Looking for the easiest fudge recipe? Today’s Easy Rocky Road Fudge is your answer. And it’s absolutely delicious too!
Making fudge at home doesn’t have to be difficult. With just a few ingredients and tips for how to make chocolate fudge, you are only steps away from a decadent dessert.
Easy Instructions
- Line an 8-inch square baking dish with parchment paper. Pour 1 cup marshmallows into bottom of dish.
- In a large microwave safe bowl, combine semi sweet and milk chocolate with peanut butter. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir and add an additional 30 seconds. Continue stirring until smooth (you may need to microwave an additional 30-60 seconds). Mine took about 60 seconds total.
- Fold in remaining 1 1/2 cup mini marshmallows and peanuts.
- Pour chocolate mixture over marshmallows in baking dish. Refrigerate until firm, several hours. Cut into bite sized pieces and enjoy.
Recipe FAQs
Yes! I would use a double boiler to melt the chocolate (or a glass bowl over a pot of simmering/boiling water). Melt your chocolate and peanut butter together, until smooth.
More Easy Dessert Recipes
- First up, these Rocky Road Clusters. Change up the way you make today’s recipe, and serve it in fun little clusters. Perfect for bake sales!
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Yield: 64 servings
Rocky Road Fudge
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
2 minutes
Additional Time
2 hours
Total Time
2 hours 7 minutes
Looking for the easiest fudge recipe? Today's Easy Rocky Road Fudge is your answer. And it's absolutely delicious too!
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups miniature marshmallows, divided
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
- 11 ½ ounces milk chocolate chips
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 ½ cups peanuts, or almonds
Instructions
- Line an 8-inch square baking dish with parchment paper. Pour 1 cup marshmallows into bottom of dish.
- In a large microwave safe bowl, combine the chocolates and peanut butter. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir and add an additional 30 seconds. Continue stirring until smooth (you may need to microwave an additional 30-60 seconds).
- Fold in remaining 1 ½ cup mini marshmallows and peanuts.
- Pour chocolate mixture over marshmallows in baking dish. Refrigerate until firm, several hours. Cut into bite sized pieces and enjoy.
Can this be put in freezer?
Can I omit th PB, entirely?
I added a 1/2 cup of Nutella and left out the nuts. OMG so good!
I love the soft marshmallows added to this fudge. It didn’t last very long in our house!!!
This is the BEST fudge ever! So easy to make and who doesn’t love Rocky Road?!
I don’t care if it’s called Heavenly Hash or Rocky Road, I’ll still eat it! I love the ice cream, and the fudge looks incredible. Adding it to my list of recipes to make for neighbors this year.
I loveeeee making this during Christmas! It’s so good!
I don’t care what you call it……I’ll call it delicious!!
I so remember Heavenly Hash ice cream! And I’m not so old either. lol This fudge looks delicious. I’ve made one similar but love the idea of marshmallows on the bottom. And so easy. It will be the perfect addition to my Christmas tins.
My family looks forward to this fudge every year. It’s a favorite at our house.
This is the fudge to end all fudges!! So so so good! We can’t get enough.
-That dish looks very attractive. I will proceed to do it now!
Can you substitute the peanut butter for something else? For anyone with peanut allergies?
You could use Biscoff (speculoos) spread!
I made the Rocky Road fudge for our family Christmas Eve party. It was a big hit! And get this! My fussiest child, my adult son, was the one that said, “what is that candy mom?” That is so good!
Whoohoo! Glad to hear it was a hit at your house 🙂