Fancy a little rocky road recipe?
Does anyone fancy a rich, decadent yet simple chocolatey recipe? With Red Nose Day just around the corner, the cake sale season is well and truly starting, so here is an opportunity to share a big cake sale and coffee morning favourite: the humble rocky road.
Is there anything worse than trying to whip up the perfect bake at silly o’clock the night before a cake sale? Before you panic, run to the shops and buy a pack of fairy cakes, check this simple yet indulgent recipe: it is foolproof, quick to put together and a great way to get the children involved in the kitchen.
My toddler is getting more and more interested in cooking (making a mess in the kitchen?). This recipe is a perfect introduction to baking (without the baking bit!). My little lady could do everything by herself apart from melting the chocolate.
Her favourite bit was bashing the biscuits with a rolling pin!
The beauty of rocky road is you can add or remove ingredients to make it the treat you really want it to be. Swap digestive biscuits with rich tea biscuits or even cookies if you fancy. If you like, you can add nuts or dried fruit, coconut flakes or glacé cherries. Be creative and experiment: you have nothing to lose!
For this Red Nose Day Rocky Road recipe, I went for my favourite 70% dark chocolate, digestive biscuits, mini marshmallows and some of our favourite chocolate treats (Maltesers, Kinder eggs. M&Ms).
Red Nose Day Rocky Road Recipe
For this Red Nose Day Rocky Road recipe, I went for 70% dark chocolate, digestive biscuits, mini marshmallows and some of our favourite chocolate treats (Maltesers, Kinder eggs. M&Ms).
Ingredients
- 125 g unsalted butter at room temperature diced
- 300 g best-quality dark chocolate minimum 70% cocoa solids, broken into pieces
- 3 tablespoons golden syrup
- 150 g plain digestive biscuits
- 100 g mini marshmallows
- 100 g toppings e.g. Maltesers, nuts, dried fruit…
Instructions
Half fill a medium pan with boiling water and simmer over a medium heat.
Place the butter, chocolate and golden syrup in a large heatproof bowl over the pan. Melt, stirring until silky smooth. Take off the heat and set aside to cool slightly.
In the meantime, put the biscuits into a zip bag and bash with a rolling pin until you have a mixture of crumbs and larger chunks.
Fold the biscuit pieces and crumbs into the melted chocolate mixture, then the marshmallows.
Once it is all nicely coated in chocolate, tip into a lined cake tray (24x24cm or 20x25cm). Smooth with a spatula and scatter toppings over the top, pressing slightly so they stick.
Pop in the fridge for at least two hours (or overnight). Once firm, remove from the tin and cut into around 20 squares and enjoy.
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Thanks for including my Red Nose Bake as well! Your post is just to sweet, your toddler is the cutest!! Plus, this rocky road looks absolutely delicious =) xx
Thanks Teffy. It’s so yummy I ate almost half of it myself (naughty!).
lovely photos! It’s always great to see the kids getting involved in the kitchen.
Of all the things I can’t eat anymore though, I do miss Maltesers!
Thanks Kate. I do love Maltesers I have to say 🙂
I have to make this with my little girl, she will love it. Thanks for sharing. Great photos of your girl too.
Let me know what you think when you’ve made it! I bet you won’t be able to resist having a slice (or 5!).
I will 🙂 the plan is to make them tomorrow 🙂
That looks so tasty! I love rocky road. My girls would love to make this.
It’s a brilliant little bake (well, a no-bake bake, haha) to make together!
We aren’t supplying a bake sale
Non the less we are 100% making this in the morning yummy
Hahahaha, I might be making them again tomorrow as well!
looks good. I love rocky road and those red nose figures are the cutest x
They are, aren’t they? My kids are all in love with the water bottle too 🙂
My kids would love me forever if we made these. Super cute!
Go on then, you know you want to!
They look so yummy. Rocky road is one of my all time favourites! We often make it and experiment throwing different things in it.
I love a versatile recipe 🙂
Rocky road is perfect for cooking with kids, my problem is stopping them (and me!) snacking on all ingredients before they’ve been added to the mix. I love the little red noses on the top of this one – just perfect for comic relief.
My own problem was stopping myself from devouring the whole thing! I have no self-control. None!
Ah this loks so yummy! so nice that your daughter helped you! she looks cute and happy!
Thanks Anna. Very happy little monkey indeed 🙂
aw my niece would love this so much – and it looks so yummy!
Thanks Kristina
These look delicious and it’s great they are for red nose day! xo
Thanks Rachel
We love making rocky road. So easy to make allergy free too!
Rocky road definitely is the perfect treat to make with kids! I know mine would love these but they’d also want to gobble it all up straightaway!
I had most of it (whoops!).
They look delicious, perfect thing to make with the kids as well as it doenst matter how messy they look, all adds to the ‘rockiness’ I love the red noses, super cute idea #CookBlogShare
I know, a messy no-bake bake is perfect for a cooking session with toddlers 🙂
Ooooh yummy!!! I love how the kids get involved and the rocky roads look perfect for red nose day! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
I love how easy rocky roads are to make – plus they’re blinking perfect for a bake sale! Your young lady looks to be full of concentration ‘baking’ 🙂
Angela x
She is, isn’t she? That was before she started throwing ingredients around, hehe!