Talk:Rocky road (dessert)

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When[edit]

... did this dessert originate? Sounds pretty Fiftiesish to me. However the icecream was created during the Great Depression. Maikel (talk) 10:01, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The back of the Edy's Ice Cream I'm eating right now (Red, White, and No More Blues) claims that Rocky Road was created in 1929 "to give the world a reason to smile during the Great Depression," for what it's worth. 98.218.196.224 (talk) 16:02, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I saw a program on the food channel claiming that the ice cream was created during the great depression hence it's name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.211.242.98 (talk) 04:56, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is an article about the dessert, not the ice cream. Tomalak Geret'kal (talk) 16:34, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Recipes[edit]

If needed, I am quite happy to create a factsheet with the three recipes on it for Australian, Nigella Express and the other Rocky Road recipes if you'd like. Thomas Sales (talk)

Merger[edit]

The merger looks like a good idea to me. One more thorough article would be good. There's also a Rocky-Road candy bar made by Annabelles. ChildofMidnight (talk) 09:57, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also think the merger would be a good idea, it will result in one quite long article but I think that could work quite well, rather than this short article. -- Horkana (talk) 14:47, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I vote for leaving the articles separate. Why combine them? They are different foods, they require different pages. May as well put chocolate ice cream in the same article as vanilla, being they are nearly the same thing...yet not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.164.79.104 (talk) 03:27, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If the articles for chocolate and vanilla ice cream, or coca and cherry cola were both very short I'd be in favour of a merge too. I think for a reader interested in learning about "Rocky Road" it is better and more convenient to have both together and it is the readers rather than the editors/categorisers we should prioritise. -- Horkana (talk) 12:26, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, I vote for leaving them separate. They are completely different. I wouldn't want to get an article about cupcakes when looking for ice cream and vice versa. Leave them separate. All you need to do is gather more information about the second one to make it more researched. But they do not need to be merged. Putting ice cream in the same article as a cupcake would not make sense because they are completely different. The only similarity would be that they are desserts. If you merge this you might as well add truffles or cheesecake to the article. --Kpflefty (talk) 15:40, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This merger proposal is dead. Purplebackpack89 (talk) 07:27, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the various Rocky Road pages perhaps should be merged, because the current distinctions are not accurate. The case I'd like to point out is that Rocky Road in Australia is *not* a dessert, it is a type of chocolate bar. It is not eaten as a dessert any more that a Cherry Ripe or Mars Bar is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.47.46.75 (talk) 04:26, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Another merger proposal[edit]

There is another very similar US-centric page at Rocky Road Candy. This page should really be a disambiguation page with links to the Rocky road ice cream article, the Annabelle Candy Company (maker of the Rocky Road candy bar), and the Rocky Road Candy page, which should be modified to include the UK and Australian variations. Does that seem acceptable? --Esprqii (talk) 23:21, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, I don't see why all this crap about ice cream is on this page. It's specifically an article about the dessert form of Rocky Road, and there is a separate article for the ice cream flavour... but people keep adding the US rubbish onto it. Merging should alleviate this. Tomalak Geret'kal (talk) 16:33, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I reckon there should a single page for Rocky Road with separate sections for 1)Ice-cream 2)Desert 3)Confectionary/Candy. All three types of Rocky Road are based upon similar ingredients so I think it makes sense. --Cskitch (talk) 14:12, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

UK Ingredients[edit]

I think that "main ingredients" is a bit misleading. For example, the rocky road I am eating right now, is just chocolate biscuit, and marshmallow (and possibly other unnoticeable stuff). There is no trace of raisins, those these are usually included in most other rocky roads I've had. However, not one rocky road I have had has ever had cherries of any form. I suppose it's regional variations (I'm in the Northeast), but I think it's misleading to have "main ingredients" that are completely optional and are still (in my opinion) legitimate rocky roads. Knyght (talk) 14:59, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

American cuisine LOL[edit]

I laughed so hard when I read the oxymoron "American cuisine" in this article! Just like "American scientist" or "American culture" it's just so funny! Stick with your Mickey Mouse and McDonald's, folks! 84.128.174.23 (talk) 07:45, 16 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So little information[edit]

Is so little really known about Rocky Road and Tiffin (confectionery)??? 2A02:C7C:C4CD:A500:39D5:558E:DE73:3EB9 (talk) 16:48, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]