Festive Rocky Road Crunch Bars!!!

Firstly I must say this recipe is inspired by Nigella Express, Georgina Ingham at www.culinarytravels.co.uk or you can follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/CulinaryTravels and also inspired by Emma Collins who you can also Twitter with http://twitter.com/emteacup

Having recently procured a huge bag of cranberries (‘Tis the season to do Cranberries fa la la la la la la la la) I’m always looking for a way to squeeze them into the mix, and having consumed rather a lot of Cranberry and White Chocolate cookies recently, it was time for a change…. And here it is, the recipe is exactly what I used, but when you cook it just use whatever you like!

• 200g pack of digestive biscuits
• 125g butter
• 300g Green & Blacks dark chocolate
• 3 huge heaped & dripping tablespoons of golden syrup
• 90g of mini marshmallows
• 100g of dried cranberries

and here’s what to do…

1. Melt the butter, syrup & chocolate (break it up) in a pan over a low heat until it looks like Willy Wonka chocolate river consistency & like Augustus Gloop you want to jump in.
2. Put the biscuits in a big bowl and bash them with a rolling pin into chunks of whatever size you like them.
3. Mix the cranberries and marshmallows in with the bashed biscuits
4. Pour in almost all (save about 1/3 of the mix for later!!)the beautiful melted chocolate mixture & stir well to cover & combine!
5. Tip into a foil lined tray/container/whatever you have! and flatten, pour over the rest of the chocolate & spread to cover a little festive touch of edible glitter or sparkly balls could be sprinkled on at this point!!
6. Pop tray into fridge for at least 2 hours to go hard, cut into whatever size you like & eat enthusiastically with a nice cup of tea!

I would have taken a picture, but quite frankly they don’t look much & my presentation may put you off having a go!!!

PS….these are fabulous to make with children, but may lead to feeling of devastation when bowl licking duty arises and you realise you have to share….

ENJOY!