Turtles

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.

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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.

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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!

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these were amazing! going to be making these every year for christmas

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This recipe got really good reviews from my guests. They are time consuming to make, but are a nice treat. My caramel remained tacky even after setting up in the refrigerator; maybe I should have heated the caramel past 235 degrees? I don't make candy that often, so I am unsure what I can do to change that in the future. Made to enter into our county fair...I'll let you know how that goes!

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GREAT RECIPE!!! Thank you for sharing!! I got several compliments, i was told to never by caramel again to make my own from now on.

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Awesome!

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GREAT!!! I made 30 turtles and still had enough caramel left over to make at least 30-40 more. But, by that point I was tired. So... I spread a layer of chocolate on a pan 11x15 pan lined with waxed paper - chilling it until set. Then I spread the remainder of the caramel on top, added pecans and covered it with more chocolate. It didn't look as neat as the "turtles" but it tasted just as good!

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Very good I have tried other recipes and have had terrible failures this caramel isn't so hard and is very easy to work with. My husband loves turtles and he says their much better than anything he ever purchased at a store except for maybe Savannahs candy kitchen if your ever in Savannah try them out!

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This is a GREAT, foolproof recipe! It comes out flavorful and chewy and takes no time to cook, I think it was 30 minutes TOPS from beginning to end for me. I used butter and my only suggestion would be to maybe cook it to 240 degrees. But I've heard that the right temp depends on the weather and your altitude, so for some 235 may be perfect. This does make a lot of caramel, a full 9x13 pan, so plan accordingly!

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We are making these to enter in our county fair. They are scrumptious!! Like another review mentions, however, we had LOTS of leftover caramel. No worries in our house, though... we made a pan of caramel candies (and ate the rest by the spoonfuls!) Yummy! Thanks, Moe, for a great recipe! :-) One last note - be sure to butter the waxed paper you drop your clusters on to make them easier to remove.

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I gave this recipe five stars for the taste, but I don't understand why it calls for cooking so much caramel. 40 turtles at 1 tsp of caramel each equals less than 1 cup of caramel needed. I ended up with two cups of excess caramel and I put considerably more than 1 tsp of caramel in some of my candies.

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Great, a man with detures was able to eat my candy it was not tacky. I would have liked the carmel to be more "string like" when you bight into it. I'd recomend using semi sweet or bitter sweet chocolate, they gave the best contrast milk chocolate was not very good with this recipe.

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My mom says these are better than the ones you buy in expensive candy shops. What more can I say!? =)

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Delicious! I did not allow to cool. I poured over the pecans which i had put in mini muffin pan. Then chilled those. Dipped in Chocolate. I had to thin the chocolate with crisco (i know... probably a sin) but otherwise it was way too thick. Wonderful, delish!

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These are very addicting! The flavor is awesome. It does take a while to make these but the end results is worth it. Thanks for posting.

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These are awesome! Southern at its best! A little bit of work but well worth it! So gooey, chewy and sweet! YUMMY, YUMMY!!! When my daughter asks for turtles this will be the only recipe I will use! Thanks so much Moe Heon

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This is a GREAT recipe! I've made it once last year for Christmas and 2x this year for work. Everyone is still talking about them! I've been given the title "Turtle Girl" cuz they were so memorable. It's well worth the effort, especially if you love turtles, like I do!!

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I made these today and they turned out fabulous. I am making them for my office and I hope there will be enough left as my husband and I just love them. They are better than I have ever tasted. Better than the boxes of Turtles you you at a store. Will definitely use again.

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A friend brought us a box of these a year ago from New York. My greedy lot were very impressed and I've made a few attempts to copy them - now I've got the real thing - thank you very much.

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