When is National Rocky Road Day?
National Rocky Road Day celebrates chocolate ice cream with nuts and marshmallows, and it falls on June 2 every year.
When National Rocky Road Day falls
Next
Wednesday, June 2, 2027
in 217 days
The one after
Friday, June 2, 2028
Every year
June 2 every year
Informal observance
National Rocky Road Day is a day for rocky road: chocolate ice cream with nuts and marshmallows. It falls on June 2 every year, whatever the day of the week.
It is an informal observance listed by day-calendar sites and trade groups. It is not a proclaimed holiday, and no law or proclamation names it. That makes it an easy, low-key reason to share a scoop.
Informal observance. An informal observance, listed by day-calendar sites and trade groups. It is not a proclaimed holiday.
Ways to mark the day
- Make a chocolate base with the Base Builder and Batch Scaler, then fold in chopped nuts and mini marshmallows as it finishes churning.
- Use the Recipe Scaler and Converter to resize a favorite rocky road recipe to your machine and switch cups to grams.
- Check the ice cream scoop size chart to pick a disher and see how many scoops a container gives for a class or office.
- Set up a toppings bar at home or at work with chocolate ice cream, nuts and marshmallows so everyone builds their own rocky road bowl.
Plan it with these
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Base Builder and Batch Scaler
Ice cream base recipe sized to your machine
Pick a style and your machine, and get a base formula in grams and cups with fat, sugar and solids checked.
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Recipe Scaler and Converter
Ice cream recipe converter: cups to grams
Scale an ice cream recipe by a factor, a batch volume or your machine, and see every line in grams and cups.
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Scoop size chart
Ice cream scoop sizes and the disher number chart
The number stamped on an ice cream scoop tells you how many level scoopfuls fill one quart, so a #8 holds 4 fluid ounces (1/2 cup) and a #16 holds 2.
Read about the flavor
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Flavor library
Rocky road ice cream
Chocolate ice cream with marshmallows and almonds or walnuts
Where the day comes from
National Rocky Road Day is an informal observance listed by day-calendar sites and trade groups. It is not a proclaimed holiday, and no law or proclamation names it. It simply comes around every June 2. That makes it easy to plan for and easy to drop into a newsletter or a school calendar.
Where the day itself started is an open question. National Day Calendar lists National Rocky Road Day on June 2 and says it is still researching the day’s origin. So far, nobody is on record as the person or group who began it.
The flavor has a story of its own, though that story is not settled either. National Day Calendar describes rocky road as chocolate ice cream with nuts and marshmallows. It also reports competing claims about who first made it, including William Dreyer in the late 1920s and George Farren. If you share the story, it is fairest to say the claims compete rather than name one inventor. The treat itself needs no settled history to enjoy: a bowl of chocolate ice cream, a handful of nuts and a few soft marshmallows will do.
Questions people ask
When is National Rocky Road Day?
National Rocky Road Day falls on June 2 every year. The date stays the same, so only the day of the week changes. This page shows the next two dates and how many days are left until the next one.
Is National Rocky Road Day an official holiday?
No. It is an informal observance listed by day-calendar sites and trade groups. No law or proclamation names it, so it is not a proclaimed holiday. Think of it as a friendly excuse for a scoop of rocky road.
Who invented rocky road ice cream?
Nobody can say for sure. National Day Calendar reports competing claims for who first made it, including William Dreyer in the late 1920s and George Farren. Because the claims compete, it is fairest not to name a single inventor.
Who started National Rocky Road Day?
The origin is not known. National Day Calendar lists National Rocky Road Day on June 2, but it says it is still researching where the day came from, so no founder is on record there.
Sources
- National Rocky Road Day (June 2) National Day Calendar
Every data source the site uses is on the Sources page.
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