Turtles® Candies

My husband's grandma gave me this recipe. I love to make them during the holidays and have never had a complaint.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 131 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt
• ½ cup light corn syrup
• ⅔ cup sweetened condensed milk
• ½ cup margarine
• 1 ½ cups chopped pecans
• 1 (6 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Grease 2 baking sheets.

Step 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.

Step 3

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

Step 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.