I’ve written before about my perfect rocky road recipe, which uses 800g of biscuits to 150ml Golden syrup, 250g nuts, marshmallows, and/or dried fruit, and 275bg butter to 225g chocolate.

Rocky road is a real crowd pleaser for ... a pan of simmering water until the chocolate is melted. Add the biscuits to the milk chocolate mixture and fold together until well coated.

"Out go the Rich Tea biscuits and in come amaretti," Nigella Lawson said of her Christmassy rocky road chocolate bars. Another Christmas addition is "snowy" mini marshmallows and a dusting of ...