Really, really, really, really easy Rocky Road

As it says. Really, really, really, really easy Rocky Road. It has, like, five steps. No matter how crap you are in the kitchen, you cannot stuff this up.

Takes about 10 minutes to make, but hours to enjoy.

Ingredients:

1 x 250g pack of white + pink marshmallows. Use both colours. It looks pretty.

375g of your favourite melty chocolate. If you like Lindt, use Lindt. If you like Cadbury’s (you cultural barbarian), use Cadbury’s. The measurement is the equivalent of 1 pack of Melts but hey, use more if you’re game

1/2 cup (ish) of desiccated coconut (optional)

1/2 cup (ish) snakes/glacé cherries/gummi bears, depending on how immature or nostalgic you are feeling (optional)

1/4 cup crushed nuts (optional)

A child

Method:

1. If your chocolate is in block form, cut into 1 inch pieces (approx – easier to melt). If you want to be lazy like me, place the chocolate (with the exception of one or two pieces – you do have to taste the chocolate, you see…) in a microwave save bowl and zap for one minute at a time until melted nicely, stirring in between zaps.

2. While microwaving, get a pair of scissors you don’t like. Cut the marshmallows in half (if they are the giant ones, cut into quarters) into a large metal bowl. You’ll notice that the scissors will be covered in sticky fluff by the end, thus the reason for using a pair you have no particular attachment to. 

 3. If using the coconut, nuts and/or cherries, throw them/it onto the marshmallows and get a child to mix them up (a child is always willing to get his or her hands dirty, particularly if it involves food)

4. Once the chocolate has melted, throw it all onto the dry ingredients and mix – beat the child away with the spoon if you have to.

5. Give the mixing spoon to the child (to keep them from asking for some of the chocolate).

6. Get a loaf tin/baking tray/bowl/whichever shape you would like your Rocky Road to be, and grab a roll of baking paper that overlaps the sides of the tin by at least 3 inches.

7. POUR! Pour all the gooey chocolate goodness into the tin, making sure you try and get little piles of just chocolate in the corners – this makes for good eating later.

8. Shove in the fridge on the highest shelf (once again, to ward off the children) for at least an hour.

9. Once it’s gone all non-squishy, remove from your setting implement of choice and cut into desired sized. I cut giant huge massive pieces because…well, I do. And it tastes good.

 10. Allow the waiting child a small piece, if you like, but seeing as I don’t like children, I tend to eat it all myself.

~ by araneux on November 9, 2007.