In deze healthy rocky road recipe is a delicious chocolate bar filled with nourishing nuts, dried cranberries, and homemade popcorn. It’s a healthy twist to the favorite rocky road candy bars made with no mini marshmallows for no sugar added and 100% vegan and gluten-free.
I love easy desserts full of chocolate. You might have tried my Vegan Rocky Road, Date Bark, Pure chocolade pepermuntbarkof Chocolate Dipped Stuffed Dates. They are both delicious and easy to make.
What Are Rocky Road Bars?
Rocky road bars are crunchy thick chocolate bars filled with peanuts and chewy pieces of marshmallows. Rocky road bars are very popular in Australia and New Zealand, while in the US, rocky road is generally sold as ice cream.
The origin of these delicious bars is believed to be a way for bakers and sweet shops to sell confectionery spoiled on the long trip from Europe to Australia. Coating it in chocolate and mixing it with fresh nuts was covering the taste of the spoiled cherries! This healthy rocky road recipe is a variation of my vegan rocky road.
Waarom je dit recept geweldig zult vinden
This healthy rocky road recipe is naturally:
- Zuivel vrij
- Vegan
- Glutenvrije
- High-protein and fiber
Ingrediënten en vervangingen
Let’s see what you need to make a healthy rocky road slice at home.
- Kokosnootolie or half coconut oil/half cocoa butter – while cocoa butter is expensive, it makes the best tasty homemade vegan chocolate. Also, refined coconut oil is the best here to avoid coconut flavor in your chocolate.
- Ongezoet cacaopoeder – I prefer unsweetened to make it easier to balance the sweetness.
- Pure chocola – I used 85% dark chocolate but 70% versions work as well. You can use sugar-free chocolate as a keto option.
- Ahornsiroop or any liquid sweetener you like, including sugar-free liquid sweetener for a low-carb option.
- Pindakaas Of amandelboter voor minder verzadigd vet.
- Vanille-extract – voor de smaak.
- Gepofte granen like puffed spelt, puffed quinoa, or popcorn – it’s a natural way to add a chewy texture to the bars without using store-bought marshmallows.
- Gedroogde cranberries or dates pieces – they add natural sweetness and extra chewy texture.
- Noten – use any nuts you like, but roasted almonds and macadamia nuts bring out the best flavor.
- Gevriesdroogde frambozen for a crunch.
How To Make Healthy Rocky Road
Healthy vegan rocky road slices are made of nourishing, wholesome ingredients and homemade chocolate. They don’t contain marshmallows but instead use chewy cereals and dried fruits. They are vegan, gluten-free, and made with simple staple ingredients.
- Before you start, cover a square 8-inch pan with lightly oiled baking paper. Set it aside.
- In a saucepan over low-medium heat, melt coconut oil with peanut butter, dark chocolate, sweetener, and vanilla extract.
- You can also microwave the chocolate base ingredients in a microwave-safe bowl.
- When the chocolate is smooth and melted, stir in the dry ingredients: nuts, puffed cereals, freeze-dried raspberries, and dried cranberries.
- Pour the mixture over the prepared pan, spread with a silicone spatula, and press well to bring the ingredients closely together.
- Refrigerate the bar for 10 to 15 minutes or until the chocolate is hard.
- Cut the healthy rocky roads into 16 squares.
Allergie-uitwisselingen
You can adapt this recipe to some allergies:
- Zonder Noten – You can swap the nuts for more puffed cereals and replace peanut butter with sunflower seed butter.
- Keto rocky road option – Use sugar-free dark chocolate and sugar-free syrup. For the filling, focus on low-carb nuts and seeds, including macadamia nuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, and peanuts.
Veelgestelde Vragen / FAQ
If you crave chocolate bars, this rocky road bar recipe is a great way to fix it. It tastes like chocolate fudge with crunchy and fudgy filling.
Plus, it’s a very fulfilling snack that brings you healthy plant-based proteins from nuts and cereals – especially if you are using puffed quinoa or amaranth.
You can also make plenty of healthy additions to these rocky road slices like hemp seeds, sunflower seeds, or chia seeds – customize them to your taste!
You can store the bars in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. The bars soften at room temperature so always keep them in the fridge for the best crunchy texture.
You can freeze rocky road bars for up to 3 months in zip-lock bags. Thaw them in the fridge the day before serving.
More Vegan Dessert Bars
If you love an easy vegan dessert bar, I recommend you also try:
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Healthy Rocky Road Bars
Ingrediënten
Chocolade
- 7 oz Pure chocola - 85% or 70% cocoa
- ⅓ cup Pindakaas (ongezouten)
- 2 theelepels Kokosnootolie
- 1 theelepel Vanille-extract
- 2 eetlepels Ahornsiroop
Vullen
- ½ cup Geroosterde Noten - I used almonds and peanuts but pistachios are great as well
- ⅓ cup Gedroogde cranberries - or chopped dates
- ⅓ cup Gevriesdroogde frambozen - or more cranberries
- 1 cup Gepofte granen - spelt, quinoa or popcorn
- ¼ cup Kokosnoot vlokken
Instructies
- Line a 9-inch x 6-inch or 8-inch x 8-inch square pan with parchment paper. Slightly oil the paper. Set aside.
- In a saucepan, under low heat, melt the dark chocolate, peanut butter, coconut oil, maple syrup and vanilla When the mixture is smooth, remove from heat.
- Stir in all the filling ingredients. You can add more popcorn or puffed cereals, depending on your taste. Popcorn are bigger than puffed cereals, so you usually need less of it – in cups!
- Transfer the mixture onto the prepared pan and press with the back of a silicone spatula to spread and flatten evenly.
- Bevriezen 15 minuten or until the chocolate is set.
- Cut into 16 bars and store in the fridge for up to 5 days, in an airtight container.
Notes
- 1/2 cup of melted coconut oil
- 1/2 kopje ahornsiroop
- 1/2 kopje ongezoet cacaopoeder
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 2 eetlepels pindakaas
Hallo,
Can I know where you buy your no refined sugar??? Cause in all your recipes you have no-refined sugar
Well no refined sugar is not a sweetener, it refers to a range of unrefined sugar like coconut sugar for crystal sweetener, or maple syrup for liquid sweetener. I buy both in my local supermarket.
I am allergic to coconut and coconut products. oil milk the whole thing. what can I use as a substitute in the recipe? please
You can swap the coconut oil for any light flavor oil you have, like mild olive oil. You can replace the coconut flakes for slices almonds, or seeds like pumpkin seeds etc.
What do you think of subbing the dark chocolate with cacao butter? (I love dark chocolate but sometimes it doesn’t love me. I’m fine with “plain” cacao butter, though, and frequently make myself vegan “white chocolate” recipes.)
Only if you really enjoy the texture – that will make for a very buttery slice 🙂
Can you replace the peanut butter with butter? Thanks for the recipe! Definitely trying it!
No, peanut butter and butter behave too differently. You can use other nut butter (almond butter, cashew butter) or sunflower seed butter.
Excellents ideas, maybe You could incluide mesaures
Measurement are before this comment section, enjoy
Great gluten free and vegan recipes thanks Gina