White Chocolate Rocky Road Recipe
Make the best white chocolate rocky road for one of the easiest no-bake dessert recipes ever! Rocky road is a delicious holiday treat, perfect for edible homemade gifts. Use regular white chocolate or your favorite sugar-free chips to make it low-carb. And, it takes less than 15 minutes to make!
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 175kcal
Ingredients
- 14 ounces white chocolate chips or sugar-free white chocolate chips or use a white chocolate bar
- 1.5 cups mini marshmallows or sugar-free freeze-dried mini-marshmallows or large marshmallows, cut into smaller pieces
- ½ cup freeze-dried blueberries lightly crushed, or use dehydrated blueberries
- ½ cup dried cranberries or sugar-free dried cranberries, lightly chopped
- ½ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment.
Melt the white chocolate - microwave method (see Notes for double-boiler stovetop method).
- Place the white chocolate chips in a large microwave-safe bowl. If using a bar, break into chunks.
- Heat on high for no more than 20 seconds at a time. Stir between each 20 second interval until fully melted.
Prepare the rocky road
- Add the marshmallows, cranberries, freeze-dried blueberries and pecans to the melted white chocolate and mix well.
- Pour into the prepared pan and smooth the top so it's evenly distributed.
- Top with a few extra mix-ins (optional) and refrigerate until completely set, at least 1 hour.
- Slice into squares using a chef's knife or slicing knife heated with hot water for each cut (see Notes).
Notes
TIP: If you choose to swap out ingredients, keep the ratios of the mix-ins the same. If you add too many, there may not be enough chocolate to cover them all.
Stove-top double boiler method
If you don't have a double boiler, then create one:- Fill a saucepan with about 1 inch of water
- Place a metal or tempered glass bowl in the saucepan. Be sure the bowl is large enough to fit over the top of the saucepan and the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water.
- Put the chocolate in the bowl and heat the water to a gentle simmer, stirring constantly until fully melted (using a silicone spatula is best)
- Turn off the heat and remove the bowl from the saucepan, using potholders
How to cut
- It’s best to let take it out of the refrigerator and let it come to room temperature before slicing. This will prevent it from cracking when you slice it.
- Remove from the pan by grasping the parchment edges to lift the rocky road out of the pan and set it on a cutting board or other very flat surface
- Run a large chef’s knife or slicing knife under hot water and wipe dry
- Cut into 16 pieces. Be sure to run the knife under hot water and wipe dry between each cut.
How to store
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks or freeze.Variations
- Different nuts and seeds – pistachios (omit for low-FODMAP), walnuts, macadamia nuts, hemp hearts, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds are all good options
- Nut-free rocky road – just leave out the nuts and replace them with another festive mix-in
- Crumbled cookies – these can add some extra chew or crunch, depending on the type of cookie you add
- Dry cereal – there are some great low-carb cereals that are delicious. I really like adding Catalina Crunch Cinnamon Toast cereal.
- Shredded coconut (omit for low-FODMAP) – coconut and chocolate are just so good
- Dried fruit – raisins, apricots, figs or other dried fruit are fun options. However, these will add to the sugar, carb and FODMAP content, depending on your choices.
- Gummies – these can add extra chewiness
- Pretzels – the extra saltiness and crunch is a delight!
- Peanut butter cups – because chocolate and peanut butter were meant to be together
- Easter rocky road – add freeze-dried strawberries or other fruit, candy eggs or even top with Peeps. The sugar-free colored marshmallows I use in this recipe are also wonderful for Easter.
Nutrition
Serving: 1square | Calories: 175kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 26mg | Potassium: 96mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Net Carbs*: 2.5g
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