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Rocky Road Recipe
I actually like Rocky Freeway. I actually just like the heftiness and numerous versatility. Though, unsurprisingly, I’ve views on what makes one! Ratios matter. So proper right here’s my Rocky Freeway recipe. It’s easy. And it’s oh-so-good.
Rocky Freeway is about as simple as candy recipes get. Soften chocolate. Stir in add-ins of choice. Marshmallows, raspberries and peanuts are conventional. Coconut is my must-have extra.
In numerous worldwide places world huge (I’m in Australia, BTW!), cookies and dried fruit are widespread. And I’ve seen glacé cherries instead of raspberries.
No judgement. Rocky Freeway is a recipe to make your particular person!
The one company view I’ve is to confirm there’s ample add-ins. Rocky Freeway has heft to it, it’s not a thin, wimpy piece of candy. It’s a thick slab. Nobody must chew into an infinite block of plain chocolate. We want to sink our tooth into a pleasing medley of textures – tender marshmallow, chewy raspberry, nutty crunch of peanuts.
So don’t skimp on add-ins!!
Proper right here’s what it’s advisable make my Rocky Freeway.
Chocolate – EASY OPTION
Use chips or melts for an easy alternative. Enhance to dam chocolate for premium. I exploit a mix of darkish and milk chocolate to get the simplest of every worlds: chocolate flavour depth plus creaminess of milk chocolate!
Chocolate melts and chips are the straightforward alternative because of there’s no chopping involved and so they’re made for easy melting. Equal portions of every darkish (US: semi-sweet) and milk chocolate is my favourite. You get the simplest of each sort of chocolate: good chocolate flavour from the darkish chocolate plus the creaminess of milk chocolate.
Nevertheless be glad to utilize the combination you want!
PREMIUM CHOCOLATE
For those who want to enhance, as an illustration, within the occasion you’re gifting or making to impress, use block chocolate instead. Lindt is my premium select sooner than shifting into couverture (elevated grade chocolate utilized by unbelievable patisseries, chocolatiers and lots of others), for flavour, top quality and likewise it’s shiny because of it’s tempered.
Plaistowe may be the “best” inside the baking aisle adopted by Cadbury. And some good US producers: Ghirardelli and Baker’s mannequin.
As with the chips, I will often use a mix of darkish and milk chocolate though if using Lindt, I usually keep on with just one sort. For the sake of purity! 70% for grown ups, milk chocolate for all-rounder crowd pleaser.
If using chocolate block, you’ll need to lower it up sooner than melting. The finer you chop, the higher it melts.
Phrase: Lindt simply is not low price and likewise you need 5 blocks. I refill once they’re steeply discounted. It happens now and again!
Irrespective of chocolate you choose, it is most safe to provide the chocolate from the baking aisle which is made for melting and cooking. Some chocolate from the confectionary aisle (ie for consuming) is unquestionably made to forestall it melting merely if, say, it’s sitting in a warmth pantry, your automotive or purse.. So they will not basically soften simply. They’re moreover further susceptible to points like seizing and burning within the occasion you employ the microwave barely than a bain-marie (bowl over simmering water).
It’s not the tip of the world for Rocky Freeway because of we re-set the chocolate anyway, however it’d be extraordinarily harmful to utilize in points like Chocolate Mousse. So if of consuming chocolate producers that soften utterly / you’ve nailed the paintings of melting Cadbury Milk Chocolate blocks, be glad to utilize it! Nevertheless merely keep in mind that chocolate from the baking aisle is safer for use in cooking!
The one exception is Lindt. This can be sourced from the chocolate confectionary aisle. It melts 100% utterly. And are you aware Lindt is already tempered so it’s pure shiny? Lindt is specific! 🙂
And for the add-ins! Proper right here’s what goes in mine. Fundamental Aussie Rocky Freeway – marshmallows, chewy raspberries and peanuts. Plus coconut. Paying homage to retro Golden Robust (chocolate coconut candy proper right here in Australia). Coconut isn’t always present in Rocky Freeway, nonetheless for me it’s a ought to!
Scorching contender for the world’s finest candy recipe!
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Soften chocolate in 30 second bursts, stirring in between.
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Stir until straightforward. (Scorching tip – use a chopstick in the middle of the preliminary stirring phases. Less complicated – and fewer ground house for chocolate to remain to. Swap to rubber spatula within the route of the tip).
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Stir via add-ins.
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Unfold in a 20cm/8″ paper lined sq. pan.
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Refrigerate for 3 hours (or in a single day, or days!) until completely company.
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Decrease – Take away from the fridge half-hour earlier to chopping into gadgets. I cut back into 5 bars, then into smaller gadgets if serving to eat, and larger gadgets if gifting.
Contemplating once more, I’m pretty sure that the overwhelming majority of the time I make Rocky Freeway is for gifting. Which is not surprising. Rocky Freeway is a sizeable piece of candy. There’s no such issue as a small nibble. Even breaking off a “small” hunk is an effective mouthful! Not like, as an illustration, my current favourite small-form candy to have spherical the house which allows me to take a small guilt-free nibble when the craving hits. (Certainly not ideas that I’m going once more to the jar 10 situations a day).
What about you? Is Rocky Freeway a gifting recipe? For occasions? Or are you a devoted candy monster who will make this to your self?
Nevertheless further importantly – SHARE YOUR GOLD STANDARD ROCKY ROAD add-ins!! I assume you make a killer Rocky Freeway! – Johnsat x
Ingredients
- 225 – 250g / 8 oz dark chocolate melts or chips (1 1/2 cups) or block, chopped (US: semi-sweet chips)
- 225 – 250g / 8 oz milk chocolate melts or chips (1 1/2 cups) or block, chopped (or more dark choc)
- 2 tbsp coconut oil or any plain flavoured oil (prevents cracking, adds bit of sheen, Note 2)
- 3 cups marshmallows, pink and white , most cut in half (firmly pack the cups!)
- 3/4 cup raspberry lollies , halved
- 1/3 cup desiccated coconut (or flakes), unsweetened
- 1/2 cup unsalted peanuts , very roughly chopped (ie almost just halved)
Instructions
- Line a 20cm/8" square pan with baking paper (parchment paper).
- Melt chocolate – Place chocolate and oil in a bowl. Microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between, until melted and smooth.
- Add-ins – Stir the Add-ins into the chocolate. Pour into pan, spreading out evenly.
- Refrigerate for 3 hours or until fully cool.
- Cut – Remove from the fridge 30 minutes prior to cutting. I cut into 5 lines, then into chunks for eating or larger pieces for gifting!
Notes
1. Chocolate options – using melts or chips is the easiest. No chop, and made for easy melting! Dark and milk chocolate combo is my favourite. Cadbury bags are 225g hence the amount.
Premium upgrade to block: Lindt (best before getting into couverture), Plaistowe, and a couple of good US brands: Ghirardelli and Baker’s brand. 70% cocoa for grown-ups, or 50/50 combo of milk and dark. Finely chop with knife then melt. More info in post!
Whatever you choose, it is safest to source the chocolate from the baking aisle which is designed for melting/cooking. Not all chocolate from the confectionary aisle (ie eating chocolate) will melt smoothly or easily, and some are prone to seizing / burning unless using a bain-marie. (Read blue block in post for more info!). But if you have used eating chocolate before and know brands that melt fine, by all means go ahead!
2. Oil – insurance policy to prevent cracking when cutting, and adds a bit of shininess to the chocolate.
3. These are my classic add-ins. Coconut is essential! Reminiscent of Golden Rough, a retro favourite. But…. you can use whatever you want. 🙂 Biscuits, any other nuts, dried fruit, glace cherries. Add as much as you want as long as there is enough chocolate to coat everything.
PS I usually don’t bother cutting the raspberries and marshmallows in half. But when gifting, I do. Just better dispersement.
4. Keeps for weeks and weeks! Refrigerate if hot where you are.
Nutrition per serving, assuming 12 servings.
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