I won't be making it again unless someone else requests it. There's nothing wrong with the recipe, which I took from Joy of Baking; in fact the brownie base was excellent - dark, rich, fudgey and a little bitter because of the chocolate I chose to use (I used chocolate with 85% cocoa solids as I didn't have any unsweetened). I just didn't like how sweet it got with marshmallows on top - the sweetness overwhelmed everything, even the bitterness o
f the base, and the only thing which came through was the flavour of too sweet chocolate and the crunch of the nuts.
f the base, and the only thing which came through was the flavour of too sweet chocolate and the crunch of the nuts.So it's a personal thing - I'd certainly recommend the recipe to anyone who wanted to try them, but the final result wasn't to my taste.
The only change I made was to increase the weight of chocolate chips to 120g, but I used half chocolate and half fudge chips. The nuts I used were a mix of large pieces of macadamias and finely chopped hazelnuts.
My one mistake was to leave the topped brownie in the oven a minute or two too long - my rocky road looks like melted tarmac!
9 comments:
Suelle,they are not like tarmac honest! these look so delicious. A lovely treat I would imagine :) Lucie x
No Lucie is right, these look lovely. I think maybe you are right though, I've been thinking about making some sort of rocky road for a long time, but think I might find them a bit too sweet.
Thanks, Lucie.
Choclette - I think they're worth a try. You'll never know otherwise.
Suelle, these look really yummy!
Maria
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I'm also not a fan of things that taste primarily of 'sweet'. It just overwhelms all the lovely flavours!
Suelle, I made rocky road recently, but with uncooked marshmallows (no pink ones!). I also make chocolate marshmallow cookies which are lovely, but tooth-achingly sweet - agree completely that one minute too long in the oven is the difference between a wagon wheel and melted goo.. :)
No, I can't say I'd be in a tearing hurry to try these! I don't really "get" marshmallow, and I only feel like rocky road about once every 5 years. That being said, I think the problem is you haven't got any fruit there as far as I can see - the best rocky road I have had has dried apricots or sour cherries in as well, which just balances things out a bit.
You're right, Foodycat - no fruit. I don't think I came across any recipes for RR Brownies with fruit in during my search, but I think using something like sour cherries or cranberries could work very well (although my son - the Chief Tester - wouldn't eat them then!).
I've found Rocky Road Candy recipes which are similar to what I call refrigerator cake - fruit, nuts and biscuits mixed into melted chocolate, but again, that wasn't what I wanted this time.
This looks yummy! Glad I found your blog.
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