Christmas Rocky Road

Christmas rocky road is the perfect festive treat! It’s full of spiced biscuits, dried fruit, toasted nuts, orange chocolate, marshmallows & Turkish delight.

Here’s a festive batch of rocky road that’s perfect for Christmas gifting & snacking! It’s inspired by all things festive. We’re talking chocolate oranges, dried fruit, ginger biscuits, Turkish delight & that bowl of nuts that seems to appear every Christmas! It’s a really good way to use up leftovers from Christmas or for when you want to make an edible gift.

One of the many great things about rocky road, is that it doesn’t require any baking. You simply melt chocolate with butter & golden syrup then stir in a generous amount of roughly chopped marshmallows, biscuits, fruit & nuts. Make sure to keep everything chunky, for the perfect texture. And don’t forget a pinch of sea salt on top, for the perfect flavour…

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Christmas Rocky Road Components

The great thing about rocky road is that it can be customised pretty much however you like! This is a festive batch, so we’re adding in spiced biscuits, toasted nuts, dried fruit, Turkish delight & classic marshmallows. You could even swap the biscuits out for gingerbread if you’d prefer.

Chocolate Base

• Chocolate – I like to make my rocky road with dark chocolate but milk chocolate (or a mix of both) will work as well. For the best flavour, it’s key to use a good quality chocolate.
• Butter – Make sure to use unsalted butter, as we’ll be adding salt to the rocky road ourself. Adding butter to rocky road helps it set soft enough to slice & eat!
• Golden Syrup – Golden syrup adds sweetness & flavour to the chocolate base. This also helps the rocky road set slightly softer. If you just used chocolate, your rocky road will be rock hard!
• Orange – The zest of an orange adds some festive flavour to the chocolate! Feel free to leave this out if you’d prefer.
• Sea Salt – Salt & chocolate work really well together! A small amount of sea salt brings out the flavours in our rocky road.

Mix Ins

• Marshmallows – I like to use regular sized marshmallows for rocky road (not mini or jumbo!) as this lets us chop them up into chunk pieces.
• Biscuits – This rocky road is made with ginger nut biscuits, which gives them a lightly spiced, festive flavour. You could use gingerbread or digestive biscuits instead if you’d prefer.
• Nuts – You can add pretty much whatever type of nut (or a mix of nuts) that you like. I used a 50/50 mix of Brazil nuts & macadamia nuts. For the best flavour, make sure to toast them before using.
• Dried Fruit – To keep our rocky road festive, we’re adding in some dried cranberries & glace cherries.
• Turkish Delight – Turkish delight adds another layer of texture to our rocky road! I use Fry’s Turkish delight which is covered in chocolate & is available in most supermarkets.

How To Make Christmas Rocky Road

Rocky road is super easy to make & this batch is made with festive biscuits, nuts & fruit so it’s perfect for Christmas gifts! Making it is easy; you melt chocolate with butter, golden syrup, sea salt & orange zest, pour it over the mix ins then stir to combine. The mix gets pressed into a tin then we chill it in the fridge for a few hours to let it set!

1. Chocolate Base
   To make the chocolate base for our rocky road, we add chopped chocolate & butter into a heatproof mixing bowl, along with golden syrup & a good pinch of sea salt. We melt this mix over a pan of barely simmering water then take it off the heat & stir in the zest of an orange. We need to let the chocolate cool slightly, so that it doesn’t melt the marshmallows & Turkish delight when we mix everything together.
2. Mix Ins
   Whilst the chocolate mix is cooling, we need to prepare the mix ins. This is just a case of crushing up the biscuits & chopping up marshmallows, nuts, dried fruit & Turkish delight. I like to keep everything pretty chunky, for the best texture.
3. Mix Together
   Next, we pour the cooled chocolate into the bowl of mix ins then stir to combine. Make sure that everything is coated in chocolate!
4. Pressing Into Tin & Chilling
   Once mixed, we transfer the rocky road into a lined 8″ square tin then press down gently, into an even layer. We sprinkle sea salt over the top then chill the rocky road in the fridge until completely set. This will take at least 3 hours.
5. Cut Into Portions
   When the rocky road is set, we can take it out of the tin, discard the baking parchment then cut into chunks, using a large sharp knife. You can serve the rocky road straight away or store it in an airtight container for up to a week.

Tips & Tricks

• Use a good quality bar of chocolate, to give your rocky road the best flavour. If you’re not a dark chocolate fan, use milk chocolate instead! Or a mix of dark & milk chocolate.
• Add in plenty of mix ins. Rocky road is meant to be chunky!
• Store your rocky road in the fridge, to prevent it melting.
• Melt some butter & golden syrup with the chocolate, to give the rocky road a glossy finish & to make it set slightly softer.
• For contrasting texture, use a variety of mix ins. There should crunchy mix ins like biscuits & toasted nuts and squishy mix ins like marshmallows & Turkish delight.

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More Festive Baking Recipes To Try!

• Deep Fried Mince Pies
• Leftover Christmas Pudding Flapjack
• Cranberry, Fudge & White Chocolate Cookies
• Classic Mince Pies
• Filo Mince Pies With Almond Streusel
• Baileys Gingerbread Loaf Cake

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