Name: Rocky Road Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 1 Pillsbury Purely Simple Chocolate Cake mix; 3 cups miniature marshmallows; 1 cup chopped pecans; 1/2 cup butter or margarine; 1/3 cup milk; 3 heaping tablespoons cocoa; 1 package powdered sugar (16-ounce); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Rocky Road Cake – a delicious combination of chocolate, marshmallows and nuts in one delicious and easy to make dessert! This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PurelySimple #CollectiveBias

Hi friends! Are you a fan of ROCKY ROAD? The candy, the ice cream…if it has chocolate, marshmallows and nuts you can sign me up! Well today we’re sharing an easy and amazingly delicious Rocky Road Cake with you that we whipped up with Pillsbury’s new Purely Simple cake mix!

Pillsbury Purely Simple ups your baking game by making it so very easy to make a cake using a mix that contains NO colors, preservatives, or artificial flavors, for a homemade taste that’s simply scrumptious. We headed down to our local Kroger store to try them out!

Right where you’d expect them, the new mixes were in the baking isle. And as “icing on the cake” right now you can save $0.50 on 1 mix with this coupon (available: 10/19-11/15 Exp. 11/30).

So for our Rocky Road Cake, we simply started with the amazing Pillsbury Purely Simple chocolate cake mix and baked according to the directions. Just add eggs and butter and you’re ready to rock some Rocky Road!

Once the cake was baked, we topped it with marshmallows, nuts and decadent chocolate frosting. And WOWZA. Let me tell you this was one of the most delicious cakes I have had in a long time! Like the kind that you can’t leave around the house because you’ll EAT IT ALL kind of cake.

5 from 3 votes

Rocky Road Cake

Course Dessert

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Author Kimberly Sneed

Ingredients

1 Pillsbury Purely Simple Chocolate Cake mix
3 cups miniature marshmallows
1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup milk
3 heaping tablespoons cocoa
1 package powdered sugar 16-ounce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Prepare Pillsbury Purely Simple Chocolate cake mix as directed on package, pour into 9x13 inch pan and bake.
When cake is done, sprinkle with miniature marshmallows and nuts.
Put back in oven, and bake until marshmallows begin to melt.
Remove from oven and let cool.
In a heavy sauce pan, over medium heat, bring butter, milk, and cocoa to a boil, stirring until butter melts.
Remove from heat; beat in powdered sugar and vanilla.
Pour frosting evenly over cake in pan.
Serve warm.

Now you can serve it up warm – all ooey gooey with chocolate and marshmallow goodness. Even top it with a little ice cream! Or let it cool and trust me, it’s just as good!

No matter how you slice it – this Rocky Road Cake is amazing! So head down to your local Kroger today and pick up your Pillsbury Purely Simple mix and give it a try!

What would YOU create with the new Pillsbury Purely Simple cake mixes?

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Comments

Kelly @eclecticmommy says

November 10, 2015 at 9:11 pm

HELLO Rocky Road Cake! This cake looks simply amazing. #client

- Martha Coo says
  
  March 25, 2017 at 7:44 am
  
  I wonder how it would turn out if you put 1/2 of the marshmallows and nuts in the batter
  I think I might try that.
  
  - Kimberly Sneed says
    
    March 25, 2017 at 5:04 pm
    
    That sounds delicious, Martha!
    
Paige says

November 11, 2015 at 10:56 am

This cake looks fabulous! I need some in my life right now!

Paige

Victoria says

December 30, 2016 at 9:42 pm

Just made this and it was fantastic !! Thanks for the awesome recipe!

- Kimberly Sneed says
  
  January 1, 2017 at 11:10 am
  
  So happy to hear that, Victoria!
  
Jody Johnson says

March 13, 2017 at 9:38 pm

My granddaughter is turning eight, and she requested a rocky road cake for the family dinner. I hadn’t heard of that before but felt confident I could find a recipe for it. Found your recipe and made it. You should’ve seen her eyes light up when she saw it! The whole family loved it! Thanks for the fun and delicious recipe!

- Kimberly Sneed says
  
  March 14, 2017 at 12:35 pm
  
  Oh Jody – that is so sweet! I’m so happy to hear that, made my day!

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