June 2, 2018

Homemade Rocky Road Candy Bars

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Homemade Rocky Road

Candy Bars

June 2: National Rocky Road Day

We have made homemade candy bars before. So we tried another popular one, Rocky Road, with a different chocolate mold. In the United States, Rocky Road is a combination of marshmallows and crunchy nuts and chocolate. In the United Kingdom, it is a combination of marshmallows, crushed cookies/biscuits and chocolate with a light dusting of powdered sugar on top. In Australia, Rocky Road is a combination of marshmallows, glace cherries, crunch nuts, dessicated coconut and chocolate. Whatever combination of ingredients used, Rocky Road is easy to make for a delicious dessert. So indulge on homemade Rocky Road candy bars on National Rocky Road Day!

Recipe

Ingredients

  • Chocolate chips or wafers (we used Ghirardelli dark chocolate melting wafers)
  • Nuts, dry roasted and unsalted, chopped (we used cashews, following the original Annabelle Candy Company’s recipe)
  • Mini marshmallows (see Notes)

Directions

Melt the chocolate in a bowl (in a microwave or over a double boiler), according to the directions on the package. Chop the cashews, reserving the nut pieces and discarding the “dust”. Set aside.

Spoon melted chocolate halfway in the mold, making sure to coat the sides with a thin layer. Let cool slightly so the chocolate will not melt the marshmallows. Sprinkle the chopped cashews and mini marshmallows over the slightly cooled chocolate. Fill the mold with chocolate. Refrigerate until the chocolate has set and is firm. Unmold onto paper towels. Serve at room temperature but still slightly cooled.

Notes

  • If mini marshmallows are not available, cut jumbo marshmallows into small pieces.
  • This blog post is dedicated to Father Tim E. who loves anything “Rocky Road”.
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June 2, 2014

Rocky Road Cake Truffles

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Rocky Road Cake Truffles

Rocky Road Cake Truffles

June 2: National Rocky Road Day

Whenever we level off the rounded tops of our chocolate cakes or have leftovers, we never waste what we have. We just transform them into truffles! Cake truffles sound much more elegant than cake balls. Put them on a stick and they become cake pops—perfectly playful! Place them in chocolate brown paper candy cups and they become truffles—sweetly sophisticated!

For this particular post, we made them with a marshmallow center, topped them with toasted walnuts and drizzled white chocolate as a color contrast for a Rocky Road flavor. Enjoy an elegant treat and try these truffles (cake balls or cake pops) for National Rocky Road Day.

Recipe

Ingredients

  • Leftover chocolate cake
  • Chocolate frosting
  • Mini marshmallows
  • 1 bag chocolate candy melts
  • ½ cup walnuts, chopped and toasted
  • 1-2 squares (ounces) white chocolate, melted

Directions

In a large bowl, crumble the cake into fine crumbs. Add half a cup of frosting a little at a time until the crumbs stick together (use more or less frosting, depending on how much cake is left over). Roll and flatten the “dough” and place a mini marshmallow in the center. Make into balls no bigger than 1 ½ inches round. Freeze till firm.

Rocky Road Cake Truffles

Melt the chocolate over a double boiler. Stick a skewer or lollipop stick on one end of the cake ball. Work quickly to coat it evenly in the melted chocolate. Place on a cold tray covered with waxed paper, smoothing chocolate over the hole made by the skewer or lollipop stick. Sprinkle the nuts on top before the chocolate sets. Continue dipping each cake ball into the chocolate and sprinkling nuts. Refrigerate until the chocolate shell has hardened. Drizzle white chocolate over the truffles. Refrigerate until the white chocolate drizzles have set. Place in individual paper candy cups/mini cupcake liners. Arrange on an elegant platter and serve.

Rocky Road Cake Truffles 

Notes

  • We prefer to use homemade chocolate frosting instead of the one from a can for better flavor. We use the latter if we are pressed for time in preparing Rocky Road cake truffles for a party.
  • Search our blog for chocolate cake and chocolate frosting recipes to make these Rocky Road cake truffles.
 

June 2, 2014

Rocky Road Cake

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Rocky Road Cake

Rocky Road Cake

June 2: National Rocky Road Day

On a hot, summer day, eating Rocky Road ice cream is a cool choice. But lactose intolerant Islander feels it is “safer on her system” to eat a slice of Rocky Road cake because the dairy content in it is less than in Rocky Road ice cream (although there is a little bit of cream used in the chocolate frosting). The cake is also less likely to melt when sharing it with others at summer socials.

Rocky Road cake is easy to make, and the textured topping give this decadent dessert a “wow factor”. Instead of the ice cream flavor, try Rocky Road cake to celebrate the summer season as well as observe National Rocky Road Day.

Recipe

Ingredients

Directions

Bake the chocolate fudge sheet cake in a 9×13” pan. Cool completely. Make the chocolate frosting by melting 10 ounces of chocolate squares, stirring in a half cup of heavy whipping cream and incorporating 1 ½ cups of sliced butter pieces until smooth and well blended.

Rocky Road Cake

Allow the frosting to cool for a spreadable consistency (several hours at room temperature or 15-30 minutes in the refrigerator). Stir before spreading on the top and sides of the cake. Pipe decorative shell borders on the top and bottom edges of the cake (optional).

Rocky Road Cake

Sprinkle mini marshmallows randomly on top of the cake. Chop the walnuts roughly and toast them in a small skillet over medium high heat for about five minutes, being careful not to burn the nuts. Cool and scatter them on top of the cake, filling in the gaps between the marshmallows.

Rocky Road Cake

Melt chocolate candy wafers/chips. Put the melted chocolate in a piping bag with a small round tip (or fill a plastic zipper top bag and cut a small hole). Drizzle over the top of the cake. Let set. Slice the cake into 24 squares and serve.

Rocky Road Cake

Notes