Jquery .clone() only works once

I'm building a menu ordering app where I have to use Jquery.

I'm using the clone() method to duplicate cart items with the necessary data ejected in. It works once, and then logs and empty object with a <prototype>.

What I am cloning is a section in my HTML I am using as a template with an id to keep it hidden. I remove this on the cloned items.

The ejecting of the data I have excluded as it is working fine and the functions are in other files, but I am open to the idea of them being the cause.

HTML:

        <div class="cart-item" id="cartitem-template">

          <div class="left">
            <div class="image"></div>
            <div class="price"></div>
          </div>

          <div class="mid">
            <div class="name">

            </div>
            <div class="stars">
              <span></span>
            </div>
            <div class="underline"></div>
            <div class="toggleReviews">
              <span></span>
            </div>
          </div>

          <div class="right">
            <div class="remove-cart-item">✕</div>
          </div>

        </div>

      </div>

The JS function:

    buildCartItem = function(menuItem) {
        const template = $("#cartitem-template")

        template
            .removeAttr("id")
            .clone(false)

        const newCartItem = template
        newCartItem.insertAfter(".cart-item")
        console.log(newCartItem)

        //Get object and index atts from clicked menu item
        //Also set that same data into the dom of the cart item
        //As well as set that data to local storage

        ...

        // Apply data to the cloned cart item template
        newCartItem.find(".image").css("background-image", "url(" + data.image + ")")
        setData(".price", "$"+data.price, newCartItem)
        ...
    }

    $(".menu-item").click(function() {
        buildCartItem($(this))
    })

I'm I using .clone() correctly? Honestly stuck

You are removing the attribute "id" from the source element even before cloning, That's why in the subsequent method invocations it could not find an element with the id "cartitem-template". So in your method buildCartItem, remove "id" after cloning.

const newCartItem = template.clone(false).removeAttr("id");