The iconic Aussie detail that could elevate your rocky road

One of the greatest joys of the festive season is the return of the ultimate delicacy: rocky road.

If you're looking for a way to elevate your next batch of rocky road, look no further than an iconic Aussie ingredient.

AFL star Christian Petracca, who also creates food content, is one of the many Aussies who add chopped up Scotch Fingers to the recipe.

Watch the video above.

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"Christmas Rocky Road 🎄🍫," the Melbourne Demons star captioned a video detailing all of his delicious ingredients.

The addition of Scotch Fingers provides a drool-worthy buttery crunch that truly puts the 'rocky' in rocky road.

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Even Arnott's is on board with the idea of including their iconic biccie, and has shared a similar rocky road recipe on TikTok in the past.

The best part of rocky road is its customisation. You can add anything you please to this tasty snack.

For his recipe, Petracca used milk chocolate, Caramilk chocolate, coconut oil, red frogs and mini marshmallows, decorating his rocky road with a layer of M&M's Red & Green Christmas Chocolate on top.

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Here is a simple recipe that you can use as a base:

Ingredients:

500g milk or dark chocolate pieces

200g top quality marshmallows, cut in half

2tbsp coconut oil (or any neutral-flavoured oil)

120 g Scotch Finger biscuits, roughly chopped

100 g red frogs or raspberry lollies, halved

Method:

Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.

Heat a saucepan of simmering water, then place a stainless steel bowl over the top and add your chocolate. Keep stirring until melted.

You can also microwave the chocolate in 30-second increments, stirring each time.

Mix the other ingredients together in a large bowl, and then pour over the melted chocolate.

Put the mixture into the trays and press down gently.

Refrigerate until set, then cut into slab.

Enjoy!

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