Turtle Candy Recipe
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Turtle Candy

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"Pecans, caramel smothered in melted chocolate -- it's turtle candy."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 3.9 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (34)

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Prep Time:
15 Min
Cook Time:
15 Min
Ready In:
8 Hrs

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Original Recipe Yield 24 candies
 

Ingredients

  • 72 pecan halves
  • 24 individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2 teaspoons shortening

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.
  2. Place three pecan halves in a Y shape on cookie sheet and place caramel in center. Repeat with remaining nuts and caramels.
  3. Place in preheated oven 10 minutes, until caramel is melted.
  4. Melt chocolate chips with shortening in microwave, or in a small saucepan over low heat; stir until smooth. Spoon over candies on sheets. Chill 8 hours or overnight, until firm.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 106 | Total Fat: 6.5g | Cholesterol: < 1mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 31, 2005 by Meg   view full review
Here's a variation on the recipe: 1-14 oz pkg caramels 2 1/2 T. Evaporated Milk 2 cups...
The reviewer gave this recipe 0 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2005 by ROBIN11034   view full review
Because I love turtles, I have tried to make them every year. They have never turned out...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 19, 2003 by JANESCHMIDCOOK   view full review
should melt at 25o degrees for 10 minutes. 350 is too high of heat. It makes the caramels...
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 6, 2007 by Jered   view full review
Passable, but prefer the following changes: 1. "turtles" have four legs, so I use four pecan...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 30, 2006 by Jen   view full review
After reading all the other reviews, I came up with a few modiifcations. I left the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 3, 2004 by ELAINEEV   view full review
This candy taste like the real thing. It was easy to make and I used the microwave to melt...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 23, 2008 by Christina Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
I should have read the reviews before attempting these at all. I was pretty annoyed last night...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 11, 2006 by IMVINTAGE   view full review
I used homemade caramel & I used ghiradelli double chocolate dipping chocolate. These were...
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 7, 2005 by Jessica V.   view full review
The recipe tasted okay, but it was rock hard. I tried one of the reviewer's variation of the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 23, 2003 by IVERYGIRL   view full review
Yikes! What happened to mine? So easy to do, but the caramel in mine became so hard we could...

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