In this recipe for Rocky Road Fudge Bars, there are three delicious layers: a chocolate base, a creamy/nutty filling and chocolate frosting.

stack of three rocky road fudge bars

Just like Rocky Road Ice Cream, these rocky road fudge bars have all of the components of traditional rocky road. There is plenty of chocolate, marshmallows and nuts. Rocky road is such a popular, iconic American flavor. And these bars are delicious and have it all!

Ingredients needed:

  • butter
  • unsweetened chocolate
  • all purpose flour
  • white sugar
  • baking powder
  • vanilla extract
  • eggs
  • walnuts
  • cream cheese
  • semisweet chocolate chips
  • mini marshmallows
  • milk
  • powdered sugar

four photos showing how to make rocky road fudge bars

How to make Rocky Road Fudge Bars:

The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 13×9-inch pan with baking spray.
 
Make the first layer. In a large saucepan over low heat, melt the butter and chocolate, whisking constantly until well blended. Whisk in the flour, and then add the remaining base ingredients. Mix well. Spread into the prepared pan.
In a small bowl, combine all of the filling ingredients excepts the nuts, chocolate chips and marshmallows. Beat 1 minute at medium speed until smooth and fluffy, then stir in the nuts. Spread the mixture over the base, and sprinkle evenly with the chocolate chips.
 
Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove the pan from the oven and immediately sprinkle marshmallows on top. Return to the oven and bake an additional 2 minutes.

rocky road fudge bars in a pan

In a large saucepan over low heat, combine the butter, milk, chocolate and cream cheese, stirring until melted and blended. Remove from heat; stir in the powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth. Pour the frosting over the marshmallows and lightly swirl with a knife to marble.

rocky road fudge bars cut into squares and still in pan

Refrigerate these rocky road fudge bars until firm. Cut into bars. You can cut them into smaller bars (they’re quite rich). Or you can opt to cut them into more brownie-sized bars.

rocky road fudge bars

See those perfect rocky road layers? Yum!

stacked rocky road fudge bars

This amazing recipe came from a Pillsbury Bake Off cookbook- you know, the magazine-like booklets they used to sell at the grocery checkout stand? It was a winner in Bake-Off® Contest 23 in 1972. Mary Wilson of Leesburg, Georgia was the creator of these yummy rocky road fudge bars.

People have been baking them ever since. I hope Mary and her family are aware of what a gift she gave the dessert world. Bake them, and let us know what you think. Enjoy!

stack of two rocky road fudge bars with bite taken out of top bar

Rocky Road Recipes:

stack of three rocky road fudge bars
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Rocky Road Fudge Bars

By RecipeGirl.com (shared from a Pillsbury Bake Off Winner 1972)
These bars are sweet and delicious!
Prep: 30 minutes
Cook: 35 minutes
Total: 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 36 bars
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Ingredients

BASE:

FILLING:

FROSTING:

Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 13x9-inch pan with baking spray.

MAKE THE BASE:

  • In a large saucepan over low heat, melt the butter and chocolate, whisking constantly until well blended. Whisk in the flour, and then add the remaining base ingredients. Mix well. Spread into the prepared pan.

MAKE THE FILLING:

  • In a small bowl, combine all of the filling ingredients excepts the nuts, chocolate chips and marshmallows. Beat 1 minute at medium speed until smooth and fluffy, then stir in the nuts. Spread the mixture over the base, and sprinkle evenly with the chocolate chips.
  • Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove the pan from the oven and immediately sprinkle marshmallows on top. Return to the oven and bake an additional 2 minutes.

MAKE THE FROSTING:

  • In large saucepan over low heat, combine the butter, milk, chocolate and cream cheese, stirring until melted and blended. Remove from heat; stir in the powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth. Pour the frosting over the marshmallows and lightly swirl with a knife to marble.
  • Refrigerate until firm. Cut into bars.

Nutrition

Serving: 1bar, Calories: 227kcal, Carbohydrates: 27g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 13g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 36mg, Sodium: 84mg, Potassium: 76mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 22g, Vitamin A: 276IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 26mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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2 Comments

  1. J Lewis says:

    Thank you for posting this recipe , I’ve been searching for it for many years . Growing up in Astoria Oregon there was a market near my house called Peter Pan market and they sold these bars individually wrapped on their bakery counter and they were my favorite snack but I never could figure out the recipe or what exactly it was called funny they called them rocky road bars lol 😂 so it was in plain sight . Now I can make myself ! Thank you for posting

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  2. Nadine says:

    Thank you for posting this recipe! I made these all the time in the 80’s after finding the recipe in magazine (I think it was part of an ad for some product?) and I had lost the recipe a while ago. These are the most delicious bars! I would generally put in the entire 12 oz of semi-sweet chocolate chips and occasionally also add coconut and or butterscotch chips too. Yummy!!!

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