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This candy bar cake is the perfect solution to leftover candy. Chop up a mixture of your favorite candy bars and turn them into a delicious cake.
The end of a holiday always seem to leave me with extra candy in the house. Whether it is from the trick or treat bucket or the Easter bunny, this cake is a great way to use up some of those extra candy bars.
The cake is moist and delicious and the candy bars give it a nice addition of chocolate, caramel, and crunch. It is easy to make, but be careful. You may find yourself going to the store to grab a couple more candy bars to make this cake again.
Ingredients Needed
- All Purpose Flour
- Sugar, granulated sugar and light brown sugar
- Butter
- Buttermilk
- Egg
- Pure Vanilla Extract
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Candy Bars, 5 full size candy bars or 10 oz of fun size candy bars. You can use all of one kind of candy bar or use a mixture of your favorite candy bars.
How to Make Candy Bar Cake
- Combine sugars, flour and butter in a large bowl using a pastry blender until the mixture is crumbly and coarse.
- Set aside 1/2 of the crumb mixture in a separate bowl.
- Add buttermilk, egg, vanilla, baking soda and salt to the crumb mixture and mix well
- Pour the batter into a lightly greased 9×13 pan and smooth to the edges.
- Sprinkle the remaining half of the dry mixture on top of the cake batter.
- Add your chopped up candy bars to the top.
- Bake at 350 degrees F until the top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25-30 minutes
Tips from leigh Anne
- For this batch I used Snickers, Twix, and Milky Way which gave it a nice crunch and lots of gooey caramel. I think I will try Heath Bars and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups next.
- The cake may fall slightly in the center due to the weight of the candy. Don’t worry, it is still delicious.
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Candy Bar Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 cup flour
- 8 tablespoons butter softened
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 5 Milky Way bars full sized, chopped or 10 oz. of smaller candy bars
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Lightly grease a 9×13-inch pan and set aside
- In a large bowl, mix together the sugars, flour and butter
- Crumble these ingredients together with a pastry blender, until the mixture is crumbly and coarse Set aside 1/2 cup of the crumbs to a small bowl
- In another bowl combine the remaining crumbs, the buttermilk, egg, vanilla, baking soda and salt Mix well
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing it to the edges
- Sprinkle the top of the cake with the reserved crumbs and chopped candy bars
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until the center is no longer gooey but a toothpick inserted comes out with moist crumbs
- The cake may fall slightly in the center leaving the edges raised
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Jenny says
I heard Glenn Beck talking about a Milky Way cake not too long ago. It sounds similar, but was made with just the candy barn, butter and a cake mix. Sounds so good!
Melissa Suit says
Made this last night. It looks yummy. I made it in my brownie pan that makes squares. And I put them in heart cupcake holders. I can’t wait for my friends at Girls Grub and Gab to enjoy them. Thanks for the recipe.
kalee says
Try your favorite choc chip cookie with cut up candy bars added when hot out of oven. Or a lemon sugar cookie with lemon heads right out of oven. You get the picture. Candy bar cookies! Our favorite.
Erin @ Making Memories says
Oh my! I think Heath would be amazing but with Milky Ways it looks delish too. I’d eat the whole thing too. Thanks for the recipe! We’ll be making this soon!!!
Leigh Anne says
Marilee, They came from the Decorette Shop in Tigard.