Turtles

Moe Heon's Note:

Candy

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 6

Yield: 35.0 turtles

• 1 cup margarine or 1 cup butter
• 2 ½ cups brown sugar (demerara)
• 1 (14 ounce) can Eagle Brand Condensed Milk
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups toasted pecan halves
• 1 (16 ounce) package chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Butter heavy saucepan, melt butter or margarine, stir in brown sugar, stir thoroughly, stir in corn syrup stirring thoroughly.
2. Gradually add the condensed milk stirring constantly until all sugar dissolves and mixture comes to boiling.
3. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture registers 235°F on candy thermometer.
4. Cool and stir in vanilla.
5. Chill.
6. Caramel should be slightly sticky.
7. Toast pecans in a 300°F oven for 15 or 20 minutes.
8. Cool.
9. Arrange pecans on cookie sheet spoke fashion, four for legs and one for head.
10. Drop one teaspoon of caramel mix in center of pecans.
11. Chill.
12. Melt chocolate chips and spread over caramel.
13. Chill.

Reviews

[April Nozicka]

This is an awesome recipe!!! I would prefer these turtles over Fannie May, any day! It is a bit time consuming, but the results are fantastic.

[Cookieboo]

The recipe calls for 1 can of condensed milk.... doesnt specify if this is the sweetened type or the plain condensed cooking milk. Since it didnt say "sweetened" I used the plain and it didnt turn out well at all. Please correct this ingredient description.

[WorkingDogz]

Great recipe! As good as what I have bought in the Savannah candy shops. I modified the recipe a bit and made Gophers. I coarsely chopped the pecans and formed into "patties" with a cookie cutter as a round mold, then poured the caramel over the nuts in a circle. I skipped step 5 and just let the caramel cool on the stove until the right consistency to pour over the pecan "patties". Swirled the melted chocolate (I used milk, semi-sweet and white) on top of the caramel. Made wonderful Christmas gifts! Thanks for a great recipe!