June 2nd is National Rocky Road Day and no one loves chocolate ice cream with toasted
almonds and mini marshmallows more than this Chick! This morning on WNCN Today I shared a few good excuses to throw a party or make
dessert a little more fun:
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Ice
Cream Buffet
o Rocky Road Your Way.
Who doesn’t love a buffet, especially an ice cream buffet? Let your guests make their own Rocky Road ice
cream by setting up a Rocky Road Your Way Buffet. Put out chocolate ice cream, mini
marshmallows and toasted almond slices and let your guests mix their perfectly
portioned Rocky Road. You can even go a
little crazy and include walnuts, peanuts, chocolate covered almonds or
marshmallow cream sauce as a fun twist on the traditional. TIP: Don’t forget to have plenty of ice on hand to
keep the ice cream cold, and a cup of warm water to dip your ice cream scoop in
to make the ice cream easier to scoop.
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Ice
Cream Pie
o Rocky
Road Pie. One of the easiest summer desserts you
can make is an ice cream pie. Yes, it
takes a little prep time, but it really couldn’t be easier. Simply pick up a carton of Rocky Road ice
cream and a pre-made chocolate or graham cracker piecrust at the store. The morning of the party (or even a day or
two before), let the ice cream soften on the kitchen counter for ~1hr then
spoon the ice cream into the pie shell.
Place the pie in the freezer for at least 1-2 hours to harden and you
will have the perfect Rocky Road Ice Cream Pie!
Don’t forget you’ll need to thaw the pie for 10-15min before cutting
it. TIP:
Add a decorative touch by sprinkling marshmallows and almonds on top.
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A
Semi-Homemade Brownie
o Rocky
Road Brownies.
Making the perfect Rocky Road Brownie is actually quite easy; all you
need is your favorite brownie mix, mini marshmallows and toasted almond slices. Mix your brownies as directed, add 1 cup of toasted
almond slices and ½ cup of marshmallows and bake as directed. 1-2 minutes before the brownies are done,
sprinkle a few extra mini marshmallows on top for some extra color.
o Rocky Road Cookies. Good news for all of you non-cooks out there, you can still celebrate National Rocky Road Day in style with a quick trip to your local PDQ! PDQ has delicious individually wrapped Rocky Road cookies that you can pick up with dinner on June 2nd for a perfectly easy celebration.
Cookies for the Non-Cook :-)
o Rocky Road Cookies. Good news for all of you non-cooks out there, you can still celebrate National Rocky Road Day in style with a quick trip to your local PDQ! PDQ has delicious individually wrapped Rocky Road cookies that you can pick up with dinner on June 2nd for a perfectly easy celebration.
Fun random fact: Rocky Road Ice Cream was invented in 1929 in Oakland, CA (near where I grew up!) by Dreyer’s (known on the East Coast as Edy’s) Ice Cream. Authentic Rocky Road ice cream includes mini marshmallow and toasted almonds, period. But I’m a bit of a purist ;-)
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Tune in next week for tips on how to pull off dinner at the
pool for all of you swim team parents or pool lovers!
Until next time,
aka Chick #1
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