Friday, September 9, 2011

White chocolate, cranberry and strawberry rocky road

White chocolate, cranberry and strawberry rocky road / Barrinhas rocky road de chocolate branco, morangos e cranberries secas

I’ve been meaning to make these rocky road bars forever: when I saw so many delicious ingredients combined I knew the candy would be great. And it really was (not to mention how ridiculously easy this recipe is).
I have the same feeling about “Carnage”: so many great actors directed by Polanski. It has got to be good. Too bad I’ll have to wait a while to find out. ;)

White chocolate, cranberry and strawberry rocky road / Barrinhas rocky road de chocolate branco, morangos e cranberries secas

White chocolate, cranberry and strawberry rocky road
slightly adapted from the always wonderful Donna Hay Magazine

800g white chocolate, chopped
2½ cups quartered white marshmallows
½ cup chopped dried apples
1 ¾ cups (192g) sweetened dried cranberries
1 cup freeze-dried strawberries, sliced lengthwise

Very lightly butter a 20x30cm (8x12in) baking pan and line it with foil (the butter will keep the foil from sliding around the pan).
Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of barely simmering water – do not let the bottom of the bowl touch the water – and cook until chocolate is melted and smooth. Remove from the heat, add the marshmallow, dried apples and cranberries – keep some of the cranberries for decoration – and stir until well combined. Pour mixture into prepared pan and smooth the top. Sprinkle with the dried strawberries and reserved cranberries. Set aside until firm, 2-3 hours (the recipe calls for placing the pan in the refrigerator but I chose not to).
Cut into pieces, remove the foil and serve.

Makes 25 – I cut them a bit smaller and got 32

22 comments:

  1. it looks so delicious and at the same time it is very easy... I can..

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  2. I love when your recipes use white chocolate!

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  3. This is so pretty with the berries -- must be so yummy too!

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  4. That is going to rock my husband's world :) he loves white chocolate like crazy!!

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  5. Fabulous Rocky Road! The white chocolate has quite an elegant appeal. I very much like the combination of sweet strawberries and tangy cranberries with the white chocolate.

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  6. These look amazing! They would be great for around Christmas! :D

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  7. This looks really decadent and I can't believe it's that easy to put together. The photographs are just gorgeous..

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  8. I don't know how many calories they have, but I would do them just for these gorgeous colors!

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  9. This looks amazing! Love! And love your movie snippets as well...I count on you to keep me in the loop, hehe :)

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  10. Looks delicious! I love white chocolate.

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  11. Ewww I love sweet snacks with fruit, the fruit helps balance the guilt of the chocolate.

    Oh but wait, I don't suffer guilt eating chocolate so that's kind of a mute point huh?

    :)

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  12. looks so pretty!!! love it :)

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  13. Wow, gorgeous pictures and SUCH a great twist on rocky road!!!! I think I'm going to have to make these for Christmas, because the red and white looks so festive.

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  14. Where do you find the freeze dried strawberries and apples? My local grocery store doesn't carry them.

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  15. Hey, there,
    I live in São Paulo, Brazil.

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  16. The best thing is there's no need for an oven when most of them need one for this type of recipe! ^^

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  17. AnonymousJuly 17, 2012

    Where can I find freeze dried strawberries?

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  18. Beautiful and cozy blog!
    I found a picture in Pinterest .... and so I came to your blog
    Great recipe!

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  19. The quantities were off... I am waiting for it to cool off but not sure if this will work out!

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