Easy rocky road, so good for snacking on! I’ve taken one of the easiest indulgent chocolate recipes and made it even easier.
Forget about messy crushing of biscuits, you don’t even need to bother with that in my easy rocky road recipe.
Ultimate lazy baking! Love chocolate? Love chocolate digestives? You’ll love this easy rocky road then!
You must have seen McVities Digestive Nibbles in the shops. They are Digestive biscuit balls covered in chocolate.
If you don’t have these where you are, look for any chocolate-covered biscuit pieces. Or you can use crushed biscuits of course.
As well as being a delicious treat, they are also ideal to use in baking.
You can also use them to make a cheesecake base or add them to brownies for a biscuity crunch, but I thought I’d try them in the easiest rocky road ever.
What is rocky road
Melted chocolate enriched with butter and golden syrup, melted and then mixed with crushed biscuits and marshmallows. That’s how I like rocky road.
It reminds me of the American Rocky Road ice cream I first tried when I was a child from Dayvilles, chocolate ice cream filled with marshmallows and other delicious chunks of chocolate and cookies.
Who could resist that?!
This delight can be yours with a few minutes of melting and stirring.
Well, you’ll have to wait a couple of hours for it to set in the fridge but if you factor that time in and make a batch earlier in the day, you can be enjoying a chunk or two later on.
Ingredients
Here are the five ingredients you will need for this easy rocky road. For quantities see the recipe card near the end of the post!
- dark chocolate – I use 54% cocoa dark chocolate, not too bitter but with a strong flavour. You can replace this with milk chocolate if you prefer.
- butter – I prefer to use unsalted in baking
- golden syrup
- Digestive Nibbles in different flavours – I use a mix of white chocolate, milk chocolate and orange. Note: in 2025 these are no longer available. I recommend replacing them with chocolate digestives or Biscoff biscuits, broken up.
- mini marshmallows
Step by step
Here’s how to make this easy rocky road – you’ll find the quantities and more tips in the recipe card at the end of the post.
1. Melt chocolate, butter and golden syrup in a pan.
2. Fold in your digestive nibbles (or crushed biscuits) and marshmallows and then pour into a pan to set. I used a square silicone pan lined with baking parchment.
3. Put in the fridge to set.
4. Once set, slice to reveal the delights within!
Recipe tips
- Make sure you melt the chocolate, butter and golden syrup together. If you add a cold ingredient into warm chocolate it will seize. Seized chocolate goes grainy and bitty and is no longer smooth and shiny.
- If your chocolate does seize, you can bring it back by adding a small amount of milk (1-2 tablespoons to start). Stir really well and it should become smooth and glossy again. If not add another tablespoon and stir again. Be careful not to add too much milk as this could make the mixture too runny.
- If you prefer you can melt the ingredients together in a microwave instead of in a pan. Put the chocolate, butter and golden syrup in a microwave-safe bowl, heat for 30 seconds on high/full power, then stir well. Heat again for 30 seconds then stir again. If needed, repeat again and stir until smooth.
- Try not to put the marshmallows into the hot chocolate mixture if it is really hot, as they might melt. If your chocolate seems really hot allow it to cool slightly first.
- To make neat slices in your rocky road, put your knife in a jug of hot water and let it warm up before using it. Dry the knife with a tea towel before cutting. Put the knife back in to warm up again and then repeat, making sure you dry it before using it each time.
More to try
Note this isn’t a sponsored post, I just think the digestives nibbles are great for baking with.
Recipe
Easy Rocky Road
Ingredients
- 225 g (1 ⅓ cups) dark chocolate I used 54%
- 75 g (⅓ cups) unsalted butter
- 3 tbsp golden syrup
- 120 g (4 ¼ oz) white chocolate Digestive nibbles
- 120 g (4 ¼ oz) orange Digestive nibbles
- 85 g (3 oz) milk chocolate Digestive nibbles
- 65 g (¾ cups) mini marshmallows freeze them for a couple of hours beforehand to prevent them melting
Instructions
- Line a square silicone pan with baking paper.
- In a pan, melt together the chocolate, butter and golden syrup until smooth.225 g dark chocolate, 75 g unsalted butter, 3 tbsp golden syrup
- Take off the heat. Pour the Digestive nibbles into the pan and stir through.120 g white chocolate Digestive nibbles, 120 g orange Digestive nibbles, 85 g milk chocolate Digestive nibbles
- Add the marshmallows and give a quick stir.65 g mini marshmallows
- Pour the chocolate mixture into the lined pan and spread it around evenly, smoothing the top.
- Pop the tray into the fridge and chill until set. This should take around two hours or you can also leave it overnight.
- Cut into slices and serve!
Notes
- Make sure you melt the chocolate, butter and golden syrup together. If you add a cold ingredient into warm chocolate it will seize. Seized chocolate goes grainy and bitty and is no longer smooth and shiny.
- If your chocolate does seize, you can bring it back by adding a small amount of milk (1-2 tablespoons to start). Stir really well and it should become smooth and glossy again. If not add another tablespoon and stir again. Be careful not to add too much milk as this could make the mixture too runny.
- If you prefer you can melt the ingredients together in a microwave instead of in a pan. Put the chocolate, butter and golden syrup in a microwave-safe bowl, heat for 30 seconds on high/full power, then stir well. Heat again for 30 seconds then stir again. If needed, repeat again and stir until smooth.
- Try not to put the marshmallows into the hot chocolate mixture if it is really hot, as they might melt. If your chocolate seems really hot allow it to cool slightly first.
- To make neat slices in your rocky road, put your knife in a jug of hot water and let it warm up before using it. Dry the knife with a tea towel before cutting. Put the knife back in to warm up again and then repeat, making sure you dry it before using it each time.
Choclette says
I’m unable to resist chocolate and biscuits and adore this type of no-bake. I hate crushing the biscuits though, so this is brilliant. Thanks for sharing with #WeShouldCocoa.
jenny paulin says
oh Lucy – how did I not comment on this delicious rocky road before/?I am so sorry! I swear I popped over and looked at it the other week! I adore rocky road and infant I am I the process of making some for my blog at the moment!
Thank you for linking to #Bakeoftheweek and sorry for being late to comment x
bakingqueen74 says
No problem at all Jenny here’s hoping I can bake again soon in my new kitchen!
Angela / Only Crumbs Remain says
How amazingly easy are these Lucy! As you say, definitely the ultimate in lazy baking 😉 I’ve always see the digestive nibbles in the super market – it’s as though they wink at me (!) but I’ve yet to try them because I just know that I’m going to like them far far too much 😀 Thankyou for joining in with #BakingCrumbs it’s great to have you link up Lucy
Angela x
Kat (The Baking Explorer) says
I am absolutely obsessed with Digestive Nibbles! They are so addictive!
Elinor Hill says
This looks so tempting. Such a treat.