The best rocky road recipe you will find!
Rocky Road must be one of the best chocolatey treats to make with kids, especially as it can be easily changed to suit your taste buds.
Depending on whether you are in the UK or America, Rocky Road will mean something a little different. Still, today’s recipe is the UK tiffin version of Rocky Road, one that consists of a lot of chocolate, marshmallows, cherries and biscuits.
Rocky Road is really simple to make but better than that, it is a great way to use leftover chocolate from Halloween plus you can adapt it to your taste. We will share some ideas after the recipe if you are looking to make some tweaks.
Rocky Road recipe
Ingredients
- 250g Milk chocolate
- 200g Milk chocolate digestive
- 135g Butter
- 3tbs Golden syrup
- 100g Mini marshmallows
- 200g Glace Cherries
Instructions
- Line an 18cm square tin with parchment paper
- Place the chocolate digestive into a sealable freezer bag and break the biscuits up, aim for a mixture of sizes between crumbs and bite-size chunks.
- Place a large saucepan over boiling water, taking care that the water does not touch the bottom of the bowl. In this bowl add in the butter, chocolate and golden syrup.
- Keep stirring this until it becomes a smooth mixture, then remove from the heat to cool.
- Whilst this is cooling, cut the glace cherries in half.
- When the chocolate is cool, add in all the dry ingredients and give it a good mix.
- Pour the mixture into the lined baking tin and spread into the corners, using the back of the spoon to press it down.
- Chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours, until set and then cut into 12 equal squares.
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Rocky Road
Ingredients
- 250g Milk chocolate
- 200g Milk chocolate digestive
- 135g Butter
- 3tbs Golden syrup
- 100g Mini marshmallows
- 200g Glace Cherries
Instructions
- Line an 18cm square tin with parchment paper.
- Place the chocolate digestive into a sealable freezer bag and break the biscuits up, aim for a mixture of sizes between crumbs and bite-size chunks.
- Place a large saucepan over boiling water, taking care that the water does not touch the bottom of the bowl. In this bowl add in the butter, chocolate and golden syrup.
- Keep stirring this until it becomes a smooth mixture, then remove from the heat to cool.
- Whilst this is cooling, cut the glace cherries in half.
- When the chocolate is cool, add in all the dry ingredients and give it a good mix.
- Pour the mixture into the lined baking tin and spread into the corners, using the back of the spoon to press it down.
- Chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours, until set and then cut into 12 equal squares.
You need to be quick with this Rocky Road though as it does not stick around, it lasted less than 4 days in this household!
As I mentioned above, this recipe can be easily adapted. If you are looking for some inspiration on things to adjust, here are some ideas.
Biscuits – If you don’t want to use chocolate digestive, you can switch this out for a number of things. Shortbread, rich tea, digestives, and ginger nuts are other biscuits that work well. Pick what you have or your favourite ones to add to this mixture.
Chocolate – You can switch this out for either dark chocolate or white chocolate. You could always have a mixture of all of them if you would prefer! You could also include some chocolate chips if you want to add a little extra taste even chopped chocolate.
Fruit – Instead of cherries, why not try it with cranberries or raisins? The fruit in this breaks up the rich chocolatey taste and gives a real fruity punch.
Sweet treats – For a different flavour, why not add in some popping candy or jelly beans, this will give it a completely different taste but will be super sweet.
Nuts – There are so many different nuts out there to pick from. If you are unsure what to pick from, why not consider some crunchy almonds, pecans or peanuts? Crunchy nuts will be an additional texture in your tiffin, you could even add some peanut butter for an extra nutty kick.
Spreads – If you are after a completely different taste, why not try adding spreads such as marshmallow fluff or biscoff and almost make a biscoff rocky road? It will bring a caramelised taste to your rocky road, without changing the texture too much.
How to store Rocky Road?
If you have any of these yummy bars left, you can simply pop them into an airtight container and keep them in a dark cool space.
Alternative Rocky Road treats
Rocky Road ice cream
If you came here thinking you were getting a delicious ice cream recipe, I am afraid you are in the wrong place however don’t be put off, this tiffin is amazing.
Rocky Road ice cream is made in a similar way using sweetened condensed milk, cocoa powder, heavy cream, vanilla extract, fluffy marshmallows and nuts!
If you want to make homemade Rocky Road ice cream, why not check out this great recipe? It is perfect for making in an ice cream maker at home and I love an easy homemade ice cream recipe.
Rocky Road fudge
As you know, we are fans of slow cooker fudge recipes and I have never tried it in rocky road flavour but it is on the list now.
Just remember if you are making fudge, the ingredients you use will need to be added when the fudge is a little cooler otherwise you will end up with soft marshmallows!
Rocky Road brownies
This is a great way to adapt the recipe and create delicious brownies. Just like the fudge, I have never tried it in a brownie but I will do it soon.
Again, like the fudge, you will need to let the mixture cool a little!
