Is there anything more craptastic (in the there's-not-a-single-good-for-you-element-here way) than bread budding?

No kidding. And man oh man can I make a mean bread pudding. My recipe uses something like a half cup of brandy and I swear two cups of sugar. Horrific. But as an annual treat? Delightful.

It's a head trip, for sure, and so worth trying if only for that.

So cool that you understand that appeal, too. Ooo! Chemistry! What'll this do? =D