A million thanks to Jackie from My Little Bookcase for sharing her ‘secret’ ingredients, pistachio, or rice bubbles, when she makes rocky road for kids. I shared this with hubby as we gobbled down our last batch of rocky road. His eyes lit up at the suggestion of pistachio and rice bubbles. (I didn’t tell him that rice bubbles were for kids, because I thought it sounded down right delicious too!).

As you can tell by the close proximity of my two rocky road posts, published less than a month apart from each other, I have truly been converted into a rocky road fan. You basically get to mix your favourite things you love to nibble on, in chocolate. What’s not to love?!

After something to make for Fathers Day? Create some rocky road, just for him. Get a mix of his favourite nibbles, fold it in some chocolate, this part is really important – clean out that mixing bowl, let it set, cut it up, restrain yourself from devouring it. It’s so simple (and delicious).

A note of warning about our Fathers Day Rocky Road recipe. It is packed to the brim with those yummy nibbles – just the way hubby likes it. We used just enough melting chocolate to fold everything together and set it in a small cake tin to make sure we could cut out nice chunky pieces.

Best fathers day ever, is what I imagine hubby saying when he devours this rocky road.

What will you be putting in your Fathers Day Rocky Road?

Fathers Day Rocky Road with Pistachios, Rice Bubbles & Toblerone

2013-08-02 01:21:31

Serves 50

Rocky road, just for Dad. Filled to the brim with pistachios, rice bubbles and Toblerone - just the way he likes it.

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Prep Time

5 min

Cook Time

10 min

Total Time

15 min

Prep Time

5 min

Cook Time

10 min

Total Time

15 min

64 calories

6 g

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4 g

1 g

2 g

13 g

1 g

3 g

0 g

3 g

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size

13g

Servings

50

Amount Per Serving

Calories 64

Calories from Fat 38

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 4g

7%

Saturated Fat 2g

9%

Trans Fat 0g

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 2g

Cholesterol 0mg

0%

Sodium 1mg

0%

Total Carbohydrates 6g

2%

Dietary Fiber 1g

4%

Sugars 3g

Protein 1g

Vitamin A

0%

Vitamin C

2%

Calcium

1%

Iron

3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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Ingredients

1. 160g Pistachios
2. 375g Dark chocolate baking melts
3. 100 g Toblerone
4. 80g Pascall Mallow Bites, Swirls, Berry Delights
5. 32g or 1 cup of Rice Bubbles

Instructions

1. Cut up the Mallow Bites and Toblerone.
2. Place the dark choc melts in a large bowl and melt, by placing the bowl over a pot of hot water.
3. Remove dark choc melts from heat once the dark chocolate has melted.
4. Add pistachios, Toblerone, Mallow Bites and Rice Bubbles to the melted dark chocolate.
5. Lightly fold the mixture and place it in a small cake tin lined with baking paper.
6. Place in the fridge and let it set, (this will take a few hours).
7. Once set, cut into large slices, roughly 2cms thick, then 1 inch squares.

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Pasta, noodles, rice and bread will generally not be on the plates when returned, (although crumbs may litter our dining area floor). Meat; may or may not be there. Vegetables; chances are they will be in the same spot.

 
Then there’s chocolate. Chocolate anything is in a whole category of its’ own. Plates, bowls or cups containing chocolate return scraped.

Chocolate Pudding Recipe

Do you really, really love chocolate pudding like us? Try our simple chocolate pudding recipe and see how your plates, bowls or cups return to the kitchen.

You will need:

1 cup milk, 2 tablespoons cornflour; 2 tablespoons cocoa powder; 2 tablespoons mini choc bits for cooking; 2 tablespoons sugar. 

Method:

 
Heat half the milk with the mini chocolate bits until all the chocolate has melted and the milk begins to boil.

 
Stir the remaining ingredients into other half of the (still cold) milk, until everything has dissolved.

 
Combine the cold milk mixture with the milk that is in the pot.

 
Keep stiring while bringing it to a boil again.

 
Pour the chocolate pudding into cups or small bowls.

 
Let it cool before digging in – (that’s the tricky bit, I know.)

Chocolate Pudding and Paul Klee

 
As we ate the delicious chocolate pudding, scraping out all that we could, we left white marks against a dark background.

 
We drew some white scribbles in our bowls, (while chocolate pudding was still being consumed).

 
Still at the table, I showed the boys a picture, “My Father, 1906” by Paul Klee. Here Paul Klee’s main picture, in white, shines out agains a dark background.

 
Obviously, Paul Klee’s reverse glass scratch painting is much more sophisticated art than our chocolate pudding art; but our chocolate pudding art was most delicious.

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Ingredients

Cupcakes:
1 1/4 cup self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup brown sugar
225g unsalted butter
2 separated eggs
100g chocolate, melted
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup milk

 Icing:
100g unsalted butter
1 tbsp milk
100g chocolate, melted
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup icing sugar

Method

Preheat the oven to 175C.
Line mini muffin tin with patty pans.

Beat the egg white until soft peaks form. Set aside in a separate bowl.
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg yokes and mix.

We crushed our chocolate bunny and melted the chocolate.

Add the melted chocolate and vanilla to the sugar, butter and egg yolk mix.
Add flour, baking powder and milk and mix.

Fold in egg whites gently to the mix. The more gently you fold the egg whites into the batter, the more fluffy the cupcakes will be.

Spoon the batter into the patty pans till they are about 1/2 – 3/4 full.

Bake for 15 minutes.

To make the icing:
Beat butter, milk, chocolate and vanilla.
Add in the icing sugar gradually till it achieves the consistency you desire.

Mmmm.. one cupcake and twin almost 4 year old boys. Thank goodness this recipe makes plenty!

N & M: 3 years, 11 months
E: 2 years, 10 months
May 2012

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We had an Easter egg hunt of our own and made play dough pinch pots as nests for our Easter Eggs.

To make your Easter Egg Nest:

Make a ball of play dough.

Poke a hole into the centre of the ball.

Pinch around the ball to make a pinch pot.

Pinching play dough is a great way to build up fine motor skills.

It works on finger strength, using both hands together and the pincer grasp.

Encourage children to pinch with their forefinger and thumb like a bird pecking food.

Place your eggs (chocolate or play dough) in your nest. How cosy.

Happy hunting!

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