Salted Caramel Pecan Turtles

• Gluten free

• Baking & Spices

  • 24 Bittersweet chocolate, disks
  • 1 Sea salt flakes

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 1/2 cups Pecan, halves

• Desserts

  • 24 Caramel candies, soft

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups roughly broken pecan halves
• 24 soft caramel candies (or 6-ounce block caramel cut into 24 equal pieces)
• 24 bittersweet chocolate disks
• sea salt flakes

Directions

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Lightly toast broken pecan halves on parchment lined baking sheet for 5 minutes.
• Remove from oven and reduce oven temperature to 325°.
• Arrange pecans into 24 piles (about 2 teaspoons each) on parchment lined baking sheets.
• Shape caramel candies into flattened circles. (about the size of a half dollar)
• Top each pile of pecans with a flattened caramel disk.
• Bake in the oven for 3-4 minutes until caramel melts.
• Remove from the oven and turn oven off.
• Top each caramel covered nut cluster with a bittersweet chocolate disk, pressing in firmly.
• Return pan to warm oven for about 30 seconds until chocolate is nearly melted.
• Remove from oven
• Garnish with a few flakes of sea salt if desired.
• Let candies cool and harden for several hours at room temperature to set.
• Store in an airtight container.