Chocolate turtles are a simple homemade treat made of chewy caramel, creamy chocolate, and toasted pecans with sea salt on top. These are fun to nibble, great for gifting, and comes together quickly with just 5 simple ingredients
8-ouncecaramelindividual wrapped (I used about 25 individually wrapped caramel)
1 ½tablespoonheavy cream
6ouncessemi-sweet chocolate
Sea salt for sprinkling on top
Instructions
Line the baking tray with parchment paper. Bake nuts in preheated oven for 3 to 5 minutes. Keep a constant eye on nuts. Remove before it gets burnt. If using the stove top, spread nuts on a large skillet. Toast it on stove top on medium-low heat.
To a small saucepan add caramel and heavy cream. Heat on low heat with constant stirring until caramel is fully melted. Remove from heat, and set aside.
Melt semi-sweet chocolate in the microwave (optional – add ¼ teaspoon coconut oil) in 20 seconds intervals, stirring regularly until fully. Set aside.
Arrange toasted pecan in groups of 3 to 5 nuts on a tray lined it parchment paper or silicon mat. Lay it one top-of-another into a cluster or arrange it as shown in the picture to resemble a turtle's head, limbs, and tail.
Pour 1 tablespoon (or as much as you desire) hot caramel sauce on top of arranged pecan clusters. Allow caramel to set (if not fully, slightly) before you pour the melted chocolate.
Pour 1 ½ teaspoon melted semi-sweet chocolate over caramel. Using the tip of the spoon swirl the chocolate around to form the shell of the turtle.
Sprinkle sea salt on top. Allow turtle chocolate to set completely.
Devour it.
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Notes
This recipe makes 16-24 turtles depending on how many pecan nuts you use per cluster. Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that the nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.