Make homemade Chocolate Turtle Candy with these easy steps. This Turtle Chocolate candy has a white chocolate stripe and is the best chocolate turtles ever.

We had a friend that would always give away boxes of Homemade Chocolate Turtle Candy at Christmas and Easter time. They were delicious and we felt special to receive these sweet treats of pecans, caramel, and chocolate.

These chocolate turtles are really not that hard to make and they make the most thoughtful and special gifts. We thought we would try our hand at making some of these delicious treats. You need only three ingredients, four if you add a little decoration like these white chocolate stripes. With candy making or should we say assembling the ingredients. Because there is no baking nor mixing in this instructions. It’s just heating up our chocolate and caramel.

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What you need to make Chocolate Turtle Candy

Ingredients:

Bags of Caramel pieces
Dark Chocolate Coating
Pecan Halves
White Chocolate

Equipment:

Parchment Paper or Silicone baking mat
Chocolate or Candy melting pot or a double boiler
Good Candy Thermometer
Piping Bag, optional for decorating
Candy storage Jars, optional

Instructions:

Unwrap the caramel pieces and melt on low heat in a candy melting pot or double boiler until it reaches 170° F on your candy thermometer
Arrange 5 pecan halves in the shape of a turtle’s head and legs on parchment paper or a silicone mat, repeat until all pecan halves have been used.
Carefully spoon the melted caramel to form each turtle’s body connecting the head and legs
Let the caramel cool until firm
Melt the chocolate in a candy melting pot or double boiler until melted
Spoon the chocolate over the caramel and as much of the legs and head as you wish
Let the chocolate cool until firm
Melt the white chocolate in the candy melting pot or double boiler until it reaches 170° F. Pour into a squeeze bottle.
Use the squeeze bottle to design stripes or the design of your choosing on each turtle

This recipe that would be fun to do with kids, they could assemble the pecans in the shape of the turtles. And watch while an adult heats the chocolate and caramel. I know they would love eating them at Christmas time or anytime.

And these Chocolate and Pecan Turtles would be great to package up in theme boxes to give as gifts for Mother’s Day, Christmas, Valentines Day or Easter.

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Chocolate Turtle Candy

These Chocolate Turtle Candy pieces are easy to make with pecan halves and caramel and chocolate.

Prep Time20

Total Time20

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Chocolate Turtles, Turtle Chocolate Candy

Servings:

Author: Evelyn Osborn

Equipment

Silicone baking mat or Parchment Paper
Chocolate or Candy melting pot or a double boiler
Good Candy Thermometer
Piping bag, optional for decorating
Candy storage Jars, optional

Ingredients

2 11 oz bags Caramel
1 lb Candy & Molding Gourmet Compound Chocolate-Dark
1 cup pecan halves
1 12 oz package White Chocolate optional

Instructions

Unwrap the caramel pieces and melt on low heat in a candy melting pot or double boiler
Arrange 5 pecan halves in the shape of a turtle’s head and legs on parchment paper or a silicone mat. Repeat until all pecan halves have been used.
Carefully spoon the melted caramel to form each turtle’s body connecting the head and legs
Let the caramel cool until firm
Melt the chocolate in a candy melting pot or double boiler until melted
Spoon the chocolate over the caramel and as much of the legs and head as you wish
Let the chocolate cool until firm
Melt the white chocolate in the candy melting pot or double boiler until it reaches 170° F. Pour into a squeeze bottle.
Use the squeeze bottle to design stripes or the design of your choosing on each turtle.