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Are you a fan of KitKats? This no-bake dessert for homemade Kit Kat bars is a family favorite and a nostalgic treat. It features crispy vanilla wafers layered with a rich chocolate coating, delivering the perfect crunch. You only need two ingredients to make this copycat recipe and they’re super-simple. Not only that, but these bars deliver all that wonderful Kit Kat bar flavor you know and love. Enjoy one (or more!) as a snack with coffee or tea or for dessert.
Create your own delicious Kit Kat bars at home with this super-easy recipe. The mouthwatering chocolate and vanilla wafer combo is just irresistible!
More tasty snack recipes like these Kit Kat bites include Butterfinger bites, Snickers bites, pretzel turtle bites, or these cranberry nut cluster energy bites.
Why You’ll Love It
Only two ingredients: All you need are vanilla wafers and chocolate chips.
Such an easy recipe: Even beginner home cooks will find these copycat Kit Kat bars a breeze to whip up.
Really delicious: Everyone is going to love these – kids and grownups alike! They just taste so good.
Homemade Kit Kats Ingredients
A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
Vanilla creme wafer cookies: One of the best things about Kit Kat bars.
Semi-sweet chocolate chips: To melt and coat the wafer cookies.
How to Make Kit Kats
For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.
Melt the chocolate: Melt the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl in the microwave.
Coat the wafers: Spread the melted chocolate on top of half the vanilla wafers, press the remaining wafers on top and dip each of the 14 Kit Kat bars in the melted chocolate to coat.
Let them set: Arrange the homemade Kit Kat bars on a wax paper or parchment paper lined baking sheet and refrigerate for at least an hour until completely set.
Substitutions and Variations
Gluten-free option: If you want a gluten-free version of these candy bars, use gluten-free vanilla cookies and chocolate chips.
Chocolate creme wafers: You can use chocolate creme wafers in addition to vanilla. Traditional Kit Kats feature a wafer that alternates between vanilla and chocolate.
Chocolate chips: Although semi sweet chocolate chips are the closest to Kit Kat chocolate, you can sub milk chocolate or even dark chocolate chips.
Add another flavor: Mix in melted butterscotch chips, combine peanut butter chips, add crushed rice cereal, or even include crushed graham crackers in the chocolate layer to give your bars another flavor. The homemade candy bars won’t taste as much like Kit Kats but it can be fun to be a candy bar recipe creator and add your own fun twist!
Serving Suggestions
Appetizers: Start your meal with taco soup or a tuna orzo salad.
Main dishes: Enjoy herb-crusted prime rib with beef au jus and maybe this crispy smashed potato salad next.
Desserts: Homemade Kit Kat bars make a great dessert, perhaps paired with a cup of coffee. You might want to whip up some other candy bars too.
How to Store Kit Kat Bars
Store: Keep these in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a month.
Freeze: You can freeze these for up to 2 months.
Thaw: Defrost the bars in the refrigerator overnight.
Top Tips
Cover them evenly: Make sure that your Kit Kats are completely covered in melted chocolate. I like to use a spoon to spread it along the sides to ensure they’re evenly coated.
Speedy setting: You can refrigerate them for an hour to set or, if you don’t want to wait that long to taste one, pop them in the freezer for half an hour instead!
Excess chocolate: When dipping these, allow any excess chocolate to drip off before placing on the baking sheet to set. They’ll look neater this way.
Enjoy frozen: You can serve these frozen for a refreshing treat!
Homemade Kit Kat FAQs
Well you could leave them on the counter, but the chocolate will get tacky or melt and make them messy to eat.
Your chocolate might become a little discolored while sitting in the fridge for a long period of time. This is just oxidation (coming into contact with the air) and nothing to worry about. It’s similar to when an apple slice browns a bit after sitting on the counter.
Homemade Kit Kat Candy Bar Recipe
Homemade Kit Kat Bars
Equipment
- Baking Sheet 9 x 13-Inch
Ingredients
Instructions
- Line a 9 x 13-inch baking sheet with parchment or wax paper and set aside.
- Melt your chocolate chips in a large microwave-safe bowl.
- Microwave the chocolate for 45 seconds at a time, stirring after each interval until it is completely melted.
- Use a spoon to spread about a teaspoon of chocolate over the top of half the wafer cookies.
- Press the remaining cookies on top of the chocolate, creating 14 thick wafer cookies.
- Dip each wafer cookie in the melted chocolate, using a spoon to ensure they are completely covered in chocolate.
- Once dipped and covered, put each homemade Kit Kat bar on the baking sheet.
- Let the bars set in the fridge for an hour or in the freezer for 30 minutes.
Notes
Speedy setting: You can refrigerate them for an hour to set or, if you don’t want to wait that long to taste one, pop them in the freezer for half an hour instead!
Excess chocolate: When dipping these, allow any excess chocolate to drip off before placing on the baking sheet to set. They’ll look neater this way.
Enjoy frozen: You can serve these frozen for a refreshing treat!
Nutrition
This recipe for Kit Kat bars really delivers on chocolatey flavor and you’ll find them so similar to a Kit Kat bar. You only need two ingredients to make a KitKat bar recipe and it’s so easy to make that even newbies in the kitchen will find the bars a breeze. So, if Kit Kats are one of your favorite ways to treat yourself, try out these homemade Kit Kat bars. You won’t regret it.
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Bella Bucchiotti
Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.
These were a nostalgic treat. Perfect crunch and so simple to make.