel Pull Aparts
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There’s nothing like warm Caramel Pull Aparts for breakfast! They start with canned biscuit dough that’s topped with a homemade caramel sauce then baked. They are so quick and easy. Perfect for holiday breakfast or a treat any morning.

These easy caramel pull aparts are a family favorite recipe that is perfect for special weekend breakfasts or holiday brunches. Ooey-gooey yumminess is basically how I describe these caramel bites and they are so simple to make!
We love breakfast bread at our house like my easy apple pull-apart bread and cream cheese blueberry bread, but there’s something so fun about bite-sized pull-apart bread! I’ve been making these caramel pull-aparts ever since my mother-in-law shared the recipe with me years ago. It was one of my husband’s favorites growing up and now I make them for our family!
For this version, biscuit pieces are coated with a super simple caramel sauce – what’s not to love about that? Just wait until you see how easy it is!
You Will Love This Recipe!
- Instead of making the dough from scratch, you use Pillsbury biscuit dough. It doesn’t get any easier than that!
- Some people call this monkey bread, but instead of layering the dough in a bundt pan, you bake the monkey bread in a 9×13” pan. It’s a lot easier to assemble.
- The caramel sauce is made with ice cream! It’s the easiest sauce ever that takes just minutes to make.
You Only Need 5 Ingredients!
Yep, only 5 ingredients for all of it including the caramel sauce. Using the premade biscuit dough is the best shortcut – I don’t know about you, but I don’t have time to make pull-apart bread from scratch especially in the morning when everyone is ready to eat!
The dough is lightly spiced with cinnamon so you can already guess how amazing this smells while it’s baking. I think the scent of cinnamon wafting from the oven is my favorite way to wake up! Well, that and coffee, of course!
For the caramel sauce, ice cream is the secret ingredient! Combined with butter and brown sugar it makes the best (and easiest!) sauce ever.
How to Make the Recipe
- First, grease a 9×13” baking dish with cooking spray. Take your biscuit dough rounds and cut each of them into quarters and then place them in the pan. Sprinkle cinnamon over the top.
- For the sauce, place the butter, ice cream, and brown sugar in a saucepan. Warm it so it all melts together and then bring it to a boil. Pour the hot sauce over the biscuit pieces in the pan.
- Bake the biscuits for 18 minutes at 375 degrees or until they are golden brown and cooked through. Cool the pull-apart bread for five minutes in the pan. To serve, flip the pan over onto a serving platter.
I highly recommend serving these caramel pull-aparts warm from the oven!
Pro Tips
- This recipe is so easy I don’t often make it ahead. You can have it in the oven in 15 minutes! But, if you prefer you can assemble it the night before and keep it in the fridge. You may need to add a few minutes to the baking time if it goes into the oven cold.
- For the ice cream, I use vanilla but you can switch up the flavor! Try pumpkin ice cream, pralines and cream, butterscotch or other flavor you like to give these you own special twist!
- Keep the leftovers in the refrigerator in an airtight container. You can warm the pull-apart bread in the microwave so it tastes like it just came from the oven!
More Easy Breakfast Recipes
- Apple Muffins are the perfect recipe for breakfast! They are loaded with apples, cinnamon, and oatmeal and topped with streusel.
- Make a batch of my Mini Caramel Rolls for another easy treat no one can resist! They’re made with crescent rolls and are so flaky and delicious.
- Use store-bought pizza dough to make my Easy Cinnamon Twists! They have all the flavor of cinnamon rolls but are so much easier to make.
I know you’re going to love this and everyone will love it! Be sure and comment below with a five star rating so I get to hear what you think!!
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Caramel Pull Aparts
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Ingredients
- 1/2 c. butter
- 1 c. ice cream
- 1 c. packed brown sugar
- 3 containers Pillsbury biscuits, cut into quarters 7.5 oz each
- 2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Grease a 9 x 13 pan with non-stick cooking spray. Place quartered biscuits in pan. Sprinkle biscuits with cinnamon.
- In a small saucepan melt butter, ice cream and brown sugar. Bring to a boil. Pour over biscuits.
- Bake biscuits in oven for 18 minutes are until they are golden brown and cooked through. Cool 5 minutes. Flip pan over onto serving platter.
Tips
- This recipe is so easy I don’t often make it ahead. You can have it in the oven in 15 minutes! But, if you prefer you can assemble it the night before and keep it in the fridge. You may need to add a few minutes to the baking time if it goes into the oven cold.
- For the ice cream, I use vanilla but you can switch up the flavor! Try pumpkin ice cream, pralines and cream, butterscotch or other flavor you like to give these you own special twist!
- Keep the leftovers in the refrigerator in an airtight container. You can warm the pull-apart bread in the microwave so it tastes like it just came from the oven!
Brenda says
Love this recipe! It is so quick and easy to make. I drizzled caramel sauce on top straight out of the oven and oh my gosh it’s yummy!
Teri says
sounds too easy – Have you tried the Bundt pan?
Julie Evink says
No I haven’t but I think that would work good! Baking time might vary a bit because it’s thicker.
Regina says
Can a cup of cream be substituted for the ice cream ?
Courtney says
We really love the ice cream with this recipe and highly suggest making it this way. I would assume a cup of cream would be an okay substitute!
Jill says
My family LOVED this! It is the best recipe for caramel pull aparts I have found, both in ease of making it and flavor. Thank you!
Julie Evink says
Wonderful to hear Jill!! Thanks for commenting and rating the recipe!
Laura Reese says
This bread is the most amazing way to enjoy a treat. The ingredients are so good together.
Julie says
So glad you love it!
Toni Dash says
This is really good! My family loved it! Can’t wait to make it again!
Julie says
Great! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Beth says
Yummy! My daughter is going to love this recipe! I can’t wait to give this a try! Looks so delicious and so tasty!
Julie says
I’m sure she will love it! Thanks, Beth!
Lenda Lyman says
Sounds great for Thanksgiving morning. Any specific biscuit type recommended?
Julie says
I just use the Pillsbury Grands Flaky Layers but any canned biscuit should give you a great result!
Donna says
What flavor of ice cream works best?
Julie says
I used vanilla but you could try others if you wanted!
Cathy@LemonTreeDwelling says
This is such a great little twist on pull apart bread1 I never would have thought to use ice cream!!
Julie Evink says
Thanks Cathy! It’s the hub’s family recipe!
Lyuba@willcookforsmiles says
Oh yum, Julie! This sounds like caramel heaven!!
Julie Evink says
Thanks Lyuba!
Melissa says
My sister just told me tonight that she wants to bake something with caramel! I think this is it 🙂 It looks amazing (and easy, yay!)
Zainab @ Blahnik Baker says
Oh my!! These really do look amazing. Ooeeey goooey amazing!!
Serene@HouseofYumm says
Yum!! These look amazing! And they sound delicious! Pinning this and will definitely be making these soon 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Julie Evink says
Thanks Serene!
Renee@Two in the Kitchen says
Oh my heavens, I L-U-V these scrumptious looking pull a parts! I sure do wish I could stay skinny after eating a dozen of these! -and it’s so cool that they are made with ice cream!!! YUM!
Julie Evink says
Thanks Renee! Me too 🙂 That would rock!