Rocky Road
Leftover Easter chocolate? Yeah, me neither
Now you may not know this about me, but I am a FIRM believer in sweet treats. Done the food shop? Sweet treat. Been to an appointment? Sweet treat. Walked the dogs? You get the idea bab. This has got to be one of the most indulgent desserts I’ve made in quite awhile, a gloriously delicious rocky road. It’s super rich and chocolatey, plus you can make it completely personalised with what you’ve got in the cupboards. I would use this as a way to use up any random scraps of chocolate you’ve got left from Easter or other baking, and the bottom of the biscuit tin so your nan can have a new sewing tin.
I’m obsessed with Crunchy bars (honeycomb covered in milk chocolate. For those of you who aren’t lucky enough to have these babies in your supermarkets) so I knew that they were going to be getting chucked straight into my rocky road. A little while ago I made a Cherry Bakewell Cheesecake from my 1st book because my whole family are OBSESSED with it, and I had some glacé cherries stuck in the back of my cupboard. It just shows how wild you can make this recipe – chuck in some desiccated coconut and almonds for a nougat vibe. You do you babs x
Rocky Road
By Poppy Cooks
https://www.poppycooks.com/recipes/rocky-road/
Ingredients
- 500g chocolate - I use a mixture of milk and dark, or whatever I have leftover
- 175g golden syrup - if using all milk chocolate, drop this to 125g
- 150g unsalted butter
- 75g mini marshmallows
- 300g biscuits - I like bourbon creams, but digestives are great too
- 3 chocolate bars - I've used leftover Crunchie bars from Easter
- 100g halved glacé cherries
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Instructions
- Grease and line a 10x8inch baking dish with parchment paper. Melt the mixed chocolates, golden syrup and butter in a bowl over a pan of simmering water until combined and glossy.
- While the chocolate melts, chop (or bash) up the biscuits and chocolate bars. Chuck them, the marshmallows and glacé cherries into the chocolate and give it all a good stir to combine.
- Scoop all of the chocolatey mixture into the prepared baking tray and squash it down with the back of a spoon. Pop the whole tray into the fridge for atleast 4 hours, but ideally overnight to get a proper hard set.
Notes & Tips
- Chuck whatever you like into this rocky road and make it into your own glorious block of chocolatey deliciousness. Raisins or dried cranberries, coconut, almonds, literally whatever random packets you've got in the back of the cupboard.