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Create a candy cake made out of your favorite candy bars for your next celebration. It is the perfect gift for the candy lover in your life.
Why You’ll Love This!
A candy cake usually cost less than $10 to make and can be customized for any event such as birthday cake, graduation gift or even a wedding.  It’s the perfect way to use up leftover halloween candy too.
They are perfect for that hard to buy for person too! The best part is there is no baking, no oven or no actual ingredients involved except candy!
Supplies Needed
- Candy Bars, 20 or so full size candy bars, depending on size of cake wanted. You can use Snickers, Milky Way bars, Kit Kats
- Metal Tin
- Cardboard Circle
- Foil
- Double Sided Tape
- Shredded Paper
How to Make a Candy Cake
- Cover cardboard circle with foil. Attach several strips of tape to top edge of largest tin.
- Place tin upside down (i.e. taped side down) in center of cardboard circle.
- Attach a smaller tin on top if desired using tape.
- Using strips of double sided tape, attach candy bars around bottom tin.
- Use several strips on each candy bar to make sure they adhere well.
- Keep adding candy bars around tin. Try not to eat any! 🙂
- Finish with bottom tin.
- Repeat on top tin with smaller candy bars.
- Add paper shred if desired.
- Add a paper strip on top.
- Tie a ribbon around the bottom of the cake.
- Add a fun toy or even a tiny blue pail filled with even more candy on top of the cake.
- Wrap in cellophane for the finishing touch and easy transport.
Who are you going to make your first candy cake for??
Just think of all the possibilities!
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Jenni Coberly says
I made this for my chocolate loving friends birthday on Friday. She loved it. I didn’t have any tins on hand so I cut a rounded oatmeal container down and then used an old tuna can and then propped that up on a mushroom can. That probably doesn’t make any sense but it was nice to use old things I just had laying around the house. Thanks for the idea. It was fun to make!!
Michelle says
I love this idea so much …. I may have to run out now to make one for my family for valentine’s day 🙂
Gayle Dethman says
I love this for back stage gifts. I always gave my girls flowers, but wondered about the boys. This would be perfect, and so appreciated as they could be shared back stage! I love reading your blog. I remember you were talented, but had no idea HOW talented!
Carolyn says
I am going to a restuarant with the family for one of my daughters birthdays and this would travel well, not cause any problems with the restuarant and be fun.
cindy says
Wow, I thought I knew all the party tricks–this is a fun new idea. I have made countless candy bar ‘posters’, but never a cake. Thanks!