Not only a winding road, but a rocky one...

Tonight was one rocky road; though the sweet itself only took about 20 odd minutes to prepare, the chef & prep'er (me on this occasion) were on a different sort of rocky road...Ok, before continuing and just to clear things up, it was nothing more then 2 horrible days at work colliding with one another, expected and normal.

A learning curve was indeed created though, which is always a silver lining. Rocky road is probably the only (or one of few) sweets that you can make successfully whilst in the midst of argument.

The chopping of the marshmallows, raspberry candy and peanuts all lend a hand. The marshmallows symbolise the love that gets mushed about when arguing, the raspberry candy are oh so satisfying to chop and symbolise the perfect amount of resistance the argument should have and the peanuts are the momentary regrets, i.e. no satisfaction in the chop and one misguided chop could see blood drawn, meaning something you wish you hadn’t said.

Then mixing it all together is what the make-up should be, because sometimes a bunch of mismatching ingredients just work.

In the end all you need is to place the mixture in a tray lined with baking paper and pop it in the fridge until it sets and vuala.

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Total prep-time: 20 minutes

Ingredients
- 500g chocolate (melted)
- 200g marshmallows (chopped)
- 150g Allens raspberry soft candy (chopped)
- a handful and a half of peanuts - I have large hands and thus used 1 handful (also chopped, but be careful, when doing this!)
- Optional: grated coconut (add this is for the Kapiris special rocky road)

How to work the magic:
1. Mix all the above ingredients in a bowl
2. Place in a as deep as required tray lined with baking paper
3. Place in the fridge to set for at least an hour or so.
4. Cut into pieces and shove a piece in you gob!
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I saw on TV once, they put the knife under hot water before cutting the finished product into pieces so it would make it easier, didn’t look as easy as they made it out to be, I think just a sharp bloody kitchen knife is the way to go :)

Note: I obviously didn’t mean the knife had to be bloody…=P

Another note is that this sweet was maid so as to take away camping, well actually, duck hunting I hate to say. The good news is that I myself have a bag limit of only one, which I have every intention of cooking stuffed with feta, couscous and a range of other wonderful ingredients.

So for now have a wonderful weekend and a safe one, hopefully my camping is an enlightening journey that I can share with you next week. For now kalinixta!