This ANZAC Biscuit Rocky Road has everything delicious in it from crushed ANZAC biscuits, dark bittersweet chocolate, honey roasted macadamias, coconut toasted marshmallows and ginger. This rocky road is great to share and uses the crunch of ANZAC biscuits to make this innovative version of a classic rocky road. Best of all it takes around 5 minutes to make so you're not far from a delicious sweet snack for ANZAC Day!
An ANZAC biscuit is a traditional Australian and New Zealand cookie made from rolled oats, coconut, golden syrup, butter, sugar and baking soda. These were originally baked to send to soldiers during World War I. ANZAC biscuits can be either chewy or crunchy and are one of the most delicious ways to commemorate ANZAC Day. If you love oatmeal cookies then you may just love ANZAC biscuits (I think they're one of the best foods to come out of Australia!). Oh and they have to be called ANZAC biscuits rather than cookies (although they're more like American cookies than American biscuits if that makes sense!).
I had a feeling that ANZAC biscuits would work well in rocky road and besides I love making rocky road. It's the ultimate sweet for the effort/effect ratio where very little effort you end up with something as deelicious as Rocky Road. You can make this in around 5 minutes and then just let it set in the fridge or on the counter. I cut this up into 16 squares and wrap them up in cellophane bags tied with ribbon for a gift.
Tips For Making ANZAC Biscuit Rocky Road
1 - You can use milk or dark/bittersweet chocolate, it's up to personal preference. A sound argument could also be made for white chocolate too!
2 - I like melting chocolate in a microwave but you do have to watch it. I put it in on 70% power for 60 seconds, stir and then repeat. Then I put it in at 70% power at 20 second intervals stirring between intervals. There's nothing more annoying and heartbreaking than when chocolate burns and you really just have to throw it out. Melting it in a double boiler means that you can watch the chocolate a bit better to avoid burning.
3 - ANZAC Biscuit rocky road works best with crunchy ANZAC biscuits. My recipe for crunchy ANZAC Biscuits is here (and every year I get lovely messages about how good it is because of the secret ingredient! :) ). There's also a recipe for chewy ANZAC biscuits as well there.
4 - I like honey roasted macadamias for this but salted, roasted macadamias also works well.
5 - You can use toasted coconut marshmallows or regular marshmallows with 2 tablespoons of toasted coconut too.
6 - If you like more crunch, swap out some marshmallows for more ANZAC biscuits although IMHO this ratio is my favourite.
7 - This Rocky Road keeps in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week, you may be able to get 2 weeks out of it but the biscuits will become less crunchy with time.
ANZAC Biscuit Rocky Road
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Step 1 - Line a 20x20cm/8x8inch square tin with parchment on the base and sides. Melt the chocolate in a large bowl in a double boiler or in a microwave on 70% power until melted and liquid.
Step 2 -Stir in the ANZAC biscuits, macadamias, marshmallows, ginger and sprinkle the salt over this. Mix well so that all of the components are well distributed. Scoop into the prepared tin and press down gently. Allow to set at room temperature or in the fridge. Cut into 12 squares.
I love that rocky road is so simple. I know that for some of us, 5 minutes is all you have somedays to make something delicious. I had something not so simple to deal with recently. I was asked to make some content for a regional chocolate shop. They aren't closeby to me but I happened to be holidaying there one weekend. They didn't have a lot of budget but haggled me down and I agreed to a smaller amount. Normally I send through a deposit invoice before I visit to secure my time but since this was arranged the day before I didn't. The woman who greeted me was a recent graduate and it was her first job. She seemed eager and I was her first influencer. I told her that I would send through my invoice on Monday when I was back in the office. There was something about her face that made me think twice, you know those micro expressions that are fleeting? It was a troubled look quickly replaced by a smile but I clocked it every time I mentioned the invoice (which I did three times, just to see if I was imagining that expression, I wasn't).
She asked if I could send through some content asap and I said I would although I don't usually but I felt for her as it was her first job. But something told me to hold back on sending it through. Three weeks passed and the invoice wasn't paid and one Sunday she messaged me that they would not pay until they received the content. This is not the way it is done although she tried to tell me that this was fine for all of the other influencers they've worked with.
I tried to tell them that even if they didn't want to go through with the whole thing they'd still have to pay me something for my time (it wasn't fun, the whole 1.5 hours was spent shooting) but they refused that too. And I also knew that once I sent the content through I had no recourse at all. It was getting so stressful for what should have been a quick, little job. Every time I received her messages, usually on a weekend, it was like I was being poked by a cattle prod. I talked it over with my friends and the recommendation was unanimous - walk away with my sanity intact. After sending through a short, friendly enough but to te point message, I never heard from them again. And sanity was restored and I didn't have to wince every time I picked up my phone!
So tell me Dear Reader, do you ever walk away from stressful situations like that? Are you good at reading microexpressions?
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