June 2 is Rocky Road Day observed every year. Rocky Road ice cream was composed of chocolate ice cream, nuts, and marshmallows. Today, there are variations with vanilla ice cream, cholate chips and almonds.
Sometime during the late 1920s William Dreyer used inspiration from his partner Joseph Edy’s chocolate candy to make rocky road ice cream. Dryer did something he was probably told a hundred times not to do. He used his wife’s sewing scissors to chop up marshmallows and walnuts and added them to chocolate ice cream.
Another who laid claim to the creation of rocky road ice cream was George Farren. He had simply blended a candy bar into chocolate ice cream creating the creamy dessert.
Australia, people add jam to their rocky road ice cream. And in the United Kingdom, they add cherries and raisins. It instantly became an American favorite and soon became popular all over the world.
Rocky Road Recipe