Best Caramel Turtles Recipes

CARAMEL TURTLES® BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan. Set aside.
• Unwrap caramels and place in saucepan with 2 Tablespoons evaporated milk. Melt over medium to low heat, stirring constantly.
• In a large bowl, combine the remaining evaporated milk, dry cake mix, and melted butter. Stir until well blended. Spread half of this mixture in the prepared pan. Bake for 10 minutes.
• Remove brownies from oven. Sprinkle chocolate chips and drizzle melted caramels over the top. Drop remaining cake mixture by teaspoonfuls over all. Return to oven for 20 minutes. Garnish with whole pecans if you'd like.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL PECAN TURTLES

Steps:

• Toast pecans at 300 degrees on a cookie sheet for 5 to 6 minutes until fragrant. Let cool.
• Line 2 large cookie sheets with parchment paper and spray lightly with non stick cooking spray.
• Arrange the pecans on the sheet in small groups of 3.
• To make the caramel, melt butter in a medium sized sauce pan.
• Add brown sugar, corn syrup, 7 ounces sweetened condensed milk.
• Cook and stir over medium high heat until it reaches 235 degrees on your candy thermometer or the soft ball stage. (Clings together well when you drop 1/2 teaspoon of caramel in cold water).
• Then remove the caramel from heat and stir in vanilla. Carefully spoon caramel over each nut cluster covering all the nuts.
• For the chocolate topping melt the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl or big glass measuring cup. Heat for 30 seconds at a time stirring after each interval until all melted and smooth.
• Then add in 1/2 teaspoon shortening to the melted chocolate chips. Stir all together until its blended in.
• Spoon the melted chocolate over the caramel and spread around with the back of a spoon.
• Once they set up you can eat them or store them in an airtight container.
• Great for gift giving and holiday parties.

CHOCOLATE-COVERED CARAMEL NUT TURTLES

Steps:

• Combine the sugars, syrup, butter and 1 cup of the evaporated milk, and bring to a boil. Add the other cup of evaporated milk slowly, stirring constantly, and cook until it reaches 255 degrees on a candy thermometer. Add the vanilla and pecans and mix well. Pour into a 9 by 11-inch greased pan and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature, cut into squares then dip in chocolate. If you'd like to make a turtle, spoon dollops of the caramel pecan mixture onto a greased sheet pan, with 5 pecans in each mound (4 legs and head). Refrigerate to set, then dip in chocolate.;

PECAN CARAMEL TURTLES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Cover cookies sheet with aluminum foil, shiny side exposed. Lightly grease foil with vegetable oil spray. Place 3 pecan halves in a Y shape on the foil. Place 1 caramel candy in the center of each Y. Bake just until caramel is melted, about 9 to 10 minutes. Heat shortening and chocolate chips over low heat just until chocolate is melted. Spread over candies and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL TURTLES

Steps:

• 1. Prepare countertop with parchment paper (NOT wax paper - it'll stick to your caramel). Arrange toasted pecan halves in a five-point star shape, dropping crumbs or small broken pieces in the middle. Should make about 30.
• 2. Using a double boiler (or a glass bowl set over a saucepan - method: fill saucepan about a 1/4 full of water, set bowl on top. Boil gently to melt ingredients.) Melt the caramels and Cool-Whip. Stir frequently to smooth out clumps.
• 3. When the caramel is smooth, drop tablespoonfuls of it onto the center of the pecans. (I use 2 spoons to accomplish this) Let harden.
• 4. Clean out your bowl, and use the same double boiler process to melt your chocolate. When your chocolate has melted. Spread over caramel on the turtles and let set.
• 5. If you're having trouble with the chocolate setting, use scissors to cut the parchament paper into squares around each turtle. Place on a tray or in a container and refrigerate for about an hour. Once set, remove from refrigerator and remove parchament paper bottoms.

CARAMEL PECAN TURTLES (2004)

Steps:

• Cream crisco and sugars. Add milk. Beat in eggs one at a time; add vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Mix into creamed mixture. Chill one hour. Heat oven to 350F. Roll out 1/3 of dough at a time, to 1/4" thickness on a floured surface. Cut out with 2 1/4" cookie cutters. Place 2" apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 5-6 minutes, until edges are slightly golden. Remove to cooling rack. For topping, combine caramels and milk in small saucepan and melt over very low heat. Stir frequently until smooth. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls on top of each cookie. Place 3 pecan halves around edge of caramel. Melt chocolate on range top in small saucepan on very low heat. Spread rounded teaspoonfuls over top of caramel. Don't cover pecans. Cool completely.

CARAMEL PECAN TURTLES

Steps:

• Spread out a couple of sheets of wax paper, about the size of a large cookie sheet. Melt dark chocolate in microwave, following melting instructions on the candy melt package. Do not overcook it or you've ruined it, though a friend told me a couple drops of veg. oil will restore it. The consistency will be melted, but not runny - i.e. you won't be able to stir, hold the spoon up & have chocolate dripping off it like a waterfall (if this is your expectation, you will burn it!). Take melted dk. chocolate and using a cereal or soup spoon, get a spoonful, dollop onto wax paper & use the back of the spoon to smooth into a circle a tad larger than a silver dollar. This is the bottom of the turtle - the "plastron" in turtle lingo! Before the dk. choc. starts to harden, put 4 pecan halves onto the dark choc. w/a little bit of pecan extending over the edges .these are the "feet". Let cool. As your plastron is cooling, melt the caramel in a saucepan w/a teaspoon or so of water. Use low heat & stir frequently w/a wooden spoon. Once caramel is melted, take a cereal/soup spoon & carefully ladle caramel over the pecans. Let cool. Once your caramel has cooled, melt the light choc. in the microwave. To form the top of the turtle (the "carapace" in turtle lingo), spoon light chocolate over the caramel & smooth w/spoon to make it look pretty. Let cool. Pack in decorative tins or other container, putting a wax paper layer in between layers. These freeze very well and travel through the mail well.

HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE CARAMEL TURTLES

Steps:

• •Begin by arranging the pecans in 15 small clusters (about 4 nuts each) on a wax paper-lined baking sheet. •Combine the caramels and water in a bowl. Melt the caramel in the microwave or over a double boiler. If using the microwave, microwave the caramels at a low power level for 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between. If using a double boiler, stir constantly until the caramel is smooth and completely melted. •After the caramels have melted, spoon about one teaspoon of caramel over each cluster of pecans. Allow the caramel to cool and set up while you melt the chocolate. •Melt the chocolate in a bowl in the microwave or over a double boiler. If using the microwave, heat at a low power level for 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between. If using a double boiler, stir occasionally until the chocolate is smooth and completely melted. •Spoon the melted chocolate over each caramel pecan cluster, covering completely. •Refrigerate the turtles for at least 30 minutes to allow them to set up. Read more at http://www.favesouthernrecipes.com/Recipes-for-Dessert/Homemade-Chocolate-Caramel-Turtles#4JLVbAwwR2ugi4d8.99

CARAMEL PRETZEL TURTLES

Steps:

• 1.Preheat the oven to 350. 2.Lay the waffle pretzels (or other small shaped pretzels) down on a baking pan. Unwrap the Werther's Original Baking Caramels and place them on top of the pretzels. 3.Place the pan into the preheated oven and bake them for 7 minutes. Watch the caramels carefully. Different brands of caramel will melt at different times. Remove the pan from the oven and immediately press a Pumpkin Spice Hershey Kiss into the caramel. Place these back into the oven for just 1 minute. 4.Take the pan back out of the oven and place a pecan on top of each of the Hershey Kisses. 5.Allow the chocolate to set completely before storing in an airtight container.

CARAMEL TURTLES

Steps:

• Combine caramels and whipped topping and heat over hot water, stirring until mixture has belted and it is smooth and well blended. Let cool slightly.
• Place pecan halves on a lightly greased cookie sheet in groups of 3, arranged such that one pecan half is in the position of a turtle\'s head while the other 2 pecan halves are in the position of the turtle\'s legs on each side.
• Carefully spoon the melted caramels over each group of 3 pecan halves, leaving the ends of the pecan halves showing. Let sit until hard.
• Melt chocolate chips over hot water, stirring until smooth. Let cool slightly.
• Spoon melted chocolate over caramel topping on pecan halves, taking care not to cover the pecan heads and legs of the turtles. Let sit until hard.