Candy Cake
on Jan 24, 2011, Updated Jun 28, 2024
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White Candy Cake is made with one of my all time favorites- rice crispy treats! This dessert is such a fun and cute birthday cake alternative.
Making a rice crispy candy cake is super simple. You start with your basic rice crispy treat recipe and mold it into your desired cake shape. Next, you cover the outside with a little bit frosting and add white chocolate Kit Kats all around the edge of the cake.
Once your Kit-Kats are in place, you fill the top with colorful candy! This cake turns out darling every time and you can customize the candy on top to match your color theme. This candy cake is a total show stopper that takes no time at all. As an added bonus, it works great for summer birthdays because no oven is required. Add some ice cream and you’re done!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Impressive: This cake looks impressive but it’s amazingly easy to put together.
- Great for Any Occasion: This cake is so cute and customizable that you can change it for any party or celebration.
- Fun: It just looks like a party!
Ingredients
- Ingredients for rice crispy treats
- White Kit Kats
- Rock Candy
- Lollipops
- Runts
- Sour Patch Kids
- Nerds Gummy Clusters
- Gumballs
- Shaped Marshmallows
- Frosting: optional. Use your favorite frosting recipe or a container of store-bought frosting.
See the recipe card below for full information on ingredients and quantities
How to Make Candy Cake
Step #1. Make a batch of your favorite rice crispy treats. Press it into two 8″ or 9″ round cake pans.
Step #3. While the rice crispy mixture is still sticky, break the Kit-Kats apart and place them around the outside of the “cake.” Once all the Kit-Kats are in place, tie a ribbon around them and adjust them as needed.
Step #2. Remove it from both cake pans. Stack the rounds on top of each other on your cake stand, use frosting in between the layers to stick them together, if desired.
Step #4. Optional – Cover the top with a layer of frosting. Place all the candy on the top as desired. Serve.
Yes! That is the beauty of rice crispy treats is that they can be made a day early and stored in an airtight container.
I prefer the jet puffed marshmallows. I’ve tried various store brands and the flavor is just a bit off. I like using jet puffed because they offer a hint of vanilla too.
Expert Tips
- Use a variety of candies – the different sizes, textures, and colors help the cake look cute and interesting.
- Plan your design before putting your candies on the cake. (It might be helpful to do a rough paper sketch.)
- You can change up the colors to go with the theme of the party.
- Wait to put the candy on just before the party if it is going to have to sit for a while. The coloring on the candy can bleed onto the frosting.
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Easy Candy Cake
Ingredients
- Ingredients for rice crispy treats
- White Kit Kats
- Rock candy
- Lollipops
- Runts
- Sour Patch Kids
- Nerds Gummy Clusters
- gumballs
- Shaped marshmallows
- 1 batch of frosting, homemade or store-bought
Instructions
- Make up your favorite batch of rice crispy treats.
- Put the mixture into 2 well buttered round cake pans (8 or 9 inch pans, depending on your stand… I used 8 inch for this cake).
- Press firmly into cake pans. Remove from pans, stack on top of each other on your cake stand. Use a layer of frosting between the two cakes, if desired.
- Break all of the Kit Kats apart and start lining the edge of the crispy cake while it is still sticky.
- Once you have gone around, use a big ribbon to hold the Kit Kats onto the cake.
- After I added the ribbon I went back over the Kit Kats and wiggled them closed together, adding a few more sticks where needed.
- Optional: Cover the top of the cake with frosting.
- Fill in the top of the cake with your favorite candy.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- You do not have to make a cake out of rice crispy treats for this recipe, it’s just a fun and easy way to make this a no-bake dessert. You can make any kind of cake you’d like. If making a traditional cake, you can add a thin layer of frosting to it.
- You can also add a little frosting to your rice crispy treat cake if you’d like, it helps the candy to stick a little better.
- Don’t feel like you have to use the candy that I listed, use what you have or like or what matches the colors of your party.
- This is a great cake to customize for parties, showers, and celebrations.
cuuuuute idea!