Easy pecan turtles

[madhen]

Easy pecan turtles

Recipe Description

From Betty Crocker - SO easy and SO tasty!!

Preparation Steps:

Preheat oven to 300F

Level of Difficulty:

Uber easy

Time Needed:

15 minutes + chilling time (30 min)

Ingredients:

90 pecan halves
30 soft caramel candies
6 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tsp shortening (plus enough to grease foil)

Serves:

30 candies

Directions:

Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil, shiny side up.

Grease foil.

Place 3 pecan halves in a "Y" for each cookie. Place an unwrapped caramel candy in the center of each "Y".

Bake 8-12 minutes, or long enough to melt caramel.

While baking, put choc chips and shortening in small pot over low heat. Stir constantly until chips are melted.

Remove baking sheet. Spread small amount of chocolate on top of each "Y".

Chill approx 1/2 hour on baking sheet, then remove and store.

[Iansmommy]

My daughter made these this summer and won a blue ribbon at our local fair. I would suggest using the best chocolate carmels you can afford. We used Rolos and they were good, but I think if we used something better like the carmel filled Hershey's Kisses , they would of been even better.

[madhen]

I use plain old Brach's caramels; however, I *have* experimented with the chocolate. I like using the "Special Dark" chips, but not everyone I know likes dark chocolate, so when I make them for platters, I just use the regular semi-sweet.