An apparatus for forming a slab (2, 43) of confectionary mass (3, 44), comprising: a first gap forming element; and a second gap forming element, the second gap forming element being designed as a rotatingly driveable roller having a circumferential surface and a first outer diameter, the first gap forming element and the second gap forming element being designed and arranged with respect to one another such that they form a gap through which the confectionary mass (3, 44) is moved, the thickness of the slap (2, 43) being determinable by the height of the gap, the second gap forming element being designed such that the slab (2, 43) can be supported on a part of the circumferential surface of the second gap forming element, that it can be commonly moved therewith during the rotation and that it can be removed therefrom, and the second gap forming element in each of its two axial outer portions (24, 25) including a commonly rotated carrying element (26, 27) having a second outer diameter being greater than the first outer diameter, characterised by a container for receiving the confectionary mass (3, 44) and for continuously feeding the confectionary mass (3, 44) into the gap, the carrying elements (26, 27) forming opposite lateral limits of the container. a first gap forming element; and a second gap forming element, the second gap forming element being designed as a rotatingly driveable roller having a circumferential surface and a first outer diameter, the first gap forming element and the second gap forming element being designed and arranged with respect to one another such that they form a gap through which the confectionary mass (3, 44) is moved, the thickness of the slap (2, 43) being determinable by the height of the gap, the second gap forming element being designed such that the slab (2, 43) can be supported on a part of the circumferential surface of the second gap forming element, that it can be commonly moved therewith during the rotation and that it can be removed therefrom, and the second gap forming element in each of its two axial outer portions (24, 25) including a commonly rotated carrying element (26, 27) having a second outer diameter being greater than the first outer diameter, characterised by the second gap forming element being designed as a rotatingly driveable roller having a circumferential surface and a first outer diameter, the first gap forming element and the second gap forming element being designed and arranged with respect to one another such that they form a gap through which the confectionary mass (3, 44) is moved, the thickness of the slap (2, 43) being determinable by the height of the gap, the second gap forming element being designed such that the slab (2, 43) can be supported on a part of the circumferential surface of the second gap forming element, that it can be commonly moved therewith during the rotation and that it can be removed therefrom, and the second gap forming element in each of its two axial outer portions (24, 25) including a commonly rotated carrying element (26, 27) having a second outer diameter being greater than the first outer diameter, characterised by a container for receiving the confectionary mass (3, 44) and for continuously feeding the confectionary mass (3, 44) into the gap, the carrying elements (26, 27) forming opposite lateral limits of the container.