Rocky Road Cupcakes Food

ROCKY ROAD CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven 350ºF.
• Chop 1/2 cup nuts. Prepare cake batter as directed on package. Stir in chopped nuts and 3/4 cup marshmallows. Spoon into 24 paper-lined muffin cups.
• Bake 20 to 25 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in pans 10 min. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely.
• Melt chocolate as directed on package. Beat pudding mix, sugar and milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min. Stir in COOL WHIP. Spread onto cupcakes. Top with remaining marshmallows and nuts. Drizzle with chocolate.

ROCKY ROAD CUPCAKES (FROM SCRATCH)

Steps:

• Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper or foil liners.
• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter with the vegetable oil and water over low heat.
• In a large bowl, sift the flour with the sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Add the melted butter mixture and beat with a handheld mixer at low speed until smooth. Add the egg and beat until incorporated, then add the buttermilk and vanilla and beat until smooth, scraping the bottom and side of the bowl. Pour the batter into the lined muffin tins, filling them about three-fourths full.
• Bake the cupcakes in the center of the oven for about 25 minutes, until springy and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cupcakes cool slightly, then transfer them to a rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, make the frosting: Put the chopped chocolate in a heatproof medium bowl. In a small saucepan, heat the cream with the butter, corn syrup and salt until hot but not boiling. Immediately pour the mixture over the chocolate. Let stand for 5 minutes, then whisk until smooth. Let the frosting cool, whisking occasionally, until thick enough for dipping and glazing the cupcakes, about 30 minutes. For a frosting firm enough to spread, let stand for 1 hour.
• Mix the frosting with the peanuts, chocolate chips and marshmallows. Frost the cooled cupcakes and serve.

ROCKY ROAD CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350*.
• Prepare cake mix as box directs.
• Add remaining ingredients to batter.
• Blend well.
• Fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
• Bake for 22 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• Cool in pan.

ROCKY ROAD CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Grease a 12-hole muffin tin. Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the sugar, chocolate chips and marshmallows.
• Place the eggs in a large jug or bowl and beat lightly, then beat in the milk and oil. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in the beaten liquid ingredients. Stir gently until combined ; do not overmix. Spoon the batter into the muffin tin.
• Bake in a preheated oven 200'c gas mark 6, for 20 minutes, or until risen and firm to the toach. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then serve warm or transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

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.