December 11, 2018
Baileys Rocky Road!
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Delicious and festive no-bake Baileys rocky road with oodles of chocolate, biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries!
I LOVE BAILEYS!
So I was sitting there, after having realised I had three more bottles of Baileys in my cupboard then I thought… yes that’s right, three. I am that gal who gets them when on offer, and fails to check the cupboard first. Either way, it all gets used up in delicious recipes! But I sat there, and thought I should post another delicious festive Baileys recipe. Hello, Baileys rocky road!
I realise to say I have three more bottles then I realised sounds extremely over the top and ridiculous, but I genuinely did. I am so guilty of doing this with so many more chocolates then I realised as well! I have to go through my cupboards every month to see what I have, as I always forget or accidentally lose some of it!
Festive baking
I feel like this recipe is ideal for Christmas, but to be honest Baileys is a delicious drink to have all year round. I just made the photos look a smidge festive to fit with the time of year. My Baileys cupcakes are a cracker if you would rather something cake like, or even my Baileys cake! Either way, if you like chocolate and Baileys, you will definitely like this bad boy.
I know some people might not associate baileys with the festive season, but there is a reason that baileys is always on discount near Christmas, right?! TO me if I can scream baileys in someones face I would, or maybe shove a slice of my baileys cheesecake, or baileys chocolate tart…
Baileys rocky road
You might say, how can you lose chocolate/alcohol, but my cupboards where I store ingredients have got so excessively packed this year, its far too easy. My stock control needs a bit of work, but as I got through ingredients so quickly, none of it ever expires! I also need extras just in case one night I fancy some of my ingredients as a snack!
This Baileys rocky road is a delicious mix up of many different recipes, but mainly what I had in my cupboard. I tried to find a Baileys rocky road that I liked the look of to make for my friends birthday, but couldn’t come across one, so thought I’d merge a few things together and got this beauty! Oh my actual days, it’s Baileys and chocolate heaven.
Ingredients
It sounds like a fair few ingredients, but it’s worth it I promise. A base mixture of four ingredients, or milk chocolate, dark chocolate, butter and baileys, and then you can add in whatever you fancy.
- Milk chocolate – I use either callebaut chocolate or supermarket own basic chocolate from the confectionary aisle
- Dark chocolate – same as the milk chocolate, but I make sure my dark chocolate is 70%+ cocoa content
- Butter – always best to use block butter compared to anything else as something else may cause it to split
- Baileys – I use the classic baileys as it’s my favourite
- Biscuits – any biscuits work, I like using digestives or ginger nuts for the festive season
- Marshmallows – I like mini marshmallows
- Cherries – glace cherries are my fave here, but you can swap to other dried fruits, nuts, or anything else
Method
I tend to start by melting together my milk chocolate and dark chocolate with the butter until smooth. You can do this in a bowl over a pan of simmering water, or you can use the microwave. If using the microwave, just make sure to stir it frequently until smooth.
I have usually prepped what is going into my rocky road by this point, as generally with rocky road you have to act quite quickly to prevent a mixture splitting. It’s down to the chocolate you use, and often even the brand (I avoid cadburys completely as it splits), so it’s best to get everything ready.
Once you have melted the chocolates and butter, stir through the baileys quickly – it will look weird, but trust the process and stir. Stir through your insides and then pour into your lined tin. The mixture creates a thick ganache almost, but trust the process and let it set.
For decorate, I simply sprinkle over some crushed biscuits but the old version of this recipe used to use melted chocolate and edible glitter. You can still melt 200g of dark chocolate over the top, and swirl through 100g of melted white chocolate, but it’s so much chocolate I wanted to reduce it slightly.
Tips & Tricks
- I use this 9″ square tin for this recipe
- I use milk chocolate and dark chocolate as the base. Using baking chocolate or basic confectionary chocolate and avoid brands. Make sure the dark chocolate is 70%+ cocoa content
- I use the classic baileys, but any full-fat baileys works, or the alternative brands
- This will last for 5+ days in the fridge
- This will freeze for 3+ months easily
Baileys Rocky Road!
Ingredients
Rocky Road
- 250 g milk chocolate
- 250 g dark chocolate
- 125 g unsalted butter
- 125 ml Baileys
- 125 g mini marshmallows
- 250 g biscuits
- 200 g glacé cherries
Instructions
- Line a 9" square tin with parchment paper, and leave to the side for now!
- Prep your rocky road bits - I chopped up my biscuits, and chopped my glacé cherries in halves!
- Add the biscuits, mini marshmallows and glacé cherries into a large bowl.
- Melt your two chocolates down carefully with your butter, and stir until smooth - I did this in a pan over a low heat. Stir through the baileys
- Add the chocolate mix to the large bowl with the rest of the ingredients, and fold it all together.
- Add the mixture to your tin, and press down!
- If you are using the extra chocolate, melt them both down.
- Pour the dark chocolate onto the traybake first, and then add the white chocolate on in dollops. Swirl it all together so its pretty!
- Sprinkle on your favourite sprinkles, and spritz on some edible glitter!
- Leave to set in the fridge till solid! (Usually 3-4 hours!)
- Chop up, and ENJOY!
Notes
- This recipe will last for 5 days+, I usually keep it in the fridge.
- This will freeze for 3+ months
- You can use any biscuits you fancy
- You can use all dark, or all milk in the main mix, but the milk chocolate can set a smidge softer!
- I use this square tin in this recipe
- Recipe updated November 2024 - I removed the topping to use less chocolate in the recipe - it used to have 200g of dark chocolate poured on top, with 100g of white chocolate swirled in. This is still lovely to do.
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Could you use mince pies instead of biscuits, I really fancy a mince pie Rocky road ?? Thank you
I don’t see why not!
Chocolate mixture split causing great stress! Mixing chocolate with biscuits etc too soon causes the marshmallows to melt
The splitting is also because it was too hot – you can save it by adding a little cream or a little oil and beating together. As the mixture was too hot it will have melted the other ingredients x
When defrosting this or other traybakes how do you do this ? I often find the top goes moist with a wet film. I’d love to make these for Christmas in advance
Many thanks
Hiya! I just do it at room temperature! Hope this helps! x
Hi Jane. Can this be frozen at all? I’m thinking of making it for some Xmas gifts?
Yes absolutely, you can freeze this for up to 3 months! x
I felt that I couldn’t taste much of the Baileys in the Rocky Road…if I was to add in more Baileys to make it stronger what would I need to take out or add more of?
Thank you 🙂
Hiya! Sadly not – you’d risk the rocky road not setting! Hope this helps x
Can you freeze these
I’m not a big fan of cherry either, could I replace with desiccated coconut? I’ve tried replacing with some other recipes but it’s dried up a little too much. How much should I use if I can? Or if not coconut how much Maltesers, the 200?
Maltesers would be easier as desiccated coconut can definitely cause a problem! Maltesers at the same weight would work x
Not a big fan of cherry what would you recommend for substitute please?
More of something else in the recipe or something else you do like! x
Hi, could you make this without using Baileys? Or could you reduce the quantity of alcohol?
Without I would recommend adding in golden syrup instead (like my other rocky roads) x
Thank you for your reply – would I just swap the golden syrup for the baileys and use the same quantity? 125ml? Or more?
Yes! I usually use the same amount of butter and syrup! x
Oh this is next on my list! What chocolate do you use? Would you use dairy milk, cooking chocolate or just the cheap supermarket chocolate?
I would use cooking chocolate or supermarket! x
Can you freeze these?
When you say “biscuit” are you referring to a dry cookie/shortbread/butter cookie?
Yes – a digestive, shortbread, etc!
Do you think this will work with chocolate baileys??
Yes, it would!!
So love your recipes.xx