Here’s a delicious, easy recipe for homemade turtle candies with pecans and caramel 🐢🍫 —a classic sweet treat you can make at home!
🐢 Homemade Turtle Candies
Ingredients
- 1 cup pecan halves
- 1 cup caramel candies (or homemade caramel)
- 2 tablespoons milk (to melt the caramel)
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (or chopped chocolate)
- Optional: sea salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- Prep pecans
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place 2–3 pecan halves together in small clusters for each candy.
- Melt the caramel
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt caramel with milk in 30-second intervals, stirring each time until smooth.
- Spoon a small mound of caramel over each pecan cluster.
- Melt the chocolate
- In another bowl, melt chocolate chips in the microwave (30-second intervals, stirring) or over a double boiler.
- Drizzle or spoon chocolate over the caramel-covered pecans.
- Optional: Add sea salt
- Sprinkle a tiny pinch of sea salt over each candy to balance the sweetness.
- Cool & set
- Refrigerate for 30–60 minutes until the chocolate and caramel firm up.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge.
✅ Tips for perfect turtles
- Use soft caramels for easier melting.
- If using homemade caramel, make sure it’s soft enough to drizzle.
- Don’t overcrowd the baking sheet—leaves room for cooling.
This recipe makes about 12–15 turtle candies, depending on cluster size.
If you want, I can also give you:
- A quick 3-ingredient version
- A vegan/dairy-free version
- A microwave “no-bake” shortcut
Do you want me to do that?
