Malteser Rocky Road is a quick and easy homemade rocky road recipe. With soft marshmallows, crunchy Maltesers and smooth milk chocolate this rocky road is an all time favorite! Rocky road with maltesers will soon become the whole family's all time favorite chocolate treat.
Recipes like my Dark Chocolate Rocky Road, Caramilk Rocky Road, Cranberry Chocolates and the Christmas Rocky Road are all about the chocolate, nut, yum combo!
If fudge is more your thing, the Microwave Chocolate Fudge, Mars Bar Fudge, Chocolate Orange Fudge and Mint Aero Fudge are sure to delight.
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🤍 malteser rocky road
This Maltesers Rocky Road takes a traditional favorite chocolate and transforms it into crunchy, nutty, chewy rocky road.
The combination of melted chocolate, marshmallows, nuts and candy literally melts in your mouth. The star of the show is undoubtedly the crunchy chocolate covered Maltesers otherwise known as the lift of the party.
An added bonus is that you can grab the ingredients in advance and have them on hand should you need to pull something out of your sleeve in a hurry. None of them have a short shelf life so its a perfect holiday candy choice.
Rocky road is generally popular and loved by all ages. It is versatile also so you can give it as a gift, take it to a party, picnic or movie night.
It is sweet, it is delicious and it is fun to make! You can get the kids involved by getting them to choose add ins or stir as you combine the chocolate and fillings.
This delivers a no fuss recipe that works and rewards both your sweet tooth and creative side at the same time.
🥗 Ingredients for maltesers rocky road
The ingredients needed to make the recipe are shown in the photo below. They are all simple and easy to find at the local shops! Please refer to the printable recipe card for exact measurements and detailed instructions.
As you can see, the recipe calls for:
- Mini marshmallows: these soft bite size pillows of marshmallow are so fun to bake with! They require no prep and no chopping. Simply undo the bag and throw them into the mix.
- Raspberry lollies: these are my favourite red filling for rocky road! They are easy to chop as they are soft and each raspberry can be cut into 2-4 pieces adding pops of colour all throughout the rocky road!
- Peanuts: adding nuts to rocky road is a tradition and you can change it up and try pistachios for colour. For this recipe, I have stuck to the ever popular peanut and recommend the roasted, unsalted variety.
- Maltesers: we need around 2 cups of these. So I use a 280 gram 'share bag' and throw them in as is. ie no chopping or breaking into pieces. If you love maltesers you might also like the Malteser Truffles, the Malteser Biscuits or the Malteser Fudge 😁👌.
- Milk chocolate: we use cooking chocolate for the recipe. You can use chocolate melts, bits, pieces or a block broken into pieces to the same amount as indicated in the recipe card (ie 600 grams).
😉 Variations
Here are my sub ins and outs that you might be thinking about as you read the post and I will tell you if I think they will work or why they won't:
- Chocolate: you can use white chocolate or dark chocolate in place of the milk chocolate if you want to.
- No nuts: you can omit the nuts for a nut free rocky road.
- Marshmallows: if you want to use regular size marshmallows chopped into pieces you can.
- Other mix ins: you can use chopped raspberry licorice in place of the raspberry lollies if you want too.
👩🍳 How to Make Malteser Rocky Road
Here are the step by step instructions to make the recipe. We start by combining the rocky road fillings and lining our tin.
🍳 Instructions
- Combine ingredients for filling in a mixing bowl (photo 1)
- Stir to combine (photo 2)
- Line tin with baking/parchment paper (photo 3)
- Add milk chocolate to heat proof jug (photo 4)
You can use a square or rectangular tin for the recipe. If using a square, it is then easy to cut the large square into 4 smaller squares and those into 4 even pieces.
I recommend using the microwave to melt your chocolate as it is simple and fuss free!
- Microwave the chocolate for 2 mins on high (photo 5)
- Combine chocolate and fillings (photo 6)
- Stir to combine (photo 7)
- Transfer wet rocky road into tin to set (photo 8)
It will only take a couple of mins to melt the chocolate and stir together with the rocky road fillings.
Once the ingredients are stirred and combined, the wet rocky road mix gets transferred into the tin to set.
I recommend placing in the fridge for this period of time as it will keep the rocky road firm and fresh.
Allow at least 1 hour from when the rocky road goes into the fridge for it to set.
When read to serve the rocky road, simply remove from the fridge, allow to sit for 10 - 15 mins, then use a sharp knife to cut into pieces.
You will find it easiest to clean the knife in between cuts either with paper towel or a cloth that has been rinsed with warm or hot water.
One of the best things about this Rocky Road is the textures!
There is crunch from the maltesers, softness from the marshmallows, chewiness from the candy and smoothness from the peanuts.
🤓 malester rocky road FAQ's
Traditionally rocky road has marshmallows, peanuts and chocolate as the basic recipe. Evolving over time and see many new and unique twists on the traditional recipe see ingredients such as pistachio nuts, coconut, biscuits and lollies added to the mix!
Rocky Road keeps for around 3 weeks in the fridge. It is best stored in a sealed air tight container.
Yes you can freeze rocky road! Rocky Road can be frozen for up to 3 months.
It is best to slice the rocky road and then wrap individual portions before placing into the freezer. To defrost, simply remove from freezer, place on bench or in fridge and enjoy when thawed.
💡 Tasty Tips
Here are my top tips for making this recipe work every single time!
- Slice tin: ensure you use a little bit of spray oil when lining the tin with baking/parchment paper. Also allow an overhang on the sides of the tin to 'pull' the Rocky road up and out.
- Ingredients: measure the ingredients with kitchen scales to ensure accuracy.
- Method: stir the chocolate once removed from the microwave to allow all of it to melt consistently.Work reasonably quickly once chocolate is melted, to combine with Malteser mix.
- Technique: use a spatula to help in transferring the rocky road into the lined tin and push it into a flat layer that sits in the corners of the tin also.
- Love baking during the holidays? Then you might like the Cornflake Crack, Salada Christmas Crack or the White Chocolate Crack recipes.
- Or love chocolate recipes? Then you might like the Toblerone Fudge, Snickers Fudge, Turkish Delight Fudge, Marshmallow Fudge or the Candy Cane Fudge.
😍 More Easy Chocolate Recipes
No doubt if you are reading this recipe you are a chocolate lover! Me too! Here are some more ideas that you might like to try or check out:
- M And M Blondies
- White Chocolate Macadamia Blondies
- Candy Cane Bark
- Rum Truffles
- Coco Pop Crackles
- Baileys Cheesecake Balls
- Chocolate Caramel Slice
- Marshmallow Chocolates
- Dark Chocolate Bark
- Oreo Blondies
It is time to get our maltesers on my friend! You can also find all of my chocolate recipes in the one spot.
Adrianne
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📖 Recipe
Malteser Rocky Road
Ingredients
- 600 grams/21 oz milk chocolate Note 1
- 1 cup Maltesers Note 2
- 2 cups mini marshmallows Note 3
- 1 cup raspberry lollies (candy) roughly chopped, Note 4
- 1 cup peanuts roasted, unsalted
Instructions
- Cake tin: line a square slice or cake tin with greaseproof paper (Tray dimensions 24cm x 5cm, 9 inch x 2 inches). Leave an overhang on the sides.
- Rocky road filling: combine, maltesers, mini marshmallows, peanuts, and chopped raspberries in a large mixing bowl. Stir till consistently combined.
- Chocolate: add chocolate melts to a large heatproof jug. Place in microwave and heat on high for 2 mins. Remove and stir to melt the rest of the chocolate.
- Combine: pour melted chocolate over combined rocky road ingredients, stir till they are covered in chocolate.
- Into tin: transfer wet rocky road mix to lined slice tray, then place in refrigerator to set.
- Refrigerate: after a (minimum of 1 hour) remove rocky road from fridge and set on bench for 10 mins.
- Portion: pull Malteser rocky road from tin, by grabbing parchment paper on either side and lifting rocky road up and out of tin. Use a sharp knife to cut into pieces.
- To store: store the rocky road in the fridge in a sealed, airtight container for up to 3 weeks.
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Notes
- Note 1 Chocolate: you can use chocolate melts, chocolate bits or blocks of cooking chocolate broken into pieces. Ensure you measure it using kitchen scales or purchase exact quantity ie 600grams/21 oz. Cooking chocolate is recommended over eating chocolate as it has far less sugar and tastes less sweet.
- Note 2 Maltesers: I use 1 x 180 grams (approx 1 cup) share bag of Maltesers. I don't crush these, I add them in as they are from the packet.
- Note 3 Mini marshmallows: these mini marshmallows are perfect to use when baking as they don't need to be prepped. You can simply open the bag and throw them on into the mix. If you want to use regular size marshmallows, it is a good idea to use kitchen scissors and cut eat marshmallow in half.
- Note 4 Raspberry lollies: I use kitchen scissors and cut each raspberry in half (repeat for all). So essentially each raspberry is cut into 2 pieces. They are quite a chewy lolly and I find the smaller size is better.
Nutrition
Recipe published November 2021, updated November 2026. This was to add a video to the post. I also now reduce the total amount of maltesers. This is to keep the cost more effective. I used to use a larger share bag of 280 grams which was approx 2 cups, now I use a 180 gram share bag which is one cup. It is a little cheaper and I find there is still plenty of maltesers in the Rocky Road.
Vidya Narayan says
Made this over the weekend and family loved it! Thanks for the step-wise photos.
Adrianne says
Thanks Vidya, that is great to hear. I appreciate your feedback.
Andrea says
What a delicious and easy recipe. I loved the malteser and chocolate combination. So tasty!
Adrianne says
Thanks Andrea, appreciate your feedback!!
Jennifer says
This is such a great recipe. My daughter and her friend made it over the weekend. Delicious!