The New Year is all about detox and diets. Recovering from the excess of the Christmas season. Unless you are under 18, of course, when life carries on exactly the same as before except you have more “stuff”. Rocky Road is a quick and easy, no-bake option that will use up a lot of your leftover sweet Christmas treats and give you a little something to offer any relatives and friends popping in. It’s rich so you only need a tiny piece to satisfy your sugar cravings and wean yourself slowly onto your detox..
Most of the ingredients can be substituted for what you have. I had half a packet of digestives from making a lemon cheesecake so used them but you could use any similar biscuit you have in the cupboard, like Rich Tea, for example. Dried fruit is delicious in Rocky Road and I used cranberries and apricots, partly because they are my favourites, and partly because I had extra from making Christmas cakes and mincemeat for mince pies. Marshmallows are a must and the pink ones look particularly good. If you don’t have mini marshmallows you can just chop up the large ones.
Recipe
Ingredients
250g digestive biscuits, or equivalent
100g dried fruit, eg cranberries and apricots
50g marshmallows
200g dark chocolate
150g butter
2 to 3 tablespoons syrup
Method
Line an 8″ square tin with baking parchment.
Crush your biscuits into a mixture of fine crumbs and larger chunks. You can put them into a large plastic bag, seal it and bash them with a rolling pin.
Put the biscuits into a large bowl and add the dried fruit and marshmallows. Mix well.
Break up the chocolate and put it into a saucepan with the butter and syrup and heat gently to melt all the ingredients. Do not overheat.
Pour the chocolate mixture over the ingredients in your bowl and mix well:
Tip the mixture into the prepared tin and push down firmly with the back of a spoon. Once it is level you can cover the top with a piece of cling film and use your hands to press down on the top and compress it further.
Put into the fridge and leave to set for at least a couple of hours. When it has set, remove from the tin and cut it into small bars or squares and serve.
Diets start tomorrow… Happy New Year!
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lovinghomemade 
Perfect. I have so much mincemeat left over !!! I was going to google possible ideas. Thank you for the inspiration.
If you have lots of mincemeat left over you might like this cake: https://lovinghomemade.com/2014/05/11/mincemeat-cake-use-up-leftover-mincemeat-from-christmas/
This recipe reminds me of one my mother makes, called Hedgehog. I can’t help laughing at the idea of leftover chocolate though!
I know, the irony did cross my mind at the time!!!
Looks really good. It’s hard to be good with candy in the cabinets. Gummy and hard candy I can resist, but chocolate?? Nope.
No such thing as leftover chocolate!
I’ve never made rocky road with crushed biscuits before, this is a great idea! Definitely agree that it’s a bit like what we call a Hedgehog slice here in Australia, but probably even better (the idea of adding leftover dried fruit is genius). YUM.
Hedgehog slice is a great name!!!