Rocky Road Ice Cream Pops

Hi! Just popping in quickly to share the recipe for these Rocky Road Ice Cream Pops! The last few weeks have been crazy busy - i've been furiously testing for a fun project coming up (extra fun with no oven), and preparing to create a giant grazing table for a fundraiser we are holding this weekend to help raise money for Kitten Season! 

However, as ridiculous as things are, I will always always be one who suffers from FOMO, and so I sure as shit am not missing out on Popsicle Week, which is organised by the amazing Billy of Wit and Vinegar! You can check out everyone elses's popsicles here! Last year I made Lemon Meringue Pie Pops, which were ridiculously amazing. This year, we went with a rocky road ice cream pop, which give our old friends lemon meringue pops a serious run for their money.

I was originally going to make choc bars for this - a take on a NZ ice block I grew up on, but I've been playing around with a few rocky road recipes recently, which got me wondering what it would be like as an ice cream! And I can confirm - potentially better than the real thing. I started off with a dark chocolate custard, which, when churned in the ice cream maker, made an OUT OF THIS WORLD chocolate ice cream. You could stop there and just hit it with a spoon and be very, very happy. I then added in some chopped up turkish delight, and some chopped marshmallows, and popped the mixture into some fancy schmancy new silicone popsicle moulds I got recently. 

Once they were set, I popped them out of the moulds, let them re-freeze for a hot minute, and then dunked them in milk chocolate, which I melted down with a little coconut oil, and then left to cool slightly so that I had less of a melty mess on my hands. I made a last minute decision to add to the 'rocky road' look of the pops and added some of my fave things ever - crispy pearls. (just a note that the quantity in that link will set you up with these for at least a year). This gave the outside a kinda rugged look, which I loved, because it adds to the 'rocky road' situation we already have going on! Even if the ice cream doesn't make it to the popsicle moulds, you have yourself a banging rocky road ice cream recipe! 

A few wee tips:

• Just putting it out there - I spell Mould differently. Same with Colour, Yoghurt, Flavour, etc etc. Someone thought they needed to email me to let me know. Already aware. Lol.
• The Ice Cream base by itself is BOMB. I'm going to definitely be making it again this summer and just make it into ice cream. Or put it in these fancy popsicle moulds seeing as I now have 12.
• These are the moulds I got! I got 3 boxes, thinking that there were 2 in each - there's 4! I promised Rich I would return them then accidentally made a batch of ice cream pops that needed 10 of them. My bad.
• I used some homemade marshmallows I had from recipe testing. You can either make your own, (It's fun - you could do about half that recipe, or make the whole lot and have marshmallows all summer) or buy them! Just chop them roughly.
• I ordered some of my fave turkish delight from an english store here in the states - the brand is Fry's! We get it at home too, and it's super yum because its only slightly rose flavoured, so doesn't taste too much like hand cream. You could use your fave brand, or if you don't like it, feel free to throw some more marshies or other lollies / candy in there!
• The best part about Rocky Road is that you can add whatever you like - feel free to add chopped nuts, freeze dried berries, etc etc.
• If you can't get your hands on the crispy pearls, then you can either leave them off, or you can add in something else to the chocolate! Chopped Malteasers or something would be yummmm
• Do the dipping of the pops in two batches - melt all the chocolate at once, stir in the pearls, then transfer about half of it to a tall glass or jar, and do the dipping. Top up as needed.

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