Continuing with my favorite flavor of the Fall these Brûléed Pumpkin French Toast Sticks. French bread soaked in a pumpkin egg custard flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla is cooked on a griddle, then rolled in brown sugar and cooked a second time to caramelize the surface. Who needs syrup when you have crispy brown sugar on your French toast?
These are so easy you’ll find yourself making a huge batch and freezing them for later. They make a perfect school morning breakfast for the kids, easy to hold, eat and even dunkable if they want to add syrup. Make a batch with an entire loaf and you can feel a small party or have 8 servings you can freeze for later!
Are you guys as excited about the holidays as I am? I think I just bought out the pumpkin department at my local Sprouts. I have had pumpkin pastries in the morning or pumpkin granola. I even tried pumpkin tamales for dinner a couple of nights ago and I am excited for even more pumpkin as the season gets underway.
Looking for more pumpkin in for your breakfast or for dessert? Try my Iced Maple Pumpkin Pecan Streusel Muffins or Pumpkin Chocolate Bread. Or if you’re looking for non pumpkin breakfast ideas, take a look at the Breakfast index!
Let the bread sit out as long as you can (I leave the sticks out overnight) or bake in a 275 degree oven for 10 minutes. Add the milk, eggs, pumpkin, vanilla, sugar, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger in a bowl together and whisk until combined. Put ½ tablespoon of butter in a pan/large griddle. Dunk the bread into the custard and cook on a griddle on medium heat until browned on all sides. 
When you’ve done all the sticks roll the sticks in your ½ cup of brown sugar and put back on the griddle cooking until the brown sugar is melted on all sides. 
When the brown sugar cools it will harden. Serve with maple syrup or enjoy as is!
Ingredients
- 1 large French Bread loaf (cut into 1" sticks, mine was 20 oz.)
- 1 2/3 cup milk
- 6 large eggs
- 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar (divided)
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Let the bread sit out as long as you can (I leave the sticks out overnight) or bake in a 275 degree oven for 10 minutes.
- Add the milk, eggs, pumpkin, vanilla, sugar, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger in a bowl together and whisk until combined.
- Put ½ tablespoon of butter in a pan/large griddle.
- Dunk the bread into the custard and cook on a griddle on medium heat until browned on all sides.
- When you've done all the sticks roll the sticks in your ½ cup of brown sugar and put back on the griddle cooking until the brown sugar is melted on all sides.
- When the brown sugar cools it will harden.
- Serve with maple syrup or enjoy as is!
Nutrition
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OMG, this looks amazing. I love how it carmelized. PERFECTION>
Thanks Nancy!
I want to try these right now they look so delicious. am going to pick up the ingredients i need to make these for breakfast in the morning.
I hope you love it!
These Brûléed Pumpkin French Toast Sticks look so delicious. I will have to make these for our brunch this weekend. My kids are going to love them.
Hope you all love them!
Yummy! You just gave me an idea. This is going to be our breakfast tomorrow.
Yay!
Looks delish. I have to try this recipe!
Hope you love it!
Now THIS is a the perfect fall breakfast! What a yummy recipe!
Thanks Trish!
What an amazing recipe! My family would devour this fast! Nice fall recipe!
Thanks!
omggg i think i just died and went to heaven. girl this looks amazing. sweets are right up my alley. wow.
Aww thanks Dawn!
What a decadent breakfast! I will have to remake this one!
Awesome! I hope you love it!
This looks fantastic. Will definitely be making these this weekend.
Wonderful! I hope you love it!
OMG these look delicious. TOtally going to have to make them.
Great! I hope you love them!
Oh these sound amazing. I could get used to breakfast treats like these. I haven’t made read French Toast in forever.
I love French Toast, it totally was part of my childhood. 🙂
These sound amazing!
Thanks Cindy!
My kids love french toast, so they would beg me to make this. I love the fall spin you put on a favored classic.
I think you have to make it then!
Oh man, you can come cook me breakfast any day! What a delicious looking french toast sticks!
Aww thanks Amber 🙂
This looks like a yummy food to have! I love pumpkin stuff 🙂
Thanks Brandy! I am all about pumpkin right now 🙂
what a delicious twist to our favorite breakfast food! We always make French toast on the weekend. I’m going to try your recipe on Sunday .. I think it’ll be a huge hit!
Wonderful! I hope you all love it!
Wow. Does this ever look so good! I would love to try this, but I’m not a huge fan of pumpkin. Maybe this way though would be good!
You could always try it with applesauce!
These look amazing!! I never thought to try pumpkin on french toast like this sounds delicious!
Thanks Vera 🙂
Yum, I would love these for breakfast tomorrow, they sound so good!
Me too, now that they got posted I miss them!
I am SO making these this weekend! I’m a sucker for all kinds of french toast, and these look especially divine!
Hope you love them!
What a fantastic weekend breakfast idea, especially given the seasonal flavors. I bet they have the best added crunch from the hard sugar too!
Yes! It is my favorite part!
I definitely have to try these out. I love the thought of making a big batch and freezing them or else they wouldn’t last.
Yes! We have a bunch frozen!
OH my gosh HAS to be the best tasting french toast ever! Can I put in a order please!
Hahaha, I do have clients who order breakfast!
Oh my goodness! These look incredible! I haven’t had french toast stick since elementary school but these look delicious, and the pumpkin makes them even better!
Thanks Paige!
I’ll have to have my husband see this, my experience making French toast has never been successful. I do love it and this looks delicious.
thanks! I grew up eating french toast instead of waffles/pancakes because my grandma would use leftover bread on it. So I totally love it and the ratios are forever stamped in my head, haha.