Maltesers Rocky Road
This Maltesers rocky road recipe, made from chocolate, biscuits, marshmallows and Maltesers; is an easy no bake slice that is a chocolate lovers dream! Taking less than 10 minutes to prepare, it is a fun and simple recipe that kids love to help make too.
Ingredients
- 150g (5.3oz) milk chocolate roughly chopped
- 100g (3½oz) dark chocolate roughly chopped
- 100g (3½oz) butter
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons golden syrup
- 125g (4.4oz) digestive biscuits roughly broken
- 60g (2oz) marshmallows if regular size, cut into 4
- 100g (3½oz) Maltesers roughly chopped, large pieces
- 25-50 (1oz - 1½oz) Maltesers roughly chopped, for the top, optional
Instructions
- Line a square 20cm x 20cm (8" x 8") tin with baking paper.
To melt chocolate on the stove top:
- Place a small pan of water on to boil. Once boiling turn the heat down to a simmer.
- In a heatproof bowl, add the milk and dark chocolate pieces together with the butter, cocoa powder and golden syrup. Place this over the pan of simmering water, making sure the water doesn't touch the bottom of the bowl. Stir gently with a metal spoon every so often.
- Once melted, using a tea towel carefully take the bowl off the pan of water - taking care as the steam can come billowing out.
- Leave to cool for a couple of minutes.
To melt the chocolate in a microwave:
- Place the milk and dark chocolate pieces, butter, cocoa powder and golden syrup in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 20 seconds, take out and stir then place the bowl back into the microwave and heat for 20 seconds, repeating until the chocolate butter mixture has melted.
- Leave to cool for a couple of minutes.
To make the rocky road:
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together then roughly broken biscuits, chopped marshmallows and roughly chopped Maltesers.
- Pour the slightly cooled melted chocolate mixture over the biscuits and stir well to combine.
- Pour this into the prepared tin, pressing down well with the back of a spoon.
- Sprinkle over the remaining Maltesers, if using.
- Place in the refrigerator for 10 - 15 minutes, until just set and then cut with a sharp knife that has been warmed by running under a hot tap.
- Place back in the fridge to set completely.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days.
Notes
Maltesers: These little balls of crunchy bubbly malted milk covered in milk chocolate originated in Britain, but are now available in many countries. In the US, you can substitute Maltesers with Whoppers.
Chocolate: You can use milk chocolate, dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), or a combination of both (my personal favourite). I recommend you use the highest quality chocolate you can to get the best flavour from your chocolate slice. I like to use Lindt or Cadbury when I’m in Australia and the UK.
Biscuits/cookies: I like to use digestive biscuits In this rocky road recipe, but you can use the same amount of graham crackers, malted milk, or shortbread biscuits. Any plain biscuit would work well in this recipe.
Golden syrup: If you can’t get this inverted sugar syrup, then use the same amount of maple syrup or honey. Both will give a different flavour, but you want a liquid sweetener rather than sugar, as sugar will make the rocky road grainy.
Cocoa powder – adds a rich chocolate flavour and together with the butter and golden syrup, helps the chocolate go further, without compromising on chocolate flavour.
Butter – unsalted butter, you can substitute it with margarine. I have made rocky road with both butter and margarine and there really isn’t much difference, apart from the butter providing a shinier chocolate.
Marshmallows: you can use regular size marshmallows and cut them into 4 as I have done here, or use mini marshmallows and leave them whole.
This Maltesers rocky road will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days. Any longer than this and the exposed centres of the chopped Maltesers will start to soften. Still delicious, but you won't have that lovely crunch anymore.
Let the chocolate butter mixture cool slightly before adding to the biscuits and Maltesers. If it’s too hot it will melt the marshmallows and Maltesers chocolate.
When breaking the biscuits in to pieces, you want to have chunks of biscuit rather than fine biscuit crumbs.
Slicing: If you are unable to take it out of the fridge after 10-15 minutes, once set, take out of the fridge and leave at room temperature for 30 minutes. Run a sharp knife under hot water and carefully slice into pieces.
Nutrition: This nutritional information is calculated using malt snacks, rather than the branded Maltesers chocolates and therefore may vary slightly.
Nutrition
Calories: 189kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 2gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 88mgPotassium: 88mgFiber: 2gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 156IUCalcium: 10mgIron: 1mg
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