Easy rocky road
This easy rocky road recipe is the perfect no bake treat for kids. You can add anything you want to the simple chocolate fridge cake to make it just as you like it.
This easy rocky road is the simplest no bake treat kids can make. It’s the perfect, easy recipe for getting young children and toddlers involved in the kitchen.
The best thing about rocky road is that you can add whatever you like to it, so you can personalise it to your own taste or for a special occaision.
What can you put in your rocky road?
I love putting in a mixture of flavours and textures to my rocky road. Once you’ve got some biscuit in it, try adding fluffy marshmallows for their softness, raisins or other dried fruit for their sweetness and chewiness. If you love nuts, you can also add some of those in for an extra crunch.
If you’re adding mini marshmallows rather than large ones, try popping them in the freezer for half an hour before you start making it. When you add the melted chocolate, small marshmallows can melt, so freezing them should keep them intact more which will add to the texture.
Don’t think you can only use regular chocolate in your rocky road. You could add some chunks of your favourite chocolate bar, like a Mars bar, or Twix.
You can also change your rocky road to suit different holidays. We’ve made a delicious Easter rocky road full of Mini Eggs and Creme Eggs, or add some Halloween candy and chocolate to a Halloween themed version.
Experiment with different fillings as long as you add roughly 100-120g in total.
How can kids help make rocky road?
This is one of the easiest bakes (or no bakes) your kids can make. They can help bash and break up the biscuits and cut up marshmallows and mix it all together. If you have older children who can be trusted around a cooker, they can also help to melt the chocolate and butter, stirring it until it is nice and smooth.
Once you’ve made the rocky road mixture, your kids just need to pour it into the baking tin and press it down.
It’s really as simple as that – so easy even young children and toddlers can help to make it. The hardest part is waiting for the rocky road to set so that you can eat it!
What biscuit can I use?
You can use any relatively plain biscuit you like. Were in the UK and like Nice biscuits, Rich Teas or digestive biscuits. In the USA a Graham cracker would work equally well.
How do you store it?
Rocky road will keep in an air tight container at room temperature for a few weeks.
Can I freeze rocky road?
Yes. You can freeze it for up to a month if you wrap each piece well in cling film or foil and put them in a freezer bag.
Can I use honey instead of golden syrup?
Yes. If you don’t have any golden syrup, swap it for an equal quantity of honey. Remember that honey isn’t suitable for children under the age of one.
Other no bake treats
If you like this rocky road you’ll love our other easy no bake treats including:
Chocolate cornflake cakes
Tiffin
Rice Krispie treats
Mars bar slice
Rocky road fudge
Chocolate rice krispies
Useful equipment
You might need the following baking tools/gadgets to make this easy rocky road
Digital scales
Mixing bowl
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
8 inch baking tin
Cake storage
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Ingredients
200g (1 3/4 cup) biscuits
50g (1/4 cup) raisins/sultanas*
60g (1 cup) marshmallows*
135g (1/2 cup) butter or margarine
200g (1 1/8 cup) milk chocolate
2-3 tbsp golden syrup
*Or use your own choice of about 100g – 120g of marshmallows/dried fruit/nuts.
How to make rocky road
Pop the marshmallows in the freezer about half an hour before you start making the rocky road.
Line the base and sides of an 8 inch (20cm) square baking tin with baking paper.
Mix the dry ingredients together
Get your kids to measure out the biscuits and put them in a large mixing bowl. Give them something like a rolling pin and get them to bash the biscuits into small chunks or just break them up by hand.
You want to end up with some larger biscuit pieces among your smaller crumbs so that your rocky road still has some texture.
If you want, you can put the biscuits into a seelable bag before you bash them to save a little mess.
Measure the raisins/sultanas and marshmallows or any of the other extras your adding, and pop them in the bowl with the biscuits.
We didn’t have any mini marshmallows so used regular sized ones. If you’re using large marshmallows like us, get your kids to cut them into halves/quarters with some kitchen scissors. Set the marshmallows aside for now.
Mix the wet ingredients together
Measure the butter or margarine and golden syrup and add them to a heatproof bowl.
When your kids measure the golden syrup, you might find it easier if you hold the tablespoon while they add the syrup or vice versa.
Get your kids to help break up the chocolate then add that to your bowl.
Set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (a bain-marie), and melt everything together over a low heat, stirring all the time. If your kids are old enough to be trusted around a cooker, they can help with this step.
Make the rocky road
Finally, pour the butter / chocolate mixture over your biscuits. Let your kids stir it all in with a spatula or wooden spoon.
Once the mixture has cooled slightly, add the marshmallows and keep stirring until it all looks well coated (adding the marshmallows later, makes sure they don’t just melt when the chocolate is added.
Tip the mixture into your prepared baking tin. Press it down and into all four corners with the back of a spoon/spatula.
Leave the rocky road to set somewhere cool or in your fridge for a few hours.
Once its set, remove it from the tin and cut it into squares.
Serve and enjoy.
Rocky road
Ingredients
- 200 g biscuits
- 50 g raisins/sultanas*
- 60 g marshmallows*
- 135 g butter or margarine
- 200 g milk chocolate
- 2-3 tbsp golden syrup
Instructions
- Line the base and sides of an 8 inch (20cm) square baking tin with baking paper.
Mix the dry ingredients together
- Measure out the biscuits and put them in a large mixing bowl. Use something like a rolling pin and bash the biscuits into small chunks. You want to end up with some larger biscuit pieces among your smaller crumbs so that your rocky road still has some texture.
- Measure the raisins/sultanas and marshmallows or any of the other extras your adding, and pop them in the bowl with the biscuits.
- Cut any large marshmallows into halves/quarters with some kitchen scissors. Set them aside for now.
Mix the wet ingredients together
- Measure the butter or margarine and golden syrup and add them to a pot. Break up the chocolate then add that to your pot.
- Melt everything together over a low heat, stirring all the time.
Make the rocky road
- Pour the butter / chocolate mixture over your biscuits. Stir it all in with a spatula or wooden spoon. Add the marshmallows and keep stirring until it all looks well coated.
- Tip the rocky road mixture into your prepared baking tin. Press it down and into all four corners with the back of a spoon/spatula.
- Leave the rocky road to set somewhere cool or in your fridge for a few hours.
- Once its set, remove the rocky road from the tin and cut it into squares.
Notes
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This recipe was first made in December 2017 and updated in January 2024.
mah says
how grams is 1 1/2 packets plain biscuits?
cookingwithmykids says
The good this about rocky road is that you don’t need to be too accurate with your measurements. You want about 200g of biscuit in total though.
Angela / Only Crumbs Remain says
I can imagine that your rocky road disappeared pretty quick when you took them to your son’s party Helen! with all of that yummy chocolate Rocky Road is such a crowd pleaser ! Thankyou so much for joining in with #BakingCrumbs
Angela x
cookingwithmykids says
Thanks!