Caramel Turtles

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From Cooking with Paula Deen, Nov/Dec 2006

  • 10

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 1/2 cups chopped pecans
  • 1 pound chocolate almond bark, melted

Preparation

Step 1

1. In a medium saucepan, combine sugars, and corn syrup. Over medium-high heat, cook to 250°F on a candy thermometer. Add butter, stirring until melted. Stir in heavy whipping cream, and cook to 242°F on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla and pecans. Drop, 1-inch apart, by teaspoonfuls, onto parchment paper. Let cool 30 minutes.
2. Dip each turtle into melted chocolate using toothpicks or 2 forks, allowing excess chocolate to drip off. Place on wax paper-lined baking sheets to cool.