Jul 12 2008
Torturing your Spouse
Quite exquisite spouse torture is possible when you fill the kitchen with amazing sweet cooking smells and then take the whole lot to work….
- Rocky Road Crunch Bars
Thankfully for Dougal, I am not like that, and when I made Rocky Road Crunch Bars for my work I made sure to leave him a generous portion at home, as well as some of the banana xxx-chip muffins I made at the same time. (I’d finally sourced some white chocolate chips which were suggested for the muffins but I think in the end I preferred the dark choc chips. However I have some butterscotch nuggets I got from my Italian Connection so I will try the authentic version soon too!) On the other hand, at his recent birthday Dougal made flapjack, banana bread and chocolate gingerbread for his work colleagues (it’s traditional, apparently) and left me none at all to take for my lunch. Let me tell you it all smelled amazing as it was cooking- and all I got was a little in the way of banana bread left-overs and some of the ginger bread trimmings. Not fair!
I made these goodies for work as a sort of ’send off’ when I went off for a few days to do the move to the new flat. Part of the excuse was ‘using up’ things in the cupboards but really I just wanted to make goodies!
I’d go as far as to say that the Rocky Road was among the best I have ever tasted. It needed a higher total marshmallow content, and to be made with properly ‘mini’ mini marshmallows- these were merely on the wee side. Also, next time I will remember to reserve some of the chocolate mixture to top it with, as I think this would make for a more professional finish.
My only reservation about this scrummy snack (it was amazing when we were weary with house moving, let me tell you!) was that it was blimen impossible to cut when you took it out of the fridge. This might be improved upon by letting it warm up a bit first but I’m not sure.
