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I wanted to share with you this creative alternative for a traditional cake. If you have a candy bar fanatic or you are looking for an alternative to “cake” then look not further than this idea! Using candy bars you can create an alternative to purchasing expensive store bought cakes. Or if you are cake decorating “challenged” you can give this a try! I think its a mess free alternative to cake 
Thanks to our reader Sandy for sharing this with us to MiMi Chamberlain-Daley who created it. MiMi is the executive director of the food bank at CAIN, Churches Active In Northside.
Mimi got her inspiration from this website. I love thinking outside of the box and utilizing your Stockpile!
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Love this idea- but for me! Maybe need to print this out and give it to my husband as a reminder….
Good Idea!
Great idea!!!!
That is a really great idea! So much less mess an easy to “cut up,” too!
love this idea! my son’s bday is in april and i’m no cake baker!
Enjoy!
My hubby would love this
Mine too
Thanks for linking up your Candy Bar cake at Extreme Personal Measures. Very creative.
Denise
You are welcome!
At a holiday party, my friend and I did that, however we unwrapped them and used napkins to move them so we didn’t touch every piece of candy. Everyone ate them so fast that we decided it’s best to keep them wrapped. It makes people work for the treat and any leftovers are easily packed up!
Love it!
It’s a cute idea, but I don’t see how it can count as “frugal.” I counted 37 candy bars visible in the picture, so the entire cake probably uses ~70. At $0.50 each, that’s at least $35, plus tax. You can make your own cake for a few dollars, or if you aren’t good at baking and decorating, Sam’s Club has a great bakery and you can have them custom-decorate a cake for no extra charge. The 9″ round I bought for my daughter’s birthday was $13, the larger cakes run in the $20 range. Even Kroger and Walmart cakes are cheaper than $35, and I know Publix makes awesome cakes for reasonable prices (I don’t have a Publix nearby to compare prices).
Jessie – I get candy bars for free
Very frugal and alternative to cake 
Not to mention there’s occasionally BOGO or B2G1 deals in store and manufacturers’ coupons on top of that, you could get candy relatively cheap. I was able to buy 6 bags of M&Ms for the price of one because of in store deals and coupon stacking.
Love free or almost free candy!
I will have to make this for my friend that is obsessed with Reese’s! Hopefully I can find a good coupon to use!
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