Tried and Tested: Rocky Road (to Heaven)

Last year Our Boy and I made for the first time Nigella's Rocky Road and it is divine! It has already made its place in our annual "must have's" for Christmas.

I have renamed it
"Rocky Road (to Heaven)".

Please don't think about the calories...

You need:

250g dark chocolate, chopped

150g milk chocolate, chopped (we actually prefer to use only dark chocolate)

175g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing

4 tbsp golden syrup

200g Amaretti biscuits (you can use other types of bisquits if you have a particular favorite)

150g shelled Brazil nuts (optional)

150g red glacé cherries

125g mini marshmallows

1 tbsp icing sugar

edible glitter, to decorate (optional)

 

How to do it:

1.Place the dark and milk chocolate pieces into a heavy-based pan with the butter and golden syrup and cook over a low heat to melt and combine.

2.Place the amaretti biscuits into a freezer bag and bash with a rolling pin to make crumbs of various sizes.

3.Place the Brazil nuts into another freezer bag and bash in the same way.

4.Take the pan of melted chocolate mixture off the heat and add the crushed biscuits and nuts.

5.Add the glacé cherries and mini marshmallows.

6. Fold the mixture carefully to coat all with the syrupy chocolate mixture.

7. Pour the mixture into a 25cm/10in x 30cm/12in greased and lined baking tray and smooth the surface as much as possible - don't worry - it will look bumpy

8.Refrigerate for two hours, or until firm enough to cut. Dust with icing sugar, then sprinkle with edible glitter if you wish.

9.Remove the block of rocky road from the tray and cut into sensibly sized pieces
- at your discrection...

;-)