When we had fund raising events at school my kind parents would bake and bring in their delicious bakes. One that was always popular was Rocky roads, and over the years I have developed the recipe to be as simple or as luxurious as I want it to be.

This recipe is the basic one but you can make it a bit special with a few additional ingredients. I like to use Mcvities Chocolate digestives but that’s my personal choice.

Makes approximately 12 - 16 pieces depending on how large or small you wish the pieces to be.

What you will need
A baking tray 30cm x 23cm and 4cm deep, you could use two brownie tins instead
A microwaveable bowl
A large bowl
A large plastic bag and a heavy rolling pin

Ingredients
230g golden syrup
250g unsalted butter chopped into cubes plus extra for greasing the baking trays
380g chocolate at least 35 %, chocolate chips are best as they melt more easily
2 x 500g packets of chocolate biscuits,milk or plain or simple digestive biscuits ( Graham crackers)
100g mini marshmallows

Topping
50g plain chocolate
50g M&M's

If you wish to make them a little differently you might use instead of the two packets of biscuits

1 packet 500g digestive biscuits plus
1 packet custard creams and
2 packets of Oreo cookies
You might also wish to replace some of the marshmallows with M&M's, raisins, chocolate chips, cherries or whatever you wish.

Method
Place golden syrup, cubed butter and chocolate into a bowl a microwaveable bowl.
Put the bowl in the microwave and set on low heat , microwave for 1 minute, stir and repeat twice more or until the ingredients have melted and combined.
Meanwhile place the biscuits in a large plastic bag and seal , use the rolling pin to crush the biscuits , not too small leaving some larger pieces. If you are using cream biscuits they will stick a little bit scrape the cream into the mixture it will be fine.
Pour the crushed biscuits into the large bowl.
Add the golden syrup mixture and stir in well until all combined.
Add the marshmallows and stir in well.

Grease the baking tray and stir hen pour in the biscuit mixture , use a palette knife to level off the mixture.
Sprinkle on the M&M's and press them into the biscuit mixture.
Leave to set.

Place the plain chocolate in a small bowl and microwave on medium heat for 2 bursts of 1 minute
Before all the chocolate is melted remove from the microwave and stir until the chocolate is melted, it’s not exactly tempering chocolate but it does let the chocolate have a shine.

Either using a disposable piping bag with the end snipped off drizzle chocolate over the top of the rocky roads.
Allow to set hard before cutting into squares or rectangles.

​Once set cut and store in an airtight box, they will keep well for 3 weeks or you can freeze them for up to 6 weeks.