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    Gingerbread Rocky Road

    Published: Dec 5, 2021 · Modified: Oct 24, 2024 by Sarah Brooks

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    Close up of a large stack of rocky road, with text overlay, Christmas Rocky Road and KCAEIC.

    This easy Gingerbread Rocky Road is a fun and festive no bake Christmas treat. Made with warming gingerbread cookies it's sure to be a hit this Christmas!

    Stack of rocky road with red and green candy and Christmas decorations in the background.
    Gingerbread Rocky Road
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    • Why you'll love this recipe
    • Ingredients
    • How to make Gingerbread Rocky Road
    • How to serve
    • How to store
    • Tips for success and frequently asked questions
    • More yummy festive Christmas desserts
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    What's the best part about Christmas? The presents? No, it's the food of course! But between one thing and another it can be a hectic time of year. Sometimes you need something quick, easy and delicious! Enter my festive Christmas rocky road.

    Why you'll love this recipe

    • Easy no bake Christmas dessert.
    • Makes gorgeous homemade Christmas gifts.
    • Make it an advance to free up time on Christmas Day
    • Transports well to a Christmas party or get-together.
    • Make it with store-bought gingerbread cookies for an easy treat, or homemade gingerbread cookies for something extra special.

    Looking for more festive Christmas dessert recipes? Why not try making my traditional gingerbread men, White Christmas or Christmas pudding ice cream. Merry Christmas!

    Ingredients

    Ingredients, candied ginger, roasted almonds, gingerbread cookies, marshmallows, milk chocolate, salted pretzels, red and green candy.

    Milk chocolate: some good quality milk chocolate works well in this recipe. It doesn't need to be top-shelf but a good mid-range chocolate works fine. This would also work well with dark chocolate if that's your thing.

    Gingerbread cookies: add a wonderful festive flavor to this festive rocky road. You can make your own homemade gingerbread cookies or use storebought for a quick and easy option.

    Candied ginger: a little candied ginger enhances the flavor and provides some balance to the sweetness of the chocolate. Uncrystallized is best. It goes without saying but this is strong stuff, so cut it up into smaller pieces or it can overwhelm your tastebuds!

    Red and Green chocolate candy: red and green chocolate candy adds a lovely festive feel to this rocky road. I used red and green M&Ms but you can use whatever festive colored candy you like.

    Marshmallows: an essential ingredient in any rocky road. I like medium-sized marshmallows, as opposed to jumbo ones or mini ones, as I find you get a good chocolate to marshmallow ratio. White marshmallows give the cleanest look but feel free to mix things up with other colors if you like.

    Roasted almonds: add crunch and flavor to this festive rocky road. You can also replace the almonds with any other nuts you like. Some yummy options include peanuts, pecans, or macadamias.

    Salted pretzels: might sound like a strange addition to the rocky road but trust me on this one. The salted pretzels provide a crunchy, salty element and help cut through the sweetness of the rest of the ingredients.

    How to make Gingerbread Rocky Road

    See the full recipe card at the end of the post for ingredient amounts and instructions.

    Line a baking tray with foil. Roughly break up the gingerbread cookies into pieces. Chop the candied ginger into small pieces. Roughly break up the pretzels. Add the marshmallows, gingerbread cookies, ginger, pretzels and roasted almonds to a bowl and mix.

    Process shots, lining a baking tray with foil, chopping up the chocolate to melt it, chopping up the candied ginger, adding the dry ingredients to a bowl to mix.

    Chop up the milk chocolate and put it into a microwave-proof bowl and melt in the microwave in thirty seconds to one-minute bursts until smooth and fully melted, stirring between each burst.

    Process shots, adding melted chocolate to dry ingredients, tipping onto lined baking try and sprinkling with red and green candy.

    Working quickly pour the melted chocolate over the dry ingredients and mix well to combine. Pour onto the lined tray and flatten out. Sprinkle on the red and green chocolate candy. Leave to cool and set completely, preferably at room temperature.

    Hot tip: chocolate candy such as M&Ms are notorious for color fading if left in the fridge for too long (ask me how I know :D).

    You can help prevent this by letting your rocky road set at room temperature. If you are short on time or its to hot only leave it in the fridge for the absoule minimum time needed to set. I reccomend no more than one hour and less is better.

    Wait until the chocolate is completely cool and set then use a large sharp knife to cut the rocky road into pieces.

    How to serve

    Cut up pieces of rocky road, with center slice turned up showing cut edge and red and green candy.
    Serving gingerbread flavored Rocky Road

    To serve pop the gingerbread flavored rocky road onto a plate and enjoy! Or eat it straight from the container if you can't wait that long 😀 You can also make it up into wonderful homemade Christmas gifts by putting some into pretty clear festive bags and tying them with ribbon.

    How to store

    This festive rocky road will store well in an airtight container for up to a month, but the gingerbread may start to go a little soft over time, but I very much doubt it will last that long!

    Tips for success and frequently asked questions

    Can I use store-bought gingerbread cookies instead of homemade ones?

    You sure can, if you are short on time simply replace the homemade gingerbread cookies with store-bought instead.

    I don't like gingerbread, what can I use instead?

    If you otherwise adore this recipe but need a gingerbread substitute this recipe should work with any other uniced festive cookie such as snickerdoodles or chocolate, but I have not tested the recipe with these variants.

    I left my rocky road to set in the fridge for too long and now the chocolate candies had faded, help!

    If you have the time and ingredients you can remake it. Try setting it at room temperature next time to prevent the chocolate candy color fade.

    If you don't have the time or ingredients to remake it you can try carefully repainting the chocolate candies with food color and a clean, fine-tipped paintbrush. It takes a while but it does mostly work to make the colors pop again. This is not a permanent solution and the colors will fade again after a few days, but it will get you out of a tight spot for Christmas Day or a festive party.

    More yummy festive Christmas desserts

    Why not try making

    • Biscoff Rocky Road
    • Maltesers Rocky Road
    • Tim Tam Rocky Road
    • Chocolate Covered Orange Peel
    • Snowflake Cookies

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    Festive Christmas Rocky Road.

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    Gingerbread Rocky Road

    Author: Sarah Brooks
    This easy Gingerbread Rocky Road is a fun and festive no bake Christmas treat. Made with warming gingerbread cookies it's sure to be a hit this Christmas!
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 5 minutes mins
    Plus chilling time 1 hour hr
    Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
    Course Dessert, Snack
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12 large pieces
    Calories 252 kcal

    Ingredients

    • 1 packet (200gms) gingerbread cookies, homemade or store bought
    • 2 cups (60gms) salted pretzels
    • ½ cup (100gms) uncrystalised ginger
    • â…” cup (90gms) roasted almonds
    • 1 packet (210gms) marshmallows
    • 2 & ¾ block (500gms) milk chocolate
    • ½ packet (100gms) red and green candy such as M&Ms

    Instructions
     

    • Line a heat proof baking tin or tray with foil.
    • Break up the gingerbread cookies and pretzels.
    • Chop up the uncrystalized ginger.
    • Add the cookie pieces, pretzels, marshmellows and almonds to a large bowl and mix well.
    • Chop up the chocolate and put it into a microwave-proof bowl.
    • Melt chocolate in the microwave in 30 second to one minute bursts, checking and stiring after each time.
    • Working quickly add the melted chocolate to the dry ingredients and mix well. Pour the mix onto the prepared tray and smooth down.
    • Sprinkle over the chocolate candy.
    • Leave to in a cool place to set completely.
    • Once set cut into pieces and store in an airtight container, or wrap up in pretty cellophane bags tied with ribbon for gifting. Merry Christmas!

    Notes

    To avoid color fading chocolate candies:
    • Chocolate candy such as M&Ms and Smarties can color fade if you leave them in the fridge for too long!  If it's too hot to set on the bench only put it in the fridge for one hour, then remove it.  
    • If worst comes to worst and your candy does fade, I have successfully repainted the color with food coloring and a clean, fine paintbrush.  

    Nutrition

    Calories: 252kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 7gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.003gCholesterol: 0.03mgSodium: 82mgPotassium: 267mgFiber: 5gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 0.5IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 47mgIron: 2mg

    Nutritional Disclaimer

    Nutritional information is an estimate based on an online database. The nutritional content of ingredients may vary by brand. If you require accurate nutritional information, you should calculate this based on the specific brands and products you are using.

    Keywords: Gingerbread, No bake Christmas dessert, Rocky Road
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