If Rocky Road is not the best ever bake sale recipe, I don't know what is!!

Rocky Road....yummo right? Well stick with me and I will give you my Super Easy 4 Ingredient Rocky Road Recipe, sounds exciting doesn't it!! It took me a while to learn…..but the reality is you cannot do the type of cooking you can on the weekend, on a weeknight. So many times I tried and it was only when I was past the point of no return that I realised why. You just don’t have the same luxury of time. I would LOVE to indulge in some therapeutic cooking after a long day, spending time in the kitchen unwinding, but I know that as I work full time, go to yoga and fit in a few other things to the weekly schedule, it just ain’t possible to fit it all in.

Week night cooking

Many nights, I have come home very optimistic about a creation I have been brainstorming, ready to unleash in the kitchen and get something marvellous whipped up for a function the next day or even a fancy dinner that night. However, after much trial and error I determined for sanity, work/life balance and a sense of ticking a box but not at the sake of a late bed time sometimes a girl’s go to have a quick go to up her sleeve.

Easy recipe

So, I present to you my Super Easy 4 ingredient Rocky Road recipe. Got a bake sale on tomorrow? (I do), already feeling tired from your week and counting down to the weekend? (aren’t we all), but still determined to do your bit and contribute then this recipe is for you.

I can’t imagine full time work with kids and a husband and how hectic that must be, but I assure you with this recipe down pat, if you need it, you will have it and you will still be cool, calm and collected.

One of the perks is that there is really not a lot of washing up either, so that too is an added bonus.

The recipe itself though and process involved in the cooking is also very straight forward.

Your 4 ingredients for the Rocky Road (sounds like some days at work really, hey!) start with the hero of the dish – the chocolate (hmmmmmm, don’t we all love that), complemented by a bag of pink and white marshmallows, ingredient 3 is some granulated nuts and a pantry staple –desiccated coconut ticks the 4^th ingredient box.

So, if you are also rushing home, wracking your brain for where you would find a recipe where you can grab all of the indredients from pretty much the same aisle of the supermarket, yet again, you will find relief, that this one won’t take you from the produce section, to the freezer, to the butchers and back. The cooking aisle is where you are likely to locate it all, throw it in your trolley, jump back in the car, drive home, shower, get changed, then spend 20 mins in the kitchen preparing this – that is all it will take. Your Rocky Road will be ready and you can chill for a bit before bed, work, repeat!

I mentioned earlier, I have a bake sale at work tomorrow – raising money for our social committee. It will be a nice way to round out the week, we will be a bit social, have a chat, a few laughs and relax into the weekend. I am actually super excited to see what everyone else bakes or makes. There is always so much possibility with a bake sale – colour, texture, sweets, treats, there is something for everyone. My eyes especially are really looking forward to it!!

Sweet Recipes

Ironically given that my blog name starts with ‘Sweet Caramel…..’ you might think that sweets and desserts are all I prepare in my kitchen, but I confess I actually don’t have that sweet a tooth.

I like chocolate and a little treat every now and then and there is my favourite ice cream which has chocolate covered almonds in a delicious coffee (otherwise I don’t drink it…chai all the way for me…too hard to do yoga after caffeinating I believe) sauce, but sorry for my diversion……

Otherwise, I would prefer my indulgences to be in other areas (a bottle, ahem, glass of a lovely sweet red sometimes, but not as much these days bottle of wine, fish and chips at the beach, a tasty pizza every now and then, a burger (don’t get me started!!), a super slurpee noodle bowl…………a pav (sweet meringue based Aussie favourite dessert in Summer, usually covered in freshly whipped cream and fruits), but rarely too many sweets. Which is a good thing as it keeps me from the dentist and from licking the beaters, or bowl in this case!

So……………..The Rocky Road……………….recipe, here it is. Hope you have had a great week, have some outdoor plans or indoor snuggles on your to do list for the weekend and I hope to see you again here soon.

Adrianne (from bloody freezing cold QLD. It not joke has been don’t want to get out of bed, grab the cat and use as a make shift hot water bottle cold! Fingers cross the winter is over in the blink of an eye). Xx

📖 Recipe

If, however, you are not after dinner recipe ideas, but are open to trying something new, than I can highly recommend my Beetroot Powder Smoothie and that recipe can be found here.