On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:30:18 -0800 (PST), Lenona >
wrote:

> On Feb 10, 7:59*pm, sf > wrote:
> > On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 10:19:42 -0800 (PST), Lenona >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > (I DON'T care to make it myself - it's tiresome and the spatula never
> > > gets all the chocolate off the pan's walls.)
> >
> > Too bad you don't want a recipe because this one arrived in the mail
> > today and it looks dead easy. *Seems like the only trick is to make
> > sure to butter the pan well. *
>
> I wonder if it would work just as well without the peanuts?

If you want to make real rocky road, you need nuts. I guess you could
switch out the nuts though. I see Stover's is made with walnuts.
>
> I should have said "rubber spatula" and "pot." I tried to make a type
> of rocky road concoction a while back - it was made of vanilla
> cookies, which you bake, some mini-marshmallow mixture on top, and
> then each little pyramid is smothered in melted chocolate, one at a
> time. The trouble was getting all the melted chocolate out of the pot
> before it hardened. (I couldn't very well keep the heat on - it would
> have burned.)

That's what a double boiler is for. Just set a bowl over a saucepan
with some simmering water in it.
>
> What would really be nice would be being able to order a whole slab in
> a box, just as Russell Stover used to sell it.
>
Was Russell Stover slab mostly marshmallow studded with nuts and
covered with chocolate? Joy of Baking has one like that.
http://www.joyofbaking.com/candy/RockyRoad.html I've never been so in
love with marshmallow that I wanted to make it myself, but I
understand that if you like marshmallow, you'll love homemade.


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