If you love the chocolate orange combination, you’ll love this Chocolate Orange Rocky Road.
I’m always looking for new ways with Rocky Road and over the years have developed quite the Rocky Road collection. It was when I was looking for Halloween coloured ingredients that I became a bit obsessed with this chocolate orange chocolate combo and I’m really pleased I got this bee in my bonnet.
You know what they say, you can take the girl out of England but you can’t take England out of the girl. The love of jaffa is strong in the motherland with all kinds of chocolate orange treats on offer – think Jaffa Cakes and Terry’s Chocolate Orange for starters.
That brings me to my next point, if you can get your hands on Jaffa Cakes and/or Chocolate Orange then you should definitely add them to this deliciousness. Swap the Scotch Fingers for Jaffa Cakes and the Bb’s for chunks of chocolate orange.
Australia doesn’t seem to share the love of chocolate orange at least where confectionery is concerned so I worked with what I got. You can use any kind of orange lolly but just makes sure it’s chewy. I used a combo of orange jelly babies and orange jellies and ate the non-orange lollies for dinner. Don’t judge me!
Depending on your taste buds, you can use milk chocolate, plain chocolate or chocolate with a hint of orange. I wanted to hedge my bets and used a bit of all 3. What can I say I’m very indecisive?
Confectionery language can be quite confusing, don’t you think? In England we call them sweets, in Australia we call them lollies and in America they call it candy. It’s a vocabulary minefield! Whatever you call your sweet treats and whatever orange varieties you find, I promise this rocky road will not disappoint.
Are you a fan of the chocolate orange combination? What’s do you call your confectionery?
Makes 15 large pieces
Ingredients
100g orange lollies (fruit jellies or gummy sweets)
100g mini marshmallows
100g Jaffas
185g pack Darrell Lea Bb’s chocolate orange
200g scotch finger biscuits, crushed into chunks
400g good quality chocolate (dark or milk)
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 lollies, marshmallows, biscuits and about two thirds of the Bbs 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 lolly mixture making sure everything is well covered in chocolate.
- Spread mixture into the pan, smooth surface and top with the remaining Bbs. Place slice 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 lollies, marshmallows, biscuits and about two thirds of the Bbs 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 for 5 minutes at 50 degrees on speed 1.
- Scrape down and melt for a further 2 minutes at 50 degrees on speed 1.
- With the 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 top with the remaining Bbs. Place slice in the fridge for 2 hours or until firm. (Before you clean the bowl, make a chocolate drink by adding a cup of milk and blitzing 5 seconds on speed 8. Then heat milk for 5 minutes at 80 degrees on speed 4.)
- Sprinkle with icing sugar and cut into squares.
