This raspberry rocky road is crunchy, chewy and berry delicious!
Can you believe I hadn’t so much as tasted rocky road before I came to Australia? I have however made up for lost time. When I lived in the UK and came to Australia on holidays I would always buy some rocky road from Darrell Lea to take home but once I moved down under for good and Darrell Lea shut up shop, I started to make my own rocky road and once I started I couldn’t stop! First there was Tracey’s Rocky Road, then there was the White Chocolate and Raspberry Rocky Road and let’s not forget the Festive Rocky Road Rings all of which are my Christmas (and all year round) favourites. I like to cover my festival bases so I added this Fully Loaded Easter Rocky Road too and for something different, this Peanut Butter and Banana version too. As you can see, I don’t think there is such a thing as too much Rocky Road which is why I am here with a new recipe!
If I say so myself I think this rocky road is my all time favourite! It all started with a bag of raspberry maltesers which happened to hop into my trolley. It turns out that I’m not such a big fan of raspberry maltesers as is so I put them into this rocky road where they really came into their own! Now if you can’t get raspberry maltesers don’t stress, regular maltesers will still bring the value added crunch to the rocky road party! Don’t be tempted to hold back on the raspberry lollies or the licorice though because you want every bit of the chewy delicious.
Truth be told, I made a batch of this to gift to people last Christmas but it was so delicious I ended up keeping most of it myself because it was so delicious I couldn’t bear to part with it. However, in the spirit of Christmas and recipe testing, I had to make another batch which was such a hardship, not! Especially because I consumed all the offcuts (and I made sure there were a lot of offcuts!) I gave some to the site manager Wayne, who said it was so delicious he had to leave it in his work fridge because if he took it home, he would inhale it in one sitting.
So I must tell you friends that really this rocky road needs to come with a warning because it is utterly delicious and totally addictive. It’s impossible to stop at one piece.
Although this is a great gift to give at Christmas, this rocky road is for life, not just for Christmas!
Are you an all or nothing kind of person? Are you a fan of rocky road too?
Ingredients
250g Raspberry flavour Maltesers
200g chewy raspberry lollies, halved
100g mini marshmallows
100g raspberry licorice twists
400g good quality milk chocolate
25g coconut oil
icing sugar, for dusting
How to – Traditional
- Lightly grease a slice pan. Line the base and long sides with baking paper, extending the paper over the sides.
- Combine maltesers, lollies, marshmallows and licorice in a large bowl and set aside.
- Melt the chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave in 30 second bursts until completely melted.
- Add the chocolate to the malteser mixture making sure everything is well covered in chocolate.
- Spread mixture into the pan, smooth surface and put in the fridge for 2 hours or until firm.
- Sprinkle with icing sugar and cut into squares.
How to – Thermomix
- Lightly grease a slice pan. Line the base and long sides with baking paper, extending the paper over the sides.
- Mix maltesers, lollies, marshmallows and licorice in a large bowl and set aside.
- Place chocolate and coconut oil in TM bowl and blitz for 10 seconds on speed 9.
- Scrape down and melt 5 minutes 50 degrees speed 1.
- Scrape down and melt for a further 2 minutes at 50 degrees on speed 1.
- With blades moving on reverse speed 1, gradually add the lollies through the hole in the lid until they are all coated in chocolate this should take about 45 seconds.
- Spread mixture into the pan, smooth surface and put in the fridge for 2 hours or until firm. Sprinkle with icing sugar and cut into squares.
- Make a chocolate drink by adding a cup of milk and blitzing 5 seconds on speed 8. Then heat milk 5 minutes 80 degrees speed 4.
