Rocky road treats

Rocky road treats: Perfect for the little ones. Picture credit: Lancewood.

Rocky road treats – Colourful bites the kids will love

The ultimate sweet treat recipe from Lancewood that the children will absolutely love!

Rocky road treats

Rocky road treats: Perfect for the little ones. Picture credit: Lancewood.

Put a smile on your little ones’ faces with this rocky road treats recipe. It is creamy, loaded with chocolate flavour with lots of sweet treats on top. Just what every kid loves as a sweet treat.

Preparing these rocky road treats will take only about 15 minutes of your time. Then, pop them into the fridge to set firmly and cut into squares. The best part is that absolutely no cooking or baking is involved to prepare these delightful bites.

This recipe is an excellent one to call the kids to join. They will love preparing their own sweet treats. You will just have to keep an eye if they will have the patience to allow the rocky road treats to stay long enough in the fridge to become firm!

Need some great tips? If you like a nuttier taste, increase the nuts to 100 g. Also, to firmly press the mixture into the pan, use a potato masher. For some extra delight, drizzle your sweet snack with melted chocolate.

Enjoy this ultimate sweet treat recipe from Lancewood.

Rocky road treats recipe

5 from 1 vote
Recipe by Dirnise Britz Course: SnacksCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy
Prep time

15

minutes
Cooling Time

60

minutes
Total time

1

hour 

15

minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 2 x 250 ml icing sugar

  • 125 ml 125 cocoa powder

  • 230 g 230 LANCEWOOD® Medium Fat Plain Cream Cheese, at room temperature

  • packets Marie or Tennis biscuits, coarsely crushed

  • 50 g 50 pecan nuts, chopped (optional)

  • Topping
  • Mini marshmallows, speckled eggs, chocolate balls and Oreo biscuits

Method

  • Line a 20 cm x 20 cm cake pan with baking paper leaving an overhang on all 4 sides. Use this to cover the mixture with while refrigerating as well as to make it easy to lift it from the pan.
  • Sift the icing sugar and cocoa powder together.
  • Mix in the cream cheese and blend until smooth and well combined.
  • Stir in the crushed biscuits.
  • Spoon and press firmly into the prepared pan. Refrigerate until firm.
  • Top with any of the toppings and press slightly into the mixture.
  • Cut into squares and enjoy!

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