Chocolate Bread Pudding

Ingredients

 * 2 pints heavy cream
 * 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
 * 8 eggs
 * 2 egg yolks
 * 1½ cups sugar
 * 6 croissants
 * ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
 * vanilla ice cream

Directions

 * 1) In a large saucepan over a medium-high flame, bring cream just to a boil.
 * 2) Remove pan from heat and whisk in cocoa.
 * 3) Set aside to cool to room temperature.
 * 4) Preheat oven to 350°F.
 * 5) In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, yolks, and sugar.
 * 6) Pour cream mixture into egg mixture and whisk until well blended.
 * 7) Break croissants into 1½-inch pieces and line bottom of a 9" x 13" glass baking dish.
 * 8) Stir chocolate chips into cream mixture and pour over croissants.
 * 9) Bake 50 to 60 minutes, until still jiggly in center.
 * 10) Cool on a rack 30 minutes.
 * 11) Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.