I know for the most part that society dictates that if you are over the age of say …25, one has to act like an adult and behave properly. After all, who wants to do business or carry on an adult conversation with someone that asks “Have you ever wanted to live in a tree?” (wouldn’t it be fun?). My attempts at being adult or sophisticated are foiled for the most part by my innate clumsiness. Recently I was at a fancy media dinner by myself and I was nervously negotiating the vegetables that sat in the centre of the table. I had bought a new dress for it and thought that I was carrying the charade off very well.
“Would you like some vegetables?” I asked the man next to me.
“Umm… your sleeve is in the sauce” the man said to me looking alarmed. And there it was, the cuff sitting in the glistening sauce. People were dabbing at me and I felt as if I were a toddler that had spilled my cup of formula. I felt as chic as a bag of Cheetos.
I first heard of these from my dining companion Laura aka baking Wonder Woman. She mentioned that I should make a Snickers Rocky Road in passing and unable to hear the sentence that followed thereafter that I asked her to back up. A what rocky road? I haven’t eaten a Snickers bar for about ten years and from memory there were nuts, caramel and nougat. It wasn’t bad and it was the one I preferred to its sister product the tooth achingly sweet Mars bar. I asked her to email me her recipe but well of course I couldn’t wait. When we went shopping I saw Snickers bars on sale for $1 each and shoved six into the trolley and bought some roasted unsalted peanuts and chocolate and I had the makings of an adventure.
I made it-it was terribly quick and was quickly chilling in the fridge after about 10 minutes of leisurely Sunday morning pottering about in the kitchen. It set quickly and I cut it into pieces. I fit them into a box thinking that they would make a nice gift for a friend. Giving cakes is hard as they go stale quicker. I cut off a sliver of one piece-a piece with a good cross section of marshmallow, peanuts, chocolate, caramel and nougat. Holy macaron it was good. Ungodly so, in only the way that super sweet and crunchy nubbly rocky road could be. And here I am passing on the recipe to you in the hopes that under your chic exterior you might like it too.
So tell me Dear Reader, what is your favourite chocolate bar?
Delicious rubble
Snickers Rocky Road
An Original Recipe by Not Quite Nigella
Preparation time: 5-10 minutes
- 375 g/13 ozs. milk chocolate (or dark if you like but it won’t be quite as Snicker’s like)
- 200 g/7 ozs. roasted unsalted peanuts
- 6 full sized Snickers bars
- 225 g/8 oz. bag of marshmallows (I used chocolate and vanilla marshmallows from Coles)
Melting the chocolate and two of the chopped up Snickers bars
1. Line a 20×20 cms (8×8 inch) square tin with foil. Chop up two of the Snickers bars and set aside and then chop the rest of the bars. Over a double boiler ( a heatproof bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water) place the chocolate and the pieces from the two Snickers bars and melt this (it won’t fully melt but it will partially melt). Ensure that the base of the bowl doesn’t touch the simmering water.
2. Meanwhile while this is melting, cut the marshmallows in half roughly if they’re large ones and place in a bowl along with the roasted unsalted peanuts and pieces of the remaining four Snickers bars. Stir so that the rubble of the peanuts and marshmallows are coated in chocolate and then spoon into the lined tray. Refrigerate or cool on a benchtop until set and then cut into pieces.
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Snickers are some of my favorite candy bars, so I would gobble this right up. Mmm mm!
I only ever heard of Rocky Road when I came to Australia!
And I can’t remember when I last had a chocolate bar… Must’ve been at least 15 years ago! :-/
Mmmhhh, I’m drooling!
Cheers,
Rosa
Don’t worry. I’m quite clumsy as well. I find these random bruises on my arms and legs.
Marshmallows make a dessert! I love how quick and simple this recipe is.
Funny story! this looks great!
I have so many favourite chocolate bars, of the more commercial ones I love milky bars and mars bars
yum, this looks delicious, great idea ‘dining companion laura’, i personally would prefer it much more then the classic rocky road.
Snickers rocky road? Who wants to be a grown-up when you can eat those?
That looks wicked. Bah! To being an adult.
i will have to action this lovely rocky road, as it is making me want to have many snickers bar’s!
I really have to stop reading your blog first thing in the morning, while pregnant!
Snickers for breakfast maybe?
oh yummo!!!!! Snickers are one of my favs!
You had me at snickers! xx
I was under the impression you’re only grown up when you have grandchildren? Does that mean I have to be responsible now?
Nestle crunch for me!! My hubs would totally dig this, he loves snickers.
When I’m cheating on my dairy ban, Snickers and Kit Kats!
This Rocky Road may just be too much of a good thing! Yum!!
Love this recipe Lorraine. I have one similar that uses different chopped up bars (peppermint crisp, polly waffle (rip) and mars.
Question – where does one get chocolate marshmallows?
Cheers,
mikey
I love PICNIC’s. The nuts make sure it’s not TOO sweet. Love my Rocky Roads.
What about chocolate crackles made with Mars Bars. Have made them and they are good!!
Yum! I love Snickers Bars, will be giving this recipe a go thats for sure.
Can you tell me where you were able to get your chocolate & vanilla marshmellows from?
Thanks!
Violet Crumble bars will always be my favourite.
Why don’t people understand that a Cadbury Crunchie is NOT the same?
Warms my heart to see ‘Polly Waffles’ still on the supermarket shelf occasionally
you had me at snickers
i’ve never really liked rocky road but i think a snickers one would be awesome! my fav chocolate bar is 5th avenue
My goodness this looks devilishly rich!
I’m a big fan of flakes, twirls and crunchie bars. Boring but delicious.
Catherine!!!
Polly Waffles are still available?!!
WHERE?
mmm Snickers is my favourite too. The nuts make it. I’m adding this one to my list of things to try.
I’m terribly clumsy too. Good to know I’m not the only one. Your rocky road looks divine. I made some recently with various chocolate bars – definitely a new twist to rocky road. My favs are crunchie and daim bars.
Oh, this looks so delicious! As for my favourite chocolate bar, nothing will beat the combination of caramel, chocolate and shortbread in Twix
mm – I love snickers, will ne making this over the weekend with dark choc.
I think living in a tree would be fun. For a while.
And these look delish! I can’t handle a whole bar but love the little snack size Snickers. May have to make these to give away … after I taste a little bit first 
wow this looks yummo- as good as Mars Bar slice(the only way to eat mars bars)- thanks for the recipe and I love love love Bounty bars- the creamy coconut gets me every time.
Lorraine, you are such a tease, I am still getting over making your white chocolate rocky road …. they were awesome, so I can only imagine what these ones are going to be like ! DANGEROUSLY, DANGEROUSLY DELICIOUS !!
Yum, they look deliciously ugly
People who ask those questions and accidentally plonk their sleeves in sauce are more interesting, and more often than not have a great sense of humour! I hope when I turn 25 I’m still spilling wine on my white dresses and breaking glasses in the kitchen.
Also, kinder surprise FTW!
I think I love you, Lorainne. I am the rocky road queen of the universe (I make the most RIDICULOUS versions.. they are things of beauty
), and snickers are quite possibly the love of my life. This looks fab!
Snickers are one of my faves, the combo of chocolate and peanuts always gets me.
I think Cherry Ripe would be yummy in Rocky Road or Crunchie/Violet Crumble.
I’m not a fan of traditional Rocky Road but I love Snickers bars, so I’ll definitely make this! I won’t be doing it this week in the heat though!
Snickers and Crunchie are my favourite traditional chocolate bars.
You are so entertaining Lorraine! It’s always fun to read about your adventures.
OH
MY
GOD!
As soon as we’re married I’m making a tray of these and eating them by myself!
Looks fab. I too would like to know where you get chocolate marshmallows please.
I can’t go past a good rocky road and when they contain Snickers… all the better! Sigh. I think I’ll only outgrow my sweet tooth when I don’t have any left!
I’ll eat any chocolate available so it’s hard to pick a winner, but hubby’s fave is Bounty, and for our anniversary this year I wrote him a card titled ’10 ways our marriage is like your favourite chocolate bar’. It was surprisingly easy to find reasons!!! Is that worrying?
Man that looks good! I’m getting caries just from looking at the pictures!
Oh God – I want this right now!!!
However, it is 42C here in Adelaide today and not really the right time for chocolate so I’ll just have to wait.
Lorraine, this is evil – but oh so good. Favourite chocolate bar – now that’s a hard call, because I like all of them, but I will go for Frys Turkish Delight, because it has plenty of chocolate to satisfy me, but is, for a chocolate bar, low in fat and calories.
Lorraine another yummolicious treat! See how chic I am who over the age of 12 uses that word??
My new all time fav quick sweet fix is my make do rocky road and this one will be added (my hubby loves Snickers) I have recently made some with crushed Arnotts Wheaten biscuits, marshmallows, some toffee and butterscotch bits (from the US they really do have the best baking bits!!)melted chocolate to bind – the last time I made it I used dark, milk, white all melted together – a good way to clear up bits of cooking chocolate left over from other recipes. My son loves it but really it is for the adults because who doesn’t love sweets from our childhood!! Brings a smile to everyone right? Let’s not get started on my making snow cones wtih blueberry cordial (with a touch of vodka for the ‘big’ kids)!!
I am going try this one for sure. My favorite candy bar is skor and I am thinking that would make a wonderful rocky road too.
I can tell you my top 3 choc bars snickers, cherry ripe and bounty
but I probably would have about 1 or 2 a year and they would be the fun size ones…not a bit sweet tooth…
I noticed you used unsalted peanuts…I could you have used salted maybe? salt and sweet are just so great together!
You could have fooled me Lorraine, in your photos, you certainly look tres chic
This rocky road sounds SO good. Snickers (and peanut M&Ms)are my weakness, I try to only buy them when we are heading on holidays/ camping for special treat. Oh, and I’m definitely a little bit clumsy too.
This is some very sinful stuff!
OMG!! I’m making these for my birthday next week they look awesome. My favourite chocolate bar has to be a cherry ripe.
1. What a bore NOT to be a lifelong kid! Have fun – there’s only the one brief lifetime!!!
2. Am I the only Aussie NEVER to have had a chocolate bar? Zip, zero, none!
3 1+2 make me pretty peculiar, I suppose – SO?! Go back to 1.
My husband and kids love Snickers, so this would definitely be a big hit at our house! I’ve always been Milky Way girl. xoxo Mum
Oh my goodness! This just looks amazing! I love nuts and chocolate (hence my devotion to peanut butter cups) but this looks too decadent for words. I haven’t ever seen chocolate marshmallows anywhere – where can you get them?
I love all chocolate bars equally. Choosing one is like trying to pick your favourite child! Although there are days when I crave a violet crumble more than anything… But I also love peppermint aeros, cherry ripes, bounties, snickers, milky ways…
Oh, and how could I forget – DAIM BARS!!
You hide your clumsiness well, you look so put-together in your photos.Don’t worry, a sleeve is nothing, sometimes my family knows what I’ve been doing at work that day just by looking at my chefs uniform! The sad thing is that I always wear an apron, maybe I need a rain poncho instead?
Snickers beats Mars Bar forever (but then again, you know how I feel about peanuts!) In terms of mass-market candy, have to say the Reese’s peanut butter cup
if you have to be a pater pan to eat these then I don’t want to grow up – I actually went through a phase when I travelled of making a point of eating snickers in ever country I visited – love them but have never had the delight of melting them – will bookmark this recipe
(strangely enough I also bookmarked this recipe yesterday http://themorethanoccasionalbaker.blogspot.com/2011/01/rocky-road.html)
Mmmm this looks great. Reminds me of a Mars Bar slice my Grandmother used to make when I was little.
By the way, you are not alone in the clumsiness department.
oh these look killer! My favourite bars as a child were Mars Bars. I had one recently and damn if my teeth didn’t fall out of my head they were sooooooooooo sweet. Can’t eat them any more.
Snickers! That is a cool little idea. I do prefer snickers to mars bar… more NUTS
what a simple but yummy idea. Could definitely make some of these as it’s rather stressful at work this week. I’m sure everyone would appreciate it
My favourite is probably Twix – the gooey caramel and that lightly sweet biscuit melting on your tongue. I’d say it’s one of the rare chocolate bars where I don’t feel so sickened afterwards.
Btw, your little anecdote there hit a chord with me – I, too, am one of the most grubby, messy eaters out there. My friends, for one, never ever allow me to serve pasta or anything mildly dangerous towards their clothes. It’s always, “Umm…let me do that for you…” followed by silence.
I loovveee Kit Kat, both the milk and dark chocolate ones, yummmmm. I’m also very fond of Cherry Ripes, they’re the ones I pick out first from the Cadbury’s Favourites box. Malteser’s are pretty addictive too.
Lorraine, Your intro cracked me up!:)I’d love to try your Rocky Road recipe~YUM! My favorite chocolate bar is a Butterfinger:)
I know how you feel Lorraine! I still laugh at bum jokes, I still find the word bum funny, and I still throw food everywhere when I eat. Frank has taken to just sighing when I do it and say “typical Loll”. This looks amazing, ill be trying it soon!
Oh God…., not the sleeve in the sauce problem…, Geez Lorraine, you sound like me sometimes
At the moment, Cookies & Cream Kit Kats, have you tried them.., pretty dam tasty.
Love your rocky road, it looks pretty delish
There’s only one word for this = yum! My all time favourite chocolate is Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups….drool!
wow ! so chunky but you make it look kinda classy! well done
Ohhh yummo! I prefer a Snickers over a Mars too though there are times when I need the ultimate sugar hit and will go for a Mars. Don’t worry I’m as clumsy as ever too, often dropping food on my pretty tops, sometimes down them too =D
Now, that looks truly rich and decadent! I’m planning to show your recipe to my mother; she’s a serious Snickers fan and I’m pretty sure she’ll badger me to whip her up a batch.
Chocolate bar-wise, I’ve long been a fan of Kit-kats and I am a sucker for almond Snickers. :p
I always use milk and dark chocolate in my Rocky Road (50/50) and add crunchies or violet crumbles, jelly snakes and maltesers! Gets rave reviews every time!
GREAT photos! Y-E-A-R-N to have a bite, but Cherry Ripe Mudcake or Cherry Ripe Seven layer cake would be my delight!
Oooo! That looks really good, will definitely try making it. Mmm, not sure about choc bar but I love this Italian choc truffle ball Cereali by Sorini which was given to me as a Christmas gift in a champagne bottle. Not sure where it in sydney though ….
My favourite chocolate bar has to be Green and Black’s Maya Gold. It really hits the spot. Although I think the best chocolate bar I have ever had was the Maverick. They don’t make it any more and have no plans to continue it. I did try the ‘Whispa’ game and created a page on Facebook but it doesn’t seem to have been as popular. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2228851467
oh wow…i can feel this on my hips already. my fav. choc bar has to be bounty, and especially after it’s been frozen. delish.
Lorraine, this looks so good…! Unfortunately I am not supposed to eat sugary things at the moment…:(
Wow, it looks so delicious!
You’re not the only one being clumsy.
I looove rocky road, and usually make a version with Finnish toffee called Dumle, but have to try your Snickers version too! Sounds yum!
My favourite chocolate bar is a white chocolate cardamom bar by Rococo Chocolates, BUT my second favorite is Sinckers. Its an absolute guilty pleasure that I just adore!
This was a great treat, right up my alley!
*kisses* HH
Favorite? That’s a toss up of two from Lindt. Excellence White Chocolate and Coconut, and Excellence Chili Dark Chocolate.
Without a doubt: Peppermint Crisp. My all-time fave. I probably haven’t had one in about two years, but that’s only because if I did, I may not be able to stop! (Kidding. Really.)
I don’t know why, I have never really fancied snickers bars. But for sicker fans, I am sure this is decadently good!
Maybe clumsiness is a female trait
I do the silliest things sometimes and dropping food on myself isn’t considered even remotely bad. 
I LOVEEEE the looks of that snickers rocky road you made!!! I so want to dig in right now, I have a thing for anything chocolate.
My favourite choc bar would have to be……milky way. I can eat a dozen of them in a go. I also love timeout and mars bars and snickers and and…all of them really.
Snickers rocky road?! Snickers ANYTHING is delicious.. have you tried the Snickers ice cream bar? They are the best… sh*ts all over the Mars bar ice cream, you’ve gotta try it
Oh dear. This may have to go into the category of things that I pretend don’t exist, because if they did, it would be too dangerous. Like Kit Kats. They’re dead to me. Because when they’re alive in my consciousness, none of them are safe.
Oh, I could eat my weight in Snickers. And I may have, once or twice. No one’s been able to prove it.
But these Snickers Rocky Roads certainly look delicious and simply cannot be ignored!
“I felt as chic as a bag of Cheetos.” Ha, I love this line!
This recipe contains two of my favorite things…Snickers and Rocky Road. It can’t possibly be bad.
there’s no way i could pick one favorite chocolate bar, although mounds, almond joy, caramello, and snickers are high on my list. i could go on and on. great bars, lorraine!
Can’t go past a Turkish Delight chocolate Bar! Is 9:30 am too early for one? I also enjoy a Caramello Koala. My children were super excited by the bag of chocolate coins that Santa out in their sacks this year too!
Your rocky road looks great,very nice indeed.I recently went to a kids party where they had chocolate crackles & the adults ran to the table & took them before the kids.All I could here was from the adults was squeeling & then “oh chocolate crackles”
These make me swoon- Snickers is not my favorite candy bar- I love Zagnut- but this candy looks divine.
I agree there are too many chocolates out there to pick just one! But usually Reece’s PB Cups wins for me. To answer the queries re: chocolate marshmallows…I have a packet in my pantry, “Marshies” brand. A Mini Neopolitan Mix (choc, strawberry and vanilla mini marshmallows) I got them as they were Gluten Free. Available from Woolies and sometimes Aldi. They do the regular size m’mallows in a strawberry/vanilla mix too.
I love this recipe and will definately make it! Where do I get chocolate marshmallows? Thanks!
This is ingenious and looks totally awesome!! Certainly miss having snickers. Have not had one ever since I went dairy-free:(
nicely done Lorraine..this looks amazing. Snickers rocky road is my new favorite candy bar. thanks you for sharing this.
OH I have no chic exterior, in fact with 3 kids I’m frequently covered in cheetos. Love Rocky Road I usually make mine with Turkish delight. This one looks fab as well.
I am sure nobody else thought you looked like a toddler or a bag of cheerios, but you really made me laugh! These look delic.
Oh wow, is this a brilliant use for Snickers! And lol, I actually have wanted to live in a tree…do you remember the Swiss Family Robinson? They were my heros, lol!
Oh I love snickers so will definitely try this recipe. If you know Belle Fleur in Balmain then you have to try the dark chocolate salted caramels – aghhh to die for.
Heidi
That looks awesome. Snickers are my favourite chocolate bar too! I am definitely going to make this soon. I was never a fan of mars bars either, but I love a mars bar slice!
FOR THE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR THE VANILLA & CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOWS: Because i was wondering this too i went to woolies & picked up the ingredients but they don’t have them so i had to grab the Strawberry & Vanilla ones instead (and have to pick out all the Strawberry ones because my husband won’t eat them.. grr) then today i looked up Coles Homeshop to see if they had them and THE DO! They’re the Coles Brand ones. Unfortunately i don’t drive so i can’t get to coles to get some so i’ll have to make do with just the vanilla ones (unless i postpone making the rocky road until tomorrow afternoon) but thought i’d share where to find them with everyone else so they could use them when they try the rocky road.
Can’t wait to try this… hoping i can make it this afternoon… if i can stand melting chocolate in this heat!
My favourite Chocolates are: Snickers, Bounty, Cherry Ripe, Caramello Koalas & Mint Patties! I could go on & on cuz i LOVE chocolate but i think i’ll leave it at them.
I love Snickers, not had one for ages… putting them in Rocky Roads though… what a terrible influence you are!!!
Now that is my type of rocky road
I love me a good block of Lindt or Ghiradelli. Give me those and you’ll make me a very happy woman.
Maybe I should have been at that event with you, because I’m so clumsy, I’d have made a complete fool of myself, and you would look like Ms. Perfect
The rocky road looks delicious, I only recently tried it for the first time. Adding Snickers is genius
I just found this post. I live in the US and would love to know that kind of milk chocolate should I use for this? Would milk chocolate chips do ? Or do i need a block of chocolate? I can’t wait to try!
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