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ROCKY ROAD CRUNCH BARS

No one is ever going to complain about having one of these in their lunchbox, and they're pretty handy to have around in the kitchen for a quick, snatched burst of energy at any time.

I'm not claiming them to be a health food, but when you're talking about lunch on the run, packing quite a few calories into a small parcel can be seen as an advantage. That's my view, and I'm sticking to it.

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Ingredients

  • Express Recipe
  • Nigella Recipe
  • 125g soft butter
  • 300g best-quality dark chocolate (minimum 70% cocoa solids), broken into pieces
  • 3 x 15ml tablespoons golden syrup
  • 200g Rich Tea biscuits
  • 100g mini marshmallows
  • 2 teaspoons icing sugar for dusting

Method

Serves: Makes 24

  1. Melt the butter, chocolate and golden syrup in a heavy-based saucepan. Scoop out about 125ml of this melted mixture and put to one side.
  2. Put the biscuits into a freezer bag and then bash them with a rolling pin. You are aiming for both crumbs and pieces of biscuits.
  3. Fold the biscuit pieces and crumbs into the melted chocolate mixture in the saucepan, and then add the marshmallows.
  4. Tip into a foil tray (24cm square); flatten as best you can with a spatula. Pour the reserved 125ml of melted chocolate mixture over the marshmallow mixture and smooth the top.
  5. Refrigerate for about 2 hours or overnight.
  6. Cut into 24 fingers and dust with icing sugar by pushing it gently through a tea strainer or small sieve.

Comments

  • These are wonderful! I make these for my boys prior to every trip to the coast, camping trip, or road trip. They are great packable treats and have become part of our family traditions. I also make them to give as gifts as well. Thank you Nigella!

    Posted by haggardhouseelf on 27th Apr 2011 at 22.16

  • I have made this recipe several times and it is a real hit with my family. I added some dried cranberries the last time I made it and that worked well too.

    Posted by Annie22 on 19th Aug 2011 at 7.58

  • Made these for our recent village fete and to go with a cup of tea for the ladies of our craft group - great success each time!!

    Posted by blandford on 23rd Aug 2011 at 22.33

  • Wow I tried this recipe!. It was fantastic.Thank you Nigella.

    Posted by Anushadelivera on 18th Sep 2011 at 11.58

  • Can anyone help? I'm having a few problems that when I melt the butter and chocolate together it goes 'grainy' - I've tried a few times. Any idea what I might be doing wrong? Thanks SO much!

    Posted by cjeyres on 25th Sep 2011 at 16.29

  • I love this recipe. I first saw it on the Nigella Express programme and vowed to try it out. Very glad I did! Such a lovely quick treat to make. We're including it in our Christmas gift hampers this year and really love the sound of swapping out some of the biscuit and marshmallow for dried cranberries.

    Posted by SammyP on 16th Oct 2011 at 16.34

  • My 6 year old son is egg, dairy and nut allergic, which makes baking delicious cakes a challenge. This Rocky Road is now my fall back alternative when I need a treat for him. I substitute the butter for Pure (dairy free) margarine and carefully check the dark chocolate and rich tea packaging. My son loves helping me make it too - bashing biscuits with a rolling pin, who wouldn't enjoy it?!

    Posted by GemmaGP on 19th Oct 2011 at 9.23

  • Cjeyres: it's important to use a heavy based saucepan. if your chocolate is going grainy it is because it is burning. you need to heat the mixture more slowly or melt the other ingredients first so that it isn't heated directly.

    Posted by kesouthall on 4th Dec 2011 at 5.55

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