# What kind of nuts in your rocky road ice cream? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [September 8, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116 "2020-09-08T19:25:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/1 "2020-09-08T19:25:45Z")
I’m getting ready to make some rocky road ice cream, but when I look up the ingredients list, there seems to be a question about what kind of nuts goes into it. What do you say? Walnuts, almonds, or something else? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/2 "2020-09-08T21:27:50Z")
First choice: pecans Second: pecans Third: pecans Cashews are what is in Rocky Road candy bars. They could be choice Four. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/3 "2020-09-08T22:56:00Z")
Moved to Cafe Society (from IMHO). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/4 "2020-09-08T23:03:59Z")
For Rocky Road, you can literally use whatever nuts you have on hand. I’ve used almonds, pecans or walnuts. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/5 "2020-09-08T23:24:30Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > First choice: pecans > Second: pecans > Third: pecans Also, add more pecans ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/6 "2020-09-08T23:25:59Z")
I’ve never seen almonds, but walnuts are the correct choice. The pecan thing must be southern ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/7 "2020-09-09T02:24:11Z")
Almonds. It’s not Rocky Road without almonds. Using another nut might make it Stony Road, or Bumpy Road, or whatever, but not genuine Rocky Road. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/8 "2020-09-09T16:39:26Z")
Deez nuts. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/9 "2020-09-10T13:46:37Z")
I’ve only seen rocky road with almonds. And I hate rocky road because of the almonds. I don’t like nuts in or on ice cream, they’re too hard. Ice cream is supposed to be creamy. Hot fudge, bananas, berries all good - not nuts. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/10 "2020-09-10T14:11:46Z")
I don’t eat much ice cream, I guess. I thought Rocky Road was chocolate and peanuts. 😕 ETA: someone here just told me I was thinking of tin roof icecream? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/11 "2020-09-10T14:16:10Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > ETA: someone here just told me I was thinking of tin roof icecream? The someone there got it in one. Often done as a Tin Roof sundae. My mom put about a half cup of peanuts on them. At the point they become high protein-we could call them supper. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/12 "2020-09-10T15:16:11Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I don’t eat much ice cream, I guess. I thought Rocky Road was chocolate and peanuts. 😕 > > ETA: someone here just told me I was thinking of tin roof icecream? Rocky road is chocolate ice cream with marshmallows, chocolate bits, and nuts Interesting development: After taking an early lead over almonds, walnuts have dropped to second! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/13 "2020-09-10T15:20:10Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > I’ve only seen rocky road with almonds. > > And I hate rocky road because of the almonds. I don’t like nuts in or on ice cream, they’re too hard. Ice cream is supposed to be creamy. Hot fudge, bananas, berries all good - not nuts. I second all of this. Wikipedia tells me that > [@](#): > > According to one source, the flavor was created in March 1929 by [William Dreyer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyer%27s) in [Oakland, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland,_California) when he cut up [walnuts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut) and marshmallows with his wife’s sewing [scissors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors) and added them to his chocolate ice cream in a manner that reflected how his partner [Joseph Edy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Edy)’s chocolate candy creation incorporated walnuts and marshmallow pieces.[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_road_(ice_cream)#cite_note-dreyers-2) Later, the walnuts would be replaced by pieces of toasted [almond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond). ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/14 "2020-09-10T15:28:07Z")
I voted “other” - any (tree) nuts you like, peanuts don’t count. Try macadamias, you won’t regret it. Or hazelnuts. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/15 "2020-09-29T23:07:03Z")
I ended up using pecans. It was great. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/16 "2020-10-01T02:28:25Z")
Walnuts are what is in the well-known local brand. I don’t eat nuts in ice cream unless I add them myself. I hate it when they get mushy. Rocky Road is a big offender in this area. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/17 "2020-10-12T19:23:22Z")
Rocky Road is my favorite ice cream flavor. I love almonds, which is what both Häagen-Dazs and Baskin Robbins use, but when I was a kid we only got ice cream at Friendly’s – and they had Rocky Road with peanuts (which I also love). I’ve never seen it anywhere else, but I chose “other” because peanuts were in the first Rocky Road I ever had. Walnuts in Rocky Road would be an abomination. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-nuts-in-your-rocky-road-ice-cream/920116/18 "2020-10-12T19:32:44Z")
I have only ever seen / eaten it with walnuts though pecans _would_ be delish.