Our Pecan Caramel Turtles Recipe is a holiday classic and so simple to make right at home!
Pecan Caramel Turtles Recipe
Oh my goodness. They’re wonderful and will please everyone on your ‘nice’ list this year.
Homemade Turtle Truffles Recipe
Pecan Caramel Turtles Recipe
Yield: 9
Pecan Caramel Turtles

Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
15 minutes
Total Time
25 minutes
Ingredients
- 27 pecan halves
- 9 squares of caramel
- 1 C white chocolate chips
- 1/2 tsp canola oil
- 1/4 C semi-sweet chocolate
- sheet parchment paper
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350 degrees.
- Line half sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Evenly spread pecans on baking sheet.
- Bake in oven 5-6 minutes or until lightly toasted and aromatic; stirring gently once.
- Remove from oven and arrange pecans in clusters of three, with tips facing each other.
- Place 1 caramel square on the center of each cluster.
- Bake just until melted, approx 2-3 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely.
- Melt white chocolate chips- I use the microwave.
- In a small microwave safe bowl place chocolate chips and oil, microwave 30 seconds; stir.
- Microwave 15 seconds more; stirring until smooth.
- Repeat one more time if needed.
- Place a teaspoon on melted chocolate on top of each cluster, swirling the top off to finish.
- Melt semi sweet chocolate chips in the same manor above; using a fork- drizzle in a back and forth motion across clusters.
- Allow to cool to set.
- Enjoy!
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