Turtles® Candies

Name: Turtles® Candies
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

8 ingredients

4 steps

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

Directions

1

Grease 2 baking sheets.
2

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.
3

Drop spoonfuls of caramel onto the prepared baking sheet. Allow caramels to cool until firm.
4

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.