Turtle Brownies Recipe
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Turtle Brownies

By: Joseph 
"These brownies have pecans and caramel, much like turtle candies."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 3.9 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (14)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 1 dozen
 

Ingredients

  • 2 cups chopped pecans
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 24 individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped
  • 42 pecan halves

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
  2. Mix the sugar, butter, eggs and cocoa until just blended. Slowly add flour and one teaspoon of the vanilla. Mix until just blended. Spread batter in pan and top with chopped pecans.
  3. Bake about 25 minutes. Let cool on wire rack.
  4. In saucepan over low heat, melt caramels, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in remaining vanilla. Drizzle over brownies in parallel rows and press pecan halves into the caramel in neat rows. Let set for at least 10 minutes.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 583 | Total Fat: 36.5g | Cholesterol: 113mg 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. 21, 2007 by LISARUTH!   view full review
I changed this recipe quite a bit. I didn't have pecans so I used walnuts. After reading the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 23, 2003 by CATJENKINS   view full review
These are good, but just a touch too dry for my families taste. Ice cream over it solves that...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2006 by Kiwi Hilary   view full review
I love this recipe because turtles are my favorite candy. I also found the caramels hardened...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 11, 2009 by Mufifncake   view full review
This brownies came out deliciously! I read the other reviews mentioning dryness and combated...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 27, 2009 by Wildflower Hill Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
Yummmy! Followed recipe for brownies but used caramel icecream topping instead of the caramel...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 23, 2008 by kgmommy   view full review
I would have to say this is a good recipe but the other reviews are right, a little too dry. I...
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 20, 2005 by joesgirljeri   view full review
This was only OK. I prepared the caramels exactly as instructed and they hardened too much on...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 23, 2007 by ZEROKILL   view full review
Straightforward, yet glamorous looking brownies. Very tasty.
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on May 12, 2010 by stefaniestar   view full review
Everybody loved these brownies. The caramel was a bit difficult to spread on, but I didn't...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 17, 2004 by REBEKAH39   view full review
These were a little dry but my husband solved that matter. He drank lots of milk and seemed...

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