My husband’s grandma gave me this recipe. I love to make them during the holidays and have never had a complaint.
Original recipe makes 3 dozen turtles
Ingredients
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup light corn syrup
2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (6 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
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PREP
10 mins
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COOK
20 mins
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READY IN
1 hr 30 mins
Directions
- Grease 2 baking sheets.
- Melt margarine in a saucepan over medium heat; stir brown sugar and salt into the melted margarine. Mix in corn syrup and sweetened condensed milk; cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture reaches 250 degrees F (120 degrees C), 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat; fold in pecans. Stir vanilla extract into the caramel mixture.
- Drop spoonfuls of caramel onto the prepared baking sheet. Allow caramels to cool until firm.
- Cook and stir chocolate chips in a saucepan over medium-low heat until melted and smooth, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Dip cooled caramels in the melted chocolate; return to greased baking sheet. Cool until chocolate is set.
Nutrition
Calories: 130 kcal
Carbohydrates: 16.2 g
Cholesterol: 2 mg
Fat: 7.7 g
Fiber: 0.7 g
Protein: 1.1 g
Sodium: 52 mg