Candy Bar Icing Recipes

CANDY BAR BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Grind assorted chocolate bars in your food processor until they are small enough to fit through your icing tip and you have ½ cup of crushed chocolate bars.
• Melt your three chocolate squares in the microwave, slowly and carefully until they are liquidy smooth. Set aside to cool.
• Whip the butter in your mixer until it's light and fluffy.
• Add in the cocoa, beating until combined.
• When the chocolate is cool, add it to the butter. Make sure it's cooled!!
• Add the instant coffee to one tablespoon of cream, then add to the butter mixture.
• Now you can put in the icing sugar one cup at a time, beating until combined.
• Adjust the thickness/texture by using another tablespoon of cream, adding it slowly until the texture you want is achieved.
• Beat in the chocolate bars until they are mixed through.
• Refrigerate the icing once it's on cupcakes or keep in a cool place until served that day.

CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour 3 (8 inch) pans.
• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, milk, eggs, oil and instant vanilla pudding mix. Beat on low speed until blended. Scrape bowl, and beat 4 minutes on medium speed. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• To make the frosting: In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese with the white sugar and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Fold in the whipped topping, pecans and chopped chocolate. Spread between layers and on top and sides of cake.

HERSHEY'S BAR FROSTING

Steps:

• Melt Hershey bars.
• Fold some of the cool whip into the melted chocolate to cool the mixture.
• Mix the rest of the cool whip into the chocolate mixture. Whip with a whisk.
• Spread over cooled cake or pour into a graham cracker crust.