The incredibly delicious Strawberry Blueberry Stuffed Monkey Bread has a light lemon flavor and is stuffed on the inside with fruit! A delicious and elegant dessert! Serve with a side of whipped cream for a delicious treat!
This recipe came to us one afternoon when we had a plethora of Strawberries from the garden and we’d just picked up several pints of blueberries from a roadside stand (we’re growing blueberries but they aren’t quite ready yet – close.. but not yet).
My kids love to make monkey bread and we just combined the idea together with the berries and decided to wrap the berries in there with some cream cheese and well… this was born.
We decided it was sweet enough and so good all on it’s own, we didn’t want to ruin it with any icing or anything so we just left it as is. We did serve the slices with some fresh homemade whipped cream.
It’s ridiculously easy. Honestly. Just time consuming. But oh so worth every berry moment of it at the end. Trust me.
The light lemon flavor of the “cake” and the berry filled insides are just delicious together and we are pleased to tell you, this will be made again and again!
Why do they call it Monkey Bread?
Monkey bread is called monkey bread because it is a “finger food”. It is a pull apart bread (or bubble bread) that is usually soft, sweet and sticky, served mostly in the US as a treat or for breakfast.
Traditionally it was made with soft baked dough with cinnamon. It’s popular at carnivals, festivals, fairs and concerts.
They refer to it as Monkey Bread because it is picked apart and eaten, the way a monkey would pick something apart and eat it.
What do I need to make Monkey Bread?
- 3 cans of biscuits
- 1 cup of sugar
- zest of two lemons
- 1 cup of chopped strawberries
- 1 cup of blueberries
- 1 8 oz. pkg. of cream cheese
- berries and whipped cream for decorating, totally optional
More of the Best Summer Berry Recipes
Don’t forget to check out the other fabulous recipes in this week’s Summer Berries exchange! They are amazing!
Breakfast & Brunch Berry Recipes
- Angel Food French Toast with Blueberry Lemon Sauce
- Blueberry Rhubarb Baked Oatmeal
- Overnight Strawberry Stuffed French Toast
Sweet & Savory Summer Berry Recipes
- Herbed Pork Tenderloin with Wild Blueberry Sauce
- BBQ Strawberry Pizza
Jams, Jelly, Sauces & More
Summer Berry Dessert Recipes
- Strawberry Crumb Bars
- No-Bake Frozen Berrylicious Cracker Cake
- Strawberry Cream Cheese Dessert
- Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Sugar Chips
- Lattice-Top Blueberry Pie
- Strawberry Shortcakes
- Stove Top Berry Crumble
- Strawberry Yogurt Popsicle
- Chocolate-Raspberry Yoghurt Cookies
- Strawberry Ice Cream
- Strawberry Pretzel Salad
- Strawberry-Chocolate Frozen Yogurt Parfaits
- Strawberries with Cannoli Cream
- Almond Cake with Blackberry Mascarpone Filling
- Oregon Strawberry Sundae {Dairyfree}
- Blackberry Pie w/Brandied Whipped Cream
- Raspberry Mousse
- Mini Strawberry Cheesecake with Walnut Crust
- Strawberry Blueberry Stuffed Monkey Bread by Daily Dish Recipes
Cocktails, Drinks & Smoothies
- Blueberry Infused Vodka
- Blueberry Moscow Mule with Homemade Ginger Beer
- Goji Berry Martini
- Irish Cobbler
Recipe for Strawberry Blueberry Stuffed Monkey Bread

Strawberry Blueberry Stuffed Monkey Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cans of biscuits
- 1 cup of sugar
- zest of two lemons
- 1 cup of chopped strawberries
- 1 cup of blueberries
- 1 8 oz. pkg. of cream cheese
- berries and whipped cream for decorating totally optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a bundt cake pan with cooking spray or shortening. Don't forget to grease the tube part too.
- In a small bowl, combine the sugar and the lemon zest.
- Separate all the biscuits and then cut each biscuit circle in half.
- Press about a ½ teaspoon of cream cheese into the center of each of the dough pieces. Add a blueberry or two and a few strawberry pieces.
- Fold the biscuit dough over the cream cheese and berries and seal as much as you can around the edges, containing the mixture inside.
- Roll each stuffed biscuit piece in the lemon sugar mixture.
- Place the sugar coasted pieces into the bundt pan until you've done them all.
- We had a little leftover lemon/sugar mixture and just kinda tossed it on top of all the little pieces.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in the pan for only 10 minutes.
- To release the cake, run a knife around all the edges including the center of the pan. Gently place a plate up against the pan and turn the cake over onto the pan. We had to shake a couple of times to get it to come completely loose.
- Cool another 15 minutes or so before attempting to try some. Its hard, I know.
- You can cover and refrigerate any remaining "cake".
sunithi
Friday 7th of June 2013
Thank God your kid is safe and your monkey bread is fabulous !!! Thanks for hosting ! Be safe !!
Nicole Cook
Friday 14th of June 2013
Thanks so much Sue!
Lori @ Foxes Love Lemons
Thursday 6th of June 2013
Oh, so sorry about everything that has happened, but so glad you're ok. And still, thanks for hosting :) This monkey bread looks ridiculous good. My little niece would go crazy for it!
Nicole Cook
Friday 14th of June 2013
We are doing so much better Lori, thank you. For all the sweet words...
Cindys Recipes and Writings
Thursday 6th of June 2013
Glad everyone is okay. Thanks for all you do for Sunday Supper in keeping us connected.
Nicole Cook
Friday 14th of June 2013
Cindy, thank you so much!
Jane's Adventures in Dinner
Tuesday 4th of June 2013
So very glad that everything is ok. Seems almost trite to add that your recipe is lovely-but it is. C: Hope this week is much less eventful.
Nicole Cook
Friday 14th of June 2013
lol Jane, thank you for ALL of the sweet words. Our life has settled and we are doing much better! :)
Alice // Hip Foodie Mom
Tuesday 4th of June 2013
Nicole, sorry I am just now getting around to reading everyone's posts. . oh my goodness! I can't believe everything that's happened to you in the past few days! Glad to hear your daughter is ok, your house and family are ok. . take care and I hope you get some much needed REST!
Nicole Cook
Friday 14th of June 2013
And I'm just getting back to commenting, so don't sweat the delay. Thanks for your sweet words... we are all doing much better and we did get that rest and now I'm focused again - a really good thing. Hugs and thank you!