Recipe: Mini Egg Rocky Road

I know I'm not alone when I say that Mini Eggs are hard to resist and that there's a likely chance that a good amount of them have been consumed before Easter is even a thought in anyone's mind. I for one am guilty of buying a bag for myself if I've had a particuarly hard day and it was one of these days that got me thinking what recipes would work well with the addition of Mini Eggs. The answer was a lot but I narrowed it down to three, simple yet delicious recipes, the first of which I'm sharing with you today.

Ingredients
- 200g Dark Chocolate
- 135g Butter
- 200g Digestives, crushed
- 100g Mini Marshmallows
- 100g Mini Eggs
- 2-3 Tbsp Golden Syrup

Method 
1- Grease and line a 18cm square baking tin with greasproof paper.
2- In a saucepan place the dark chocolate, butter and golden syrup.and melt together. Stir continuously so that nothing gets stuck to the bottom of the pan.
3- If you haven't already crushed your digestives, then crush them now. Don't worry if you have a variety of sized chunks, it'll just add to the end look of your rocky road.
4- Add the biscuits, marshmallows and mini eggs to your chocolate mixture. Combine everything with a wooden spoon/spatula until everything is thoroughly coated in chocolate.
5- Pour into your prepared tin, using you spoon/spatula to spread it out evenly.
6- Chill for a minimum of two hours, checking intermittedly, in the fridge. Once it's completely set, cut into squares or slices and enjoy. 

Recipe: Mini Egg Rocky Road

                        

We've been inundated with Mini Eggs everywhere since the beginning of the year and with Easter fast approaching, I thought I'd better pull my finger out and get sharing some Easter recipes I've been planning for a while. Now I'm not going to lie, they will consist mainly of Mini Eggs purely because I'm not a fan of a Cream Egg and don't want to mess with the perfection that is Cadbury's Caramel Eggs.

To kick everything off I'm starting with Rocky Road. I'd like to say this is simple and perfect for beginner bakers but it's taken me four attempts to get it perfect. Some of it was down to the wrong amount of chocolate but most of it was down to me burning the chocolate as I melted it over a bain marie. I being the impatient cow I am put the heat too high and essentially let it burn over each time. So let that be the biggest thing you take from this recipe, be patient, keep the temperature low and don't stop stirring the mixture.

Ingredients
- 400g Milk Chocolate
- 125g Unsalted Butter
- 125g Golden Syrup
- 100g Mini Marshmallows
- 200g Digestives, broken up
- 200g Mini Eggs, with a few left over for snacking on

Method

1. Line a baking tray with cling film or baking parchment. The tin can be as big or as deep as you like, it all depends on how you want your rocky road to turn out. And I'd advise lining your tin with a strip of cling film/baking parchment horizontally then another one vertically as it'll make it easy to remove it from the tin later on. 
2. In a bowl over a pan of water place the golden syrup, chocolate and butter. Melt on a low temperature, stirring the mix consistently to make sure everything melts evenly. It's best to make the butter and chocolate as small as possible as it means that's it more likely to melt quicker at a lower temperature. And whilst it may seem tempting to turn the temperature up, don't! It's only going to end in disaster and then you'll be annoyed with yourself, trust me I'm speaking from experience. 
3. Whilst the chocolate is melting, I'd advise putting the rest of the dry ingredients together into a large bowl so that you can just go straight in with the chocolate mix when it's ready. 
4. Once the chocolate mixture is completely melted and combined, pour over your dry ingredients and mix together with a wooden spoon, making sure to cover everything liberally. 
5. Once you're happy with how it looks, pour into your prepared tin and smooth down with a spatula. Then just pop it into the fridge for a few hours to set. 
6. Once it's set all you've got to do then, is cut it and enjoy.