Rocky Road Food

CHEF JOHN'S ROCKY ROAD

Steps:

• Combine dark chocolate chips, butter, and maple syrup in a heat-safe bowl and place over a saucepan filled with about 1 inch of hot water set over the lowest heat setting on the stovetop. Allow mixture to melt; do not stir.
• While mixture melts, line an 8x8-inch baking pan with plastic wrap.
• Slowly stir melted chocolate mixture together with a spatula until shiny and smooth. Remove from heat and stir in marshmallows and almonds until combined.
• Quickly transfer mixture into the prepared baking pan. Distribute evenly but do not smooth or press down the top--try to preserve a rough texture on the top. Let cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until well chilled and firm, about 2 hours.
• Sift cocoa over the top and cut into 16 squares.

ROCKY ROAD

Steps:

• Grease a 9 x 9 inch pan.
• Heat chocolate chips and peanut butter over low heat in a medium saucepan until chips are completely melted. Remove from heat. Stir in marshmallows.
• Pour into prepared pan. Cool. Can be put into refrigerator to cool. Cut and Enjoy!

ROCKY ROAD

Steps:

• Divide chocolate into 2 batches, 400g & 250g.
• Melt 400g chocolate in microwave.
• Cut marshmallow into large squares and stir into the 400g of chocolate, add peanuts and stir, place into a foil lined 9x12 pan, refrigerate till set.
• when set slice down the middle length wise and then each piece into 5 giving you 10 good size pieces.
• Melt remaining chocolate and coat each piece with pastry brush leaving one side bare so you can see the marshmallow.
• Refrigerate till chocolate is set.

ROCKY ROAD BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
• To make the first layer: Place the butter and chocolate in a small pan and cook over the lowest possible heat until almost all the chocolate has melted. Off heat, add the sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, nuts, and baking powder and mix well. Press into the prepared pan and set aside.
• To make the second layer: Place the cream cheese, sugar, flour, butter, egg, and vanilla in the bowl of a mixer fitter with a paddle and mix until smooth and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the nuts, mix to combine, and spread over the first layer. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips and transfer to the oven. Bake until slightly golden on the edges, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• Sprinkle the second layer with the marshmallows and return the pan to the oven until the marshmallows are just melted but not colored, about 3 minutes.
• To make the frosting: Place the butter and chocolate in a small pan and cook over the lowest possible heat until almost all the chocolate has melted. Add the cream cheese and milk and mix until smooth. Add the confectioners' sugar and vanilla and mix until smooth. Immediately pour the frosting over the marshmallows and briefly swirl the two mixtures together. Cool in the pan and cut into 36 to 48 bars. Cover and refrigerate.

ROCKY ROAD FUDGE

Steps:

• Combine butter, evaporated milk, sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a hard boil for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in the chocolate until melted and smooth. Fold in the almonds and marshmallows. Pour into an 8 by 8-inch square baking pan. Chill until firm, about 2 to 4 hours. Cut into 12 squares.

ROCKY ROAD SQUARES

Steps:

• Line a 9x13-inch pan with waxed paper, cut to fit. Set aside.
• Measure chocolate chips into med saucepan. Stir at low heat until melted.
• Remove from stove, continue stirring until smooth.
• Stir in peanut butter until evenly blended.
• In a large bowl, mix marshmallows and nuts.
• Pour in the chocolate mixture and stir until just combined.
• Spread into pan and refrigerate until firm.
• With sharp knife, cut into squares.
• *Note: Half recipe uses an 8-inch square pan.

ROCKY ROAD

Steps:

• Line an 8x8-inch baking pan with foil or parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a medium heatproof bowl, combine chocolate and butter. Heat in the microwave for 30 seconds. Heat more, at 20-second intervals, stirring in between each interval, until melted. Stir in vanilla extract. Fold in marshmallows, nuts, and cookies.
• Spread mixture into prepared pan. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or until set. Lift from pan using the foil or parchment paper, and cut into squares. Keep in the fridge. I like to take it out of the fridge 15 minutes before serving.

EASY ROCKY ROAD

Steps:

• Grease and line an 18cm square brownie tin with baking paper.
• Place 200g digestive biscuits in a freezer bag and bash with a rolling pin or just the side of your fist until they're broken into a mixture of everything between dust and 50p-sized lumps. Set aside.
• In a large saucepan melt 135g butter or margarine, 200g dark chocolate and 2-3 tbsp golden syrup over a gentle heat stirring constantly until there are no or almost no more lumps of chocolate visible, then remove from the heat. Leave to cool.
• Take the biscuits, 100g mini marshmallows and up to 100g of additional ingredients (dried fruit, nuts, popcorn, honeycomb), if you like, and stir into the chocolate mixture until everything is completely covered.
• Tip the mixture into the lined baking tin, and spread it out to the corners. Chill for at least 2 hrs then dust with icing sugar and cut into 12 fingers.

ROCKY ROAD BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 9-inch square baking pan with nonstick tin foil, crimping to create a 4" 'collar'. Spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a heavy 1 1/2-quart saucepan (or microwave on Medium), melt butter, unsweetened chocolate, and bittersweet chocolate, stirring, until smooth and remove pan from heat. Cool mixture 10 minutes.
• Stir in sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well with a wooden spoon until mixture is glossy and smooth.
• Mix flour, walnuts and salt separately, then gently stir into chocolate mix.
• Spread batter evenly in pan and bake in middle of oven 20 minutes.
• Remove pan from oven and add chocolate and marshmallows evenly over brownies.
• Bake brownies until marshmallows are puffy and pale golden, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven, quickly swirl just the top chocolate/marshmallow with a skewer.
• Cool brownies completely in pan on a rack, then refrigerate until firm.
• Trim edges, then cut into 16 squares with a buttered knife.

CHRISTMAS ROCKY ROAD

Steps:

• Butter and line a 20cm square tin, or use a 20cm square silicone mould. Break the biscuits into pieces - they need to be no smaller than a pea, but not too chunky or your rocky road won't hold together.
• Halve any larger nuts either by snapping them or carefully cutting with a knife, then combine them with the biscuits. Halve any large pieces of dried fruit and chop or snap sweets into smaller pieces, then add these to the bowl.
• Melt 300g of the chocolate, the butter and the golden syrup carefully in a pan set over a low heat, stirring occasionally, then pour this over the biscuit and nut mixture and mix together so the chocolate covers everything.
• Tip the mixture into the tin, then level the top - it doesn't need to be completely smooth. Melt the remaining chocolate in the microwave in short blasts, or in a heatproof bowl over a small pan of simmering water, then drizzle this over the top and sprinkle with the decorations. Chill for at least 3 hrs or overnight before cutting into squares. Will keep in the fridge for three to four days.

ROCKY ROAD

Steps:

• Line a 30cm square tin with baking paper.
• Melt chocolate and copha in a heatproof bowl over gently boiling water and stir until smooth.
• Combine all other ingredients in another large bowl leaving aside 2 tblsp of coconut.
• Pour in melted chocolate and mix well.
• Pour completed mixture into the lined tin and spread.
• Sprinkle on the remaining coconut.
• Refrigerate then cut into chunky squares.
• Enjoy.

ROCKY ROAD CANDY

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler.
• Line an 8x8 tin with foil (you can butter one but this is easy to lift out and peel away).
• In a large bowl mix the marshmallows, nuts and the coconut.
• Add the melted chocolate, mix well.
• Spread into the prepared tin.
• Chill, when firm cut into small pieces.

ROCKY ROAD

Steps:

• Line a 20cm x 20cm brownie tin with foil. Crumble the biscuits and the walnuts into a large bowl (you want a good mixture of pieces and fine crumbs). Snip the marshmallow into halves or quarters with scissors and add those to the bowl too. Set aside.
• Put the butter and golden syrup in a saucepan and heat gently until the butter has melted. Put the chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl then pour the melted butter and syrup mixture over it and leave to sit for a couple of minutes without stirring. Now stir until the chocolate is smooth and has melted then pour the whole lot over the biscuits and marshmallows. Stir to coat all the pieces in the chocolate then pour into your prepared tin in an even layer. Don't press it down too much, you want quite a bumpy 'rocky road' surface. Leave to set in the fridge for 1-2 hours or overnight then dust with icing sugar and chop into bars or squares to serve. Keeps in the fridge for up to a week.

HOMEMADE ROCKY ROAD FUDGE

Steps:

• Combine butter, evaporated milk, sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan.
• Bring to a hard boil for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in the chocolate until melted and smooth.
• Fold in the almonds and marshmallows.
• Pour into an 8 by 8-inch square baking pan.
• Chill until firm, about 2 to 4 hours.
• Cut into 12 squares.