Reviewed: May 7, 2012

This was a wonderful addition to our normal brunch fare! Even my pickier hubby loved the sweet french toast. The syrup is fantastic, but I don't think it even needed it!

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Quita143

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Saint Charles, Illinois, USA

Living In: Cortland, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 13, 2011

Absolutely delicious! Absolutely the best french toast I've had yet!

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athenspie

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Clovis, New Mexico, USA

Living In: Northridge, California, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 9, 2011

I didn't have any Hawaiian bread, I used Italian bread. I wasn't so crazy about the syrup, regular syrup would have been better. I also agree with another reviewer, pineapple chunks would be better than crushed pineapple. I toasted sliced almonds and topped the toast with them while cooking so that they would adhere to the toast. I also sprinkled with some shredded coconut lastly. I feel that adding a bit of coconut extract to the egg mixture would have been better. Because I wanted a truly "tropical" tasting french toast, I topped the finished toast with a few slices of banana before serving. On the side, a few slices of mango to seal the deal! All of the elements were there, yet somehow it just didn't "wow" me. Maybe it was the bread? I feel my version needs a bit more tweaking to make it the tropical french toast I was looking for when I searched for this recipe. Yet the base of this recipe is lacking.

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trish-the-dish

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2010

This was great! Did not use the syrup portion, but the French Toast part was a hit. Made for football guys this morning and topped with glazed nuts and syrup. We ate pineapple and oranges on the side.

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Jenny

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jul. 20, 2010

this is good, not awesome but different. Its a nice change from the ordinary

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Katy

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Snellville, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 16, 2010

The stores around here don't carry Hawaiian bread, and I didn't have time to make it so I used Portuguese sweet bread. Everyone enjoyed this, and I will make again. I topped it off with coconut syrup from this site.

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Kathleen

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2009

This was just ok - the family did not like the syrup, but french toast did have a nice orange rum flavor to it.

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chef24

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Aug. 9, 2009

This was a quick, simple yet different start to a busy weekend. Had most of the ingredients on hand- used real rum (love someone's idea of using coconut rum) and for the topping, had pineapple tidbits versus crushed. Drank the real pineapple juice before reading to use it so since didn't have mandarin oranges on hand, used some orange juice. Didn't use any maple syrup and with the honey, it was plenty sweet enough. Next time will sprinkle with a little coconut. Also had some homemade Amish bread that was able to slice thickly vs. Hawaiian bread and it still tasted great. Even my husband, who likes to stick to tradition, really enjoyed it. He jokingly remarked that we should see spinner dolphins swimming by our lanai any minute like during one of our trips to Maui (we live in Colorado!).

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