I have been making little bags of rocky road as small “merry Christmases” for years; people love it. The original recipe was given to me by Laurie Black, it was quite refined back then, I have trashed it up and added a lot more “bits” over the years.
Treat this recipe as a guide and change it to suit your tastes. You might like more chocolate and fewer “bits”, you can use any nuts and/or dried fruits you like and the coconut can come and go too. The marshmallows are the component I always have in there.
Ingredients
500g good quality dark chocolate, chopped
3 Tbsp walnut oil
½ cup raw pistachios
½ cup brazil nuts
½ cup dried cherries
2½ cups marshmallows (I use white only)
1 cup desiccated coconut, lightly toasted
Directions
1. Line the base and the sides of a 15 x 26cm tin or glass dish with baking paper.
2. Place chocolate and oil in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water and stir until melted. Don't let the bowl touch the water.
3. Chop the nuts, cherries and marshmallows into smaller pieces if you like. I roughly chop the nuts and chop the marshmallows and cherries in half. Mix all other ingredients through the chocolate and set aside to set.
4. Cut into small squares.
