I made these Turtles for Valentine's Day, because they are both my mom's and Charly's favorites. I found the recipe at If You Give a Blonde a Kitchen. I love the name of her blog. Anyway, these Turtles are delicious and very easy to make. I did need to make a few adjustments to the recipe, because the caramel was a little too runny to work with. I ended up adjusting the amount of milk that is added to the caramels, and that was much easier to work with. I also used more chocolate, because we like to have most of the caramel inside the turtle.
Turtles
Ingredients:
3 oz pecan halves (60 pecan halves)
30 individually wrapped caramels (1 11 oz bag) (I used Werthers Chewy caramels, because I couldn't find Kraft, I don't know if that would make a difference with the addition of milk)
1 1/2 to 2 tsp milk
2 cups chocolate chips
Directions:
Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Place 2 pecans halves next to each other, on the parchment paper and repeat this with the rest of the pecans. You will have pecans for 30 turtles.
Unwrap the caramels and place them in a saucepan with the milk and stir over medium heat until melted and smooth.
Drop a teaspoon of caramel over each set of pecans.
I let them cool in the freezer for about 10 minutes.
Melt the chocolate in the microwave for 30 second intervals, stirring in between each 30 seconds, until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
Pull the pecan caramel pieces out of the freezer, they should be hard enough to work with now.
Drop a spoonful of chocolate on the second parchment lined cookie sheet and place a set of caramel/pecan pieces with the pecan side down onto the chocolate.
Repeat with the remaining caramel/pecan pieces.
Next, drop a spoonful of chocolate over the top of the turtle, leaving a little bit of the caramel showing.
Repeat with remaining turtles.
Once cool, you can place the turtles in paper liners and put in a pretty box to give as a gift.
This makes 30 Turtles.
I hope you enjoy this recipe. What is your favorite candy? I always love hearing from you.
Have a great week.
Debi
These are one of my most favorite candies! Going shopping for the ingredients! Pinned!
ReplyDeleteOh, my! This seems so easy to make. Turtles are my favorite, too! Thanks for sharing the recipe. I'm pinning so I'll have the recipe after getting the ingredients. What happened to losing weight in 2014? (Me, not you!) :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Kim,
DeleteThey are really easy to make. Thanks so much for pinning. I'm trying to loose weight also, but I guess Valentines Day is a special occasion.
Have a great week.
Debi
These look amazing! Yum
ReplyDeleteHi Stephanie,
DeleteThanks so much, and thanks for stopping by.
Have a great week.
Debi
Stopping by from Play.Party/Pin and these look SO GOOD!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy that you came by. Thanks so much.
DeleteHave a great week.
Debi
These seriously look incredible, I love turtles and definitely need to make these! Thanks for sharing on the weekend re-Treat Link Party!
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Hi Britni,
DeleteThanks so much for the party. These are pretty good and really easy to make.
Thanks for stopping by.
Debi
I love turtles but they are so expensive. Yours look good. I'll have to pin for future reference. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe. Best wishes, Darlene
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