While my healthy rocky road is the best for healthy foodies, if you have been vegan for years and miss a real rocky road, you need this recipe. This vegan rocky road has all the crunch, chew, and flavors of the classic Australian rocky road, except it’s also cruelty-free. Rocky road is a popular Australian and New Zealand candy bar made of chocolate filled with marshmallows, nuts, coconut, soft candies, and sometimes coconut. Classic rocky road bars use classic marshmallows and soft candies containing gelatin made from animal bones. Plus the chocolate used in rocky road bars contains milk most of the time. So here are our tips for picking the perfect vegan ingredients and making vegan rocky road at home in less than 20 minutes.
Ingredients and Substitutions
All you need are:
Oat Milk Chocolate – That’s the best type of chocolate we found for rocky road bars. You can also use dark chocolate if you like, most commercial dark chocolate bars are accidentally vegan, check for brands that don’t list milk in their ingredients list, but most chocolate bars with over 85% of cocoa are vegan. The ones with 70% of cocoa are sometimes vegan. Coconut Oil – Extra-virgin or classic coconut oil. Vegan Marshmallows – There are many options online, Dandies Marshmallows taste amazing, or you can pick Sugar-Free Vegan Marshmallows from Know Brainer if you want to keep the recipe lower in carbs. Roasted Unsalted Peanuts – Or any peanuts you have. You can also use cashews if you prefer. Unsweetened Shredded Coconut – You can skip the coconut if you don’t like it. Almonds – I prefer roasted almonds, but you can also use raw almonds. Vegan Jelly Candies – We used brands made of fruit juice and free from beef gelatin and beeswax. Biscuit – You can make my Vegan Shortbread Recipe or Almond Flour Shortbread or buy some vegan shortbread at the store.
How To Make Vegan Rocky Road
So let’s see how you can make a plant-based version of the classic rocky road at home.
Storage Instructions
Store the vegan rocky road for up to one month in an airtight container in the fridge. You can freeze rocky road chunks for up to 3 months in zip-lock bags or sealed containers and thaw them the day before in the fridge. If your marshmallows are very large, you can cut them into smaller pieces with a scissor.
Allergy Swaps
Below are some food allergy swaps if needed:
Peanuts-Free – Swap the peanuts for more almonds or seeds like pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds if you have nut allergies. Gluten-Free – Oat chocolate is not always tolerated by people with gluten intolerance. That’s why I recommend dark chocolate or vegan milk chocolate made from coconut milk. Sugar-Free – You can absolutely make sugar-free rocky road that is also vegan. Use vegan sugar-free marshmallows – see link in the recipe card below and sugar-free jelly candies sweetened with natural sweeteners like erythritol. For the chocolate, pick a vegan sugar-free chocolate chip.
Below are the answers to your most frequent questions about this vegan treat recipe.
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