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    Home » No-Bake » Easy Rocky Road

    Published on Oct 14, 2017. Modified on Dec 7, 2020 by bakingqueen74. This post may contain affiliate links. 6 Comments

    Easy Rocky Road

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    Rocky road – the easiest ever!! 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.

    Rocky Road slices with Digestive Nibbles on counter

    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.
    Rocky road slices showing the marshmallows and Digestive balls within

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    • What is rocky road
    • Ingredients
    • Step by step
    • Recipe tips
    • More to try
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    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.

    Top view of the rocky road tray when it has just set in the fridge

    Ingredients

    • dark chocolate – I use 54% cocoa dark chocolate, not too bitter but with a strong flavour
    • 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
    • mini marshmallows

    Step by step

    After melting chocolate, butter and golden syrup in a pan, 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.

    Once set, slice to reveal the delights within!

    Close up of the rocky road with some slices cut out

    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.

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    Note this isn’t a sponsored post, I just think the digestives nibbles are great for baking with.

     

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    The easiest rocky road - make this sweet treat even easier with my quick shortcut!

    Recipe

    Slices of rocky road, showing the marshmallows and biscuit inside.

    Easy Rocky Road

    Chocolate rocky road with Digestive Nibbles and marshmallows for the ultimate lazy shortcut
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Baking
    Cuisine: British
    Keyword: no-bake
    Prep Time: 2 hours 5 minutes
    Total Time: 2 hours 5 minutes
    Servings: 15
    Calories: 260kcal
    Author: Lucy Allen | BakingQueen74

    Ingredients

    • 225 g dark chocolate I used 54%
    • 75 g unsalted butter
    • 3 tbsp golden syrup
    • 120 g white chocolate Digestive nibbles
    • 120 g orange Digestive nibbles
    • 85 g milk chocolate Digestive nibbles
    • 65 g mini marshmallows freeze them for a couple of hours beforehand to prevent them melting
    UK Measurements - US Measurements

    Instructions 

    • Line a square silicone pan with baking paper.
    • In a pan, melt together the chocolate, butter and golden syrup until smooth. 
    • Take off the heat. Pour the Digestive nibbles into the pan and stir through.
    • Add the marshmallows and give a quick stir.
    • 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

    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.
    Did you try and love this recipe?Then please leave a review and rating in the comments at the bottom of the post. If you post your creation on Instagram, tag me @bakingqueen74 or use hashtag #bakingqueen74!

    Sending this recipe over to WeShouldCocoa with Choclette from Tin and Thyme, and bakeoftheweek with Jenny from Mummy Mishaps, and Baking Crumbs with Angela from Only Crumbs Remains, not forgetting Treat Petite with Kat the Baking Explorer.

     

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    1. Choclette says

      November 01, 2017 at 6:06 pm

      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.

      Reply
    2. jenny paulin says

      October 25, 2017 at 9:24 pm

      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

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        October 26, 2017 at 8:36 pm

        No problem at all Jenny here’s hoping I can bake again soon in my new kitchen!

        Reply
    3. Angela / Only Crumbs Remain says

      October 23, 2017 at 11:09 am

      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

      Reply
    4. Kat (The Baking Explorer) says

      October 18, 2017 at 10:01 am

      I am absolutely obsessed with Digestive Nibbles! They are so addictive!

      Reply
    5. Elinor Hill says

      October 14, 2017 at 8:33 pm

      This looks so tempting. Such a treat.

      Reply

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