One of the things I really love about Christmas is the food and drink that you only ever seem to have at this time of year.
For me, it’s tins of Roses and Quality Streets, the biscuits from Marks and Spencer that are more chocolate than biscuit (it actually says that on the box which I think is brilliant!), my chocolate ginger bites, bacon-wrapped-cheese, mulled wine, and Baileys.
Oh I do love Baileys. I’ve got 3 different types in the fridge at the moment. Don’t judge me!
And possibly even better than drinking it, is adding it to recipes.
Here’s one of my favourites – Baileys rocky road.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 200g dark chocolate, chopped
- 100g condensed milk
- 50ml Baileys
- 25g butter
- 75g chocolate (white, milk or dark, whatever you fancy), chopped
- 75g digestive biscuits
- 100g mini marshmallows
- 50g raisins
And here’s what you do:
- Prepare a tin by lining it with greaseproof paper.
- Crush up your digestive biscuits. Either by putting them in a bag and bashing them with a rolling pin, or by putting them in a bowl and crushing them with the end of a rolling pin.
- Melt the chocolate, condensed milk, Baileys and butter together. You can do this in a bowl over a pan of simmering water, or do what I do and just gently heat it all together in a pan until it melts. Just make sure you keep stirring it while it melts.
- Take the pan off the heat and let the mix cool a little bit.
- Stir in the crushed biscuits, chopped white chocolate, marshmallows and raisins.
- Press the mixture into your prepared tin.
- Leave it to set.
- Cut up and enjoy.
- If you want to you can melt some more white chocolate and drizzle it over the top, or dust the rocky road pieces with icing sugar to make it a bit more festive!
I made a little video showing how to make this yummy treat, if you want to check it out:
How easy is that?
And it tastes so nice. I find it really hard to stop after just one piece of this stuff.
But that’s fine, it’s Christmas after all!
Wow. Drooling! Love anything with baileys in. May have to have a go at these x #thelist
Do it! They’re so good! x
I love Quality Streets too! But those rocky roads look so yummy! Especially when I watched the video… Can you send me a batch? I reckon if I try to do some, they won’t look as half nice as yours!!! Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next Sunday.
OMG I’m sold! What is there not to love? You’ve just taken one of my fav treats and made it better!! xx #KCACOLS
Wow this is my idea of heaven! I’m trying this out for sure (although like you, I fear one piece will never be enough!) #KCACOLS
Those look amazing! Definitely wouldn’t last long in our house … I love marshmallows and Baileys. #kcacols
OMG these look amazing! Need to try these. Thanks for sharing #KCACOLS
Hi. I am wanting to make Bailey’s Rocky Road for my daughter’s wedding – how long will this recipe keep?
May you enjoy a special, gift-from-God week,
Felicity
Hi, we’ve kept it in our fridge for about a week and it’s been fine. It might keep longer than that but we’ve always eaten it within a week, it’s too tasty to resist! x