Christmas Rocky Road Pudding

What you need

  • 200g bar of dark cooking chocolate

  • 200g bar of milk cooking chocolate

  • 100g (½ small block) of butter

  • 5 tablespoons of golden syrup

  • 1 packet of mini marshmallows

  • 6 digestive biscuits

  • Cling film

  • A set of battery-operated mini Christmas lights (optional)

Equipment

  • Large bowl

  • Large plate

  • Wooden spoon

  • Small glass bowl or soup bowl

Method

  1. Break the chocolate into squares and put into the large bowl with the golden syrup and sugar.

  2. Melt on medium heat in the microwave. See Top Tip on melting chocolate (here)

  3. Break the biscuits and the marshmallows and put them into the bowl of melted chocolate.

  4. Mix all the ingredients well together with a wooden spoon.

  5. Line the glass bowl or the soup bowl with clingfilm and pour in the pudding mix.

  6. Leave the pudding mix to set for 2/3 hours in the fridge or 30 minutes in the freezer until the chocolate is set.

  7. Turn out the pudding onto a plate and remove clingfilm.

  8. Decorate with icing sugar, sprinkles, smarties, mini marshmallows, mini Christmas lights and any other little treats that will make your Christmas pudding look spectacular!

ToP TiP

Place a set of mini Christmas lights around your pudding to brighten up your Christmas table.