Mini Egg Rocky Road for Easter

I'm back with another Easter-themed recipe. I'm just a little obsessed with producing recipes and crafts for seasonal celebrations and Easter is no different. You will have already seen my Tie Dye Pretzel Bark, which is full of white chocolate. Today's recipe is full-on dark chocolate goodness filled to the brim with biscuit, marshmallow and Mini Eggs. Mini Eggs are pretty much my favourite thing about Easter. I rate them above Creme Eggs as they are just so moorish, you can't just eat one or two.

With this in mind, I decided to take on an old favourite but mix it up with Mini Eggs. Oh, and the results were divine. Get your hands on some Mini Eggs and let's get baking...

Ingredients
200g Dark Chocolate
2-3 tbsp Golden Syrup (I only had Honey so used this instead)
135g Butter or Margarine
100g Mini Marshmallows (or large ones chopped up)
100g Digestive Biscuits
100g Mini Eggs
Icing Sugar to dust

- First things first, measure out your ingredients and line a small to medium-sized baking tray. Put your biscuits and Mini Eggs in a freezer bag and smash them up with a rolling pin. Put these to one side.

- Melt the butter, golden syrup and chocolate in a pan on a low heat stirring constantly to ensure there are no lumps. When it's melted take it off the heat.

- Add your marshmallows, biscuits and Mini Eggs to the pan and mix well until its all covered by chocolate. Pour this into your lined baking tray making sure to spread it out and reach all corners.

- Put it in the fridge for around two hours and then dust with icing sugar, cut into pieces and enjoy.

This went down an absolute treat at work (official taste testers for Gingerbread Smiles - they just don't know it) and it was all gone by the end of the day. I've never been so happy with a creation of my own, it smells amazing and is so tasty. This is definitely one for you to make as soon as you can.

What do you think? Is this one you'll try?

Easter Tie Dye Pretzel Bark Recipe

I'm back to my crafty ways, this time with an easy peasy treat recipe to satisfy your sweet tooth over Easter. Because obviously, you won't already be eating enough chocolate... As you know I really got into crafts and 'baking' last year when I took it upon myself to try out some ideas for Halloween and Christmas. Now Easter is upon us and I've decided to bring you some crafty ideas which I hope you'll all like to try and share.

First up is a sweetie bark made with Candy Melts, pretzels, sprinkles and marshmallows. I'm not sure if you've all seen 'bark' before, but it's just a sheet of Candy Melts (which are basically coloured white chocolate) sprinkled with all sorts of goodies. The colours that I've used for this make it perfect for an Easter treat to keep for yourself or give to your friends.

I will say that when I made this it didn't work the way I thought it was going to as the Candy Melts didn't melt as I anticipated. Instead of telling you what I did, I'll tell you what you should do...i.e what I did after to correct it.

You will need:

- A shallow baking tray (deep enough to make a layer of your bark)

- Three packets of Candy Melts (I've used blue, yellow and pink)

- 50g salted pretzels

- Two different types of sprinkles

- Mini marshmallows

- Microwaveable jug/container

- Palette knife spatula

- Airtight container to keep it in when you've made it

Start by breaking up your pretzels and laying them out over the baking tray. You can make these really small or leave them quite big, this is all up to personal preference. Then melt a whole packet of one colour of your Candy Melts, I used yellow for the base. Use the packet instructions to melt and make sure it's nice and smooth before you start to pour it on the baking tray over your pretzels.

I'll just warn you, this won't go smoothly! They don't seem to melt as much as chocolate does so you'll just have to start spreading this across the baking tray with the palette knife. Whilst you are spreading this, melt half a pack of another colour. Dollop this onto your baking tray in different areas and spread this around. Repeat with the last colour until you have filled the baking tray and spread around in a tie-dye pattern.

Once this is complete you can decorate. Take your sprinkles and shake them across the whole tray, then add your marshmallows in whatever placement you like. Make sure you have a shelf clear in the fridge as when you've finished decorating this needs to go in for around 2 hours.

When it's completely set you can lift it out of the tray and break it into chunks. I just got hold of it and started to snap it. It's quite a sickly treat so after I took my photos I've broken it up into smaller bits.

This has been a hit with everyone that's tried it so far! 

What do you think? Is this something you'll be making as an Easter treat? I'd love to see any variations you try!