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Rocky Road Candy Bars

Published: Mar 29, 2022 · Modified: Jan 4, 2023 by Alexandra Daum · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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An easy recipe for no-bake rocky road candy bars, a classic simple slice made from chocolate and marshmallows. This is also known as tiffin in some areas. Our version includes dried cherries and digestive biscuits for extra texture!

Close up of the bars showing the candy.

Photography by Sophie MacKenzie.

Rocky road is an old type of candy, with the first recorded mention in Australia in the mid-19th century. The origin is disputed, but either way, it’s delicious!

You might be more familiar with rocky road ice cream, which is the same thing but in iced form – and I grew up with a peanut butter version of this on the prairies instead of chocolate. Chocolate and marshmallows, though, you can’t go wrong.

We’ve added dried cherries for a bit of tart sweetness and crumbled digestive cookies for extra texture. There’s nothing better when it’s too hot to bake – except for our icebox cake, maybe.

For a spring twist, try our pretty pastel Easter rocky road!

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Close up of small pieces of rocky road on paper.

Use the JUMP TO RECIPE button at the top, or scroll to the bottom of the post to see the printable recipe card with full ingredient measurements and complete instructions.

Ingredients

  • Dark chocolate chips
  • Salted butter
  • Digestive biscuits
  • Mini marshmallows
  • Dried cherries
Rocky road ingredients.

Method

A lined bread tin with ingredients around.
Grease and line a bread tin.
Butter and chocolate chips in a glass bowl.
Add butter and chocolate to a bowl.
Melted chocolate in a glass bowl.
Melt, then cool to room temperature.
Cookie pieces added to the chocolate mixture.
Mix in the cookie pieces.
Cookie pieces mixed in to the chocolate.
Make sure they’re well coated.
Mini marshmallows added to the chocolate mixture.
Add the marshmallows.
Mix to coat.
Candy mixed in to the chocolate.
Add the dried fruit.
Stir to combine again.
Rocky road mixture being pressed into the prepared tin.
Press into the prepared form.
Cutting the set mixture into bars.
Set, then slice into bars.
Halving the slices to make smaller bars.
Halve again to make smaller pieces.

Tips and Notes

To make this vegan, use vegan chocolate, marshmallows, and butter. We recommend Enjoy Life chocolate chips, Dandies marshmallows, and Miyoko’s vegan butter. Homemade vegan marshmallows might be a bit too soft here.

This makes a great gift and kids love making it – it’s the perfect recipe to make together and wrap up in some pretty paper to give away. Since you can melt the chocolate in the microwave, slightly older kids can make it on their own! (As a present for their hard working parents, maybe?)

Cutting the bars into smaller pieces after slicing is because rocky road is so rich. A small slice is plenty!

Rocky road pieces in a container with paper and a knife.

Substitutions

As mentioned above, it’s easy possible to switch any of the non-vegan ingredients out to make a veg-friendly rocky road slice. You can also make it gluten free by using GF digestive cookies.

You can use regular bar chocolate or baking chocolate, chopped finely, instead of chocolate chips. Use a milk or lighter dark chocolate if you have a real sweet tooth, but be warned, this is already quite sweet with the marshmallows.

Any dried fruit you like can take the place of cherries, though we really dig the chocolate cherry mix here. Take one old-fashioned dessert and double up on it – black forest rocky road! Cranberries would be good too.

Go double chocolate with chocolate digestive biscuits!

More Chocolate-Filled Recipes

Vegan Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Double Chocolate Buckwheat Brownies
Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Baked Chocolate Donuts
Chocolate Sourdough Cake

Close up of a slice of rocky road.

If you make this recipe, let us know by tagging @baked_theblog + #bakedtheblog on Instagram! We love to feel like we’re in the kitchen with you.

Recipe

Close up of the bars showing the candy.

Rocky Road Candy Bars

4.8 from 6 votes
Author: Sophie Mackenzie
Yield: 12
Prep Time 10 mins
Chilling Time 2 hrs
Total Time 2 hrs 10 mins
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Description

 

An easy recipe for no-bake rocky road candy bars, a classic simple slice made from chocolate and marshmallows. This is also known as tiffin in some areas. Our version includes dried cherries and digestive biscuits for extra texture!

Equipment

  • Measuring cups and spoons or a digital kitchen scale
  • Parchment paper
  • Mixing bowl (must be heat-safe)
  • Loaf pan
  • Rubber spatula
  • Large knife

Ingredients
 

  • 2 ½ cups dark chocolate chips
  • ⅓ cup salted butter
  • 2 cup digestive biscuits, roughly broken, about 10 cookies
  • 3 cups mini marshmallows
  • ½ cup dried cherries, or favourite dried fruit of your choice

Instructions
 

  • Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and set aside.
  • Add the chocolate chips and butter to a large heat-safe bowl. Warm the chocolate in the microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between each, until both are melted and well-combined. Alternatively, melt the chocolate and butter using a
    .
  • Set aside to cool to room temperature—you don’t want to melt your marshmallows.
  • To the cooled chocolate, stir in the cookie bits, marshmallows, and dried cherries. 
  • Press the mixture into the parchment-lined pan, then set in the fridge to chill for at least 2 hours.
  • Once the bar is chilled, slice into pieces (we like bread-like slices or squares). Store in the fridge in a tightly-sealed container for up to two weeks. 

Notes

To make this vegan, use vegan chocolate, marshmallows, and butter. We recommend Enjoy Life chocolate chips, Dandies marshmallows, and Miyoko’s vegan butter. Homemade vegan marshmallows might be a bit too soft here.
Cutting the bars into smaller pieces after slicing is because rocky road is so rich. A small slice is plenty!

Substitutions

As mentioned above, it’s easy possible to switch any of the non-vegan ingredients out to make a veg-friendly rocky road slice. You can also make it gluten free by using GF digestive cookies.
You can use regular bar chocolate or baking chocolate, chopped finely, instead of chocolate chips. Use a milk or lighter dark chocolate if you have a real sweet tooth, but be warned, this is already quite sweet with the marshmallows.
Any dried fruit you like can take the place of cherries, though we really dig the chocolate cherry mix here. Take one old-fashioned dessert and double up on it – black forest rocky road! Cranberries would be good too.
Go double chocolate with chocolate digestive biscuits!

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 120kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 43mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g
Did you make this recipe?Let us know on Instagram @baked_theblog or tag #bakedtheblog!

This post was first shared in July 2020. It has been updated with more information and step-by-step pictures In March 2022.

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