And now for something completely different...
At some point in my late teens or early twenties I had the good fortune to eat some great commercially produced rocky road. For me a great rocky road comprises chocolate, marshmallow, jelly and peanuts but there are quite a few variations, some with less ingredients, some more, and some different.
I don't recall the detail of that event but do remember that until my mid-forties, I never found any rocky road that satisfied me. Then for whatever reason I decided I would make my own. Unfortunately I never photographed the ingredients back then but they were Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Frys Turkish Delight, marshmallow, peanuts, glaced cherries, jellies/jelly babies and Golden Roughs (maybe only Aussies will know of those). I shared it at my work and it was an instant hit. I made many dozens of batches through 2007-08 before leaving.
Next stop was living and working in Singapore from the end of 2009. After a while I started to make it there and share at work. Again an instant hit. Thankfully I did document the ingredients and process. By then I'd dropped the Golden Roughs, was doing 50/50 dark and semi-sweet chocolate and added preserved dried ginger and desiccated coconut. In the first picture I can see some Kit Kats. I've got no recollection of that so may have been a one-off although I do recall a few batches with Maltesers.
My intention with this thread is to take your through the evolution of my recipe and solicit your input into recipes or great commercial rocky road you've encountered. Anyway, here are the first two pics on early Singapore versions.