Name: Turtle Candy Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 36
Ingredients: 3 cups whole pecans; ½ cup butter; 1 cup brown sugar; ½ cup corn syrup; Dash salt; 7 oz sweetened condensed milk; ½ tsp vanilla; 1½ cups Chocolate Chips; ½ tsp Vegetable oil or shortening

How To Make Turtle Candy

Make something irresistible with this turtle candy recipe. Pecans are baked, slathered in caramel sauce, and topped with melted chocolate.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 15 minutes

Rest Time: 1 hour

Total: 1 hour 25 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

3cupswhole pecans
½cupbutter
1cupbrown sugar
½cupcorn syrup
dash salt
7ozsweetened condensed milk
½tspvanilla
1½cupschocolate chips
½tspvegetable oil

Instructions

Place pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 10 minutes or till lightly browned and fragrant. Let cool.
Arrange in clusters of 3 to 4 on silicone liners or parchment paper.
Combine butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and salt in a 6-quart pot. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Add the sweetened condensed milk and vanilla.
Continue cooking and stirring till mixture reaches 235 to 240 degrees F.
Quickly spoon the caramel over the pecan clusters, making sure caramel is touching each of the pecans. Let sit to harden.
Melt the chocolate chips and oil in the microwave at half power, stirring often till smooth. Spoon chocolate on top of each layer of caramel.
Let sit for 1 to 2 hours, or till hardened.