Rocky road would have to be my all time favourite chocolate treat. It’s one of those recipes that never fails, comes together in minutes and always brings a little moment of fun when you slice into it. I love the classic mix of chocolate, chewy marshmallows, nuts for crunch and those sweet little pops of Turkish delight and raspberry lollies.
This batch makes a really generous amount, enough for you to package some up as little gifts and still keep a good stash at home. I make mine in a silicone square cake pan, which helps you picture how much the recipe yields and makes it so easy to pop out once it has set.
Over the years I’ve adjusted my rocky road to suit what my family enjoys. This version has a lovely balance of chocolate and fillings, so every bite has a bit of everything. If you prefer yours even chunkier, feel free to add a few extra marshmallows or nuts. Rocky road is one of those recipes that’s so easy to personalise.
Choosing the Right Chocolate
You can use either milk or dark chocolate for rocky road, it really depends on the flavour you enjoy most. I often use half milk and half dark because it gives the perfect balance of sweetness and depth without feeling overly rich. Milk chocolate will give you that classic sweet rocky road flavour, while dark chocolate adds a little contrast and keeps it from becoming too sugary. You can mix and match to suit your taste or whatever you have in the pantry.
What’s the difference between baking chocolate and normal eating chocolate? Baking chocolate is designed to melt smoothly and set firmly again, which makes it perfect for recipes like this. Eating chocolate can work too, but it may not melt as evenly or set with the same crisp snap. If you want the most reliable result, baking chocolate is usually the best choice.
More Mix-In Ideas to Make It Your Own
Crushed biscuits or cookies: plain, shortbread, scotch finger, or gingerbread for a crisp, biscuit-slice texture
Dried fruit such as cranberries, sultanas, cherries or apricots for a chewy, fruity twist
A variety of nuts: pistachios, cashews, macadamias, or salted nuts for extra crunch and flavour
Jubs or snake lollies instead of or alongside Turkish delight or raspberry lollies for a chewy feel
Chocolate bits: white chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, or little chocolate-covered bits to add richness and contrast
Pretzels or potato chips for a salty-sweet crunch if you enjoy a salty contrast with sweet chocolate
Freeze-dried fruit, like raspberries or strawberries, for a light, tangy pop without adding moisture
Extra coconut: toasted or shredded — for more texture and subtle flavour
- Rice bubbles: for added crunch
My older version of this recipe was more chocolate heavy with fewer fillings. This updated version is the one I now make at home and has a much nicer balance of chocolate, crunch and chew. Add extra mix ins if you enjoy yours extra chunky.
Easy Rocky Road Recipe
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Melt 220 g milk cooking chocolate and 220 g dark cooking chocolate following packet directions.
- Add ½ cup roasted almonds, ½ cup salted peanuts, 2 cups marshmallows, 2 turkish delights, ½ red frog or raspberry lollies, ½ cup desiccated or shredded coconut into a large bowl.
- Pour the melted chocolate over the top and gently mix until everything is coated.
- Refrigerate until firm, for approximately 3 hours or overnight.
- Slice into bite size pieces
11 comments
How much is 440g milk and what is Turkish delights in Easy Rocky Road Recipe?
Hi Darlene, 440g is the block of milk chocolate and Turkish Delight is a block of chocolate from Cadbury with a soft jelly like center covered in chocolate. Hope you enjoy the Rocky Road.
That’s a brilliant recioe to make when you are woman on the go and you just remembered that you were invited to a friend for dinner. Thank you
If i make rocky road now at the endof november will it keep until xmas
I always make Rocky Road around Christmas time or when needing a sweet treat for guests – love the idea of Turkish Delight – I usual use lolly snakes and chop. At Christmas I use the red and green ones. I also use a block of Toblerone rather that the block of milk chocolate as I love the nougat pieces in it. Usually at Christmas time they have the Toblerone out for half price which is when I usually buy a few blocks of it. So delicious.
splendid recipe!
I added the marshmallows too soon…they melted haha so side note to the non Mum non cooks out there who don’t just know these things…let the chocolate cool a little before adding the marshmallows etc
What can I use instead of almonds to make it nut free
Perhaps try adding some broken up biscuits instead Andrea, like tea biscuits. I haven’t tried this myself, but if you do please let me know how it turns out. Kat 🙂
I have seen recipes using broken up salted pretzels instead of nuts
great idea. Ill let you know…
Andrea