Salted Caramel Rocky Road

Milk chocolate rocky road with marshmallows, pretzels, fudge, popcorn and salted caramel sauce

Course Dessert

Cuisine British

Keyword Rocky Road

Prep Time 30

Setting time 3

Servings

Calories 342kcal

450 g Milk chocolate
200 g Butter
150 g Golden syrup
50 g Toffee popcorn
125 g Salted Caramel fudge chopped up into small chunks
50 g Pretzels
75 g Marshmallows gelatine free if serving to vegetarians, I use Freedom Mallows

Line an 8" square tin with baking paper. I grease the tin first with a little butter to help the paper stick to it
Put the butter, golden syrup and milk chocolate in a pan and melt together on a low heat, stirring together as it melts. Once melted and combined, remove from the heat and leave to cool for 10 minutes
Prepare a mixing bowl filled with the popcorn, pretzels, marshmallows and fudge
Pour about two thirds of the chocolate mixture into the mixing bowl of popcorn etc. and stir to fully coat the fillings with chocolate
Pour the whole lot into the lined tin, smooth down then add the remaining chocolate mixture on top to fill in any gaps
Add the salted caramel sauce in blobs all over the top, then decorate with some extra popcorn and pretzels if you like
Put in the fridge overnight, or for 3-4 hours to set
Remove from the tin and slice into pieces. Store in the fridge for a firmer texture, or in a cool place for a softer texture
If you store the rocky road in an airtight container it can be kept for 1 - 2 weeks, and up to 3 weeks in the fridge. It is best kept in the fridge

You can use a baking spread like Stork in rocky road, but I much prefer using butter as I think it tastes better.
If you need a caramel sauce recipe, try my Homemade Caramel Sauce.
You can use dark chocolate for this recipe instead.
I use Freedom Marshmallows in all my rocky road as they are vegetarian (they haven't paid me to recommend them, I'm just a fan!). Many marshmallows contain beef or pork gelatine so check the packet if you are serving this rocky road to vegetarians. Freedom marshmallows are available online and in Sainsburys. There are also other gelatine free marshmallow brands like Dandies and Free From Fellows.
Golden syrup is sold all over the world, so check the international section in your supermarket if you're not based in the UK. You can also buy it online from Amazon (see link below). If you can't get hold of it, light corn syrup or glucose syrup are the closest things to it, however I've not tested this recipe with them. Please note, you will not get the same results if you omit the golden syrup.
Although I provide cup measurements, I highly recommend weighing your ingredients out using digital kitchen scales*. It is the most accurate way to measure ingredients and will ensure the best results. Digital scales are very low cost and can be purchased for around £12 ($16.50) .
For teaspoon (tsp) and tablespoon (tbsp) measurements, please use measuring spoons* and not the type of spoons you eat with. Again this will ensure accuracy and provide the best results.