happy new year turtles

it will be 2012 in a while so we need chocolate right? well turtles it is...

turtles candies

4 cup pecan piece toasted
14 oz caramels
10 oz chocolate chips
coarse salt for sprinkling optional

preheat oven to 250 degrees

lightly salt pecans and toast on a baking sheet for 25-30 min

while pecans are toasting, melt caramels according to package direction or in micowave

mix pecans into caramels, slightly cool so you can handle

drop by tablespoon size rounds onto buttered or lined baking sheet

if mixture begins to haden, reheat for a few secons at a time in microwave.

let cool

melt chocolate chips in microwave stirring after each 30 seconds

top each caramel pecan drop with 1 tbsp chocolate

let cool

makes 4 dozen

this recipe was found on The Cutting Edge of Ordinary blog
happy new year all!