![]() Howard Cox, founder of pressure group FairFuelUK said: "I am delighted our intense campaigning and lobbying with so many in-touch MPs has been highly effective in convincing the Chancellor to keep fuel duty frozen. Given the importance of driving for consumers and businesses, duty should be kept low to help fight inflation." ![]() “The cut has given drivers some much-needed relief in what has been the most torrid year ever at the pumps, with price records being broken even after duty was cut. RAC head of roads policy Nicholas Lyes said: “We welcome the Government’s decision to keep the 5p fuel duty cut in place for another 12 months. The announcement was welcomed by motoring groups and campaigners, who have been lobbying for the fuel cut to remain. The planned 11p rise in fuel duty was cancelled, with last year’s 5p cut retained for another twelve months, which the Government says will save the average motorist £100 a year. Here's what's round the corner for drivers after the Budget: Read more: Car insurance: 10 ways you can be caught out without realising Last year, there were a raft of updates to fuel duty, electronic vehicle (EV) taxation, company car taxation, VAT on EV charge points, and Insurance Premium Tax, but this year, the Chancellor focused on funding for potholes, and continuing the freeze of fuel duty. There were no nasty shocks but two key policies are set to impact drivers across Britain. This time, however, it was a relatively smooth ride for drivers, as Jeremy Hunt concentrated on getting the economy moving by encouraging people back into the workplace and making it easier for the disabled, parents and those on benefits to do so. This article is produced by Broadsheet in partnership with Connoisseur Gourmet Ice Cream’s new Rocky Road ice-cream, part of its new Laneway Sweets range, available now.Budget day can mean a bumpy drive for the UK's 35 million motorists, with petrol prices, vehicle tax and spending on infrastructure all traditionally in the Chancellor's line of vision to boost the nation's coffers. It doesn’t matter if it was invented to give candy another life, or which American dynasty first mixed the components with frozen dairy, rocky road’s combination of chewy marshmallow and sparks of salt to balance its sweetness has proven a formula that can stand the ages. Whatever the provenance of the sweet treat, one thing is true: in a relatively short amount of time, rocky road has gone from a melted mess in my lunchbox to pimping decadent milkshakes, doughnuts and even pizzas. ![]() That no-bake recipe consists of crushed biscuits mixed through with any combination of dried fruit, nuts and sometimes marshmallows. There are also similarities between rocky road and the British chocolate tiffin cake – famously Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite afternoon tea treat. It’s a slick re-imagination of a classic flavour. Connoisseur’s Rocky Road Ice Cream sticks are a neat new example of the latter: a centre of marshmallow flavoured ice cream has been swirled with syrup made from Derwent Valley raspberries and encased in peanut-studded chocolate ice cream, with the entire thing then coated in milk chocolate with more peanuts. These days the Rocky Road we’ve come to know and love still commonly contains peanuts, but is available both as a confectionary and as ice-cream. Even still, a Myer department store in Adelaide was advertising “Rocky Roads” as early as 1933. In Australia, confectionery company Darrell Lea is credited with making rocky road popular in Australia, following company founder Harry Lea’s 1935 recipe featuring toasted marshmallow and roasted peanuts, hand-mixed with milk chocolate. Two competing creation stories are based in Oakland, California in 1929. It differs from the Aussie version in that it doesn’t contain coconut and usually features almonds in place of peanuts. In the United States, rocky road is better known as an ice-cream flavour. Some sources say the name refers to the “rocky road” of the journey, others the perilous path traversed by hopefuls in search of gold. In the mid-19th century, confectionery that didn’t survive the trip across the ocean from England to Australia was glued together with sub-standard chocolate and repackaged as rocky road. This is supposedly how rocky road was invented. By the time I get home, it’s solidified back to something curiously similar to its original form. It bypasses the bin, but is mentally deposited into the too-hard basket. But Australian summers are hot and cruel, and the ziplock bag in my lunchbox now contains little more than a gooey mess of melted chocolate and marshmallow. I’m moments away from unzipping my school backpack and indulging in homemade rocky road, a rare treat for a child more acquainted with vegetable sticks and rice crackers. I’m eight years old and the recess bell has just elicited a Pavlovian drooling response in me.
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