Oh 1 last thing I don't know how many kit kats I use because I used those Halloween 2 to a pack ones and I bought a ton at the after Halloween sales for like $1.50 a bag so hit up a candy sale if you see candy barrels in your future They are good for at least a year if kept in a cool dry environment

Thanks for the recipe AndPotts! It sounds super yummy! I can't wait to try it!

OMG I can't wait to try this!

thank you andpotts, for taking the time to do this, you really rock

Andrea, thank you so much. I have been checking everyday hoping you would post your recipe. It sounds absolutely delicious (where's the drooling smiley when you need it?) and looks amazing when sliced into. I can't wait to try it!

Andrea, thanks for taking the time to type up and post how to make this great cake. That is an absolutely wonderful thing that you are doing for the troops with the cookie project!!! I am so glad that you posted this for us. Thanks again!!!

I love your avatar/cake!!

Looked everywhere for the pink M&M's for my dd and finally found them at CVS at $3.99 a bag!!! I didn't know how many to get so I bought 3 just in case (they only had 4 bags). Buying the kit kats today...this is going to be one expensive little cake! I will be making my cake on Friday and was wondering if a 6" takes 8 kit kats and an 8" takes 10, wouldn't a 10" take 12? Should I get 15 just in case? Thanks!

Loved looking at the candy barrel cakes yall have in your photos. I have an idea to cut down on cost a little. You could use wafer cookies. $1.00 a pack at the dollar store. They come in vanilla,(off white color)chocolate & strawberry(pink). The pink would be so cute for a girl or easter cake,valentines. Some of you may know the cookies i am speaking about. You break them apart just like you would a kit kat.
Tammie
I'm gonna have to try this

Here is a picture of the vanilla cookies.

That's a good idea.

I used to eat those vanilla ones like there was no tomorrow! My favorite ones were the ones Winn Dixie used to have in the deli/bakery section.....not all wafer cookies are created equal, lol. Now that Winn Dixie is gone, I have yet to find one I like as much as theirs .

I have thought of using those since the pirouette/pirouline cookies I like to use are so expensive. I have thought the wafers to be too short, though. Has anyone used them before, and are they tall enough for a 2 layer cake?

well here is the way mine came out, I fell in love with the idea and had to try it, I made it for a friend of my grand daughter she was 16 last week but I just had to try it and she loved it and so did my grand daughter. It was so easy and the 16 is 50/50 fondant/gumpaste.

wanted to mention that the kit kats that come in snack size or 2 to a pack are not as tall as the ones you buy in the 4 to a pack. i did a 10" 2 layer and used about 11-12 full size packs which was pretty expensive but i'm going to try it now with the snack size and tort a 1 layer, if it's not tall enough, i'm going to try the cookie or maybe even thin brownie between the chocolate torted layers. i'll update you by friday!

Looks great tatorchip!!!

Can't wait to see it pupandbon. I'm making mine Friday too. I went ahead and bought 15 full size bars, so hopefully that is enough for a 2 layer 10".

I've also been wanting to do one of these. For those of you who have done them before - do you have any problems with the chocolate of the kit kats melting from the warmth of your hands as you apply them to the cake? I was considering freezing them first to try and prevent that.

What a great thread!

Thank you for posting the recipe. I can't wait to try the cookie cake. I'm going to do the barrel cake for fathers day. My husband loves chocolate and kitkats. What a perfect cake! Oh and I love the idea of the wafers. I wonder if it's tall enough.