Pecan Turtle Bars

If you like eat a delicious chocolate turtle then here's a recipe for you.

Pecan Turtle Bars
Crust
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup butter, softened

Filling
1 cup pecan halves
1 1/3 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar, packed

Topping
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup milk chocolate chips

Crust: Combine flour, brown sugar and softened butter in large mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer 2 to 3 minutes or until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Pat mixture evenly onto bottom of ungreased 13 X 9 inch baking pan. Sprinkle pecans evenly over crumb mixture. Make a low edge to keep the mix in. The high the edge, the less it stays together.


Filling & topping: Combine butter and brown sugar in a small saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until entire surface is bubbly. Cook and stir 1/2 to 1 minute more. Pour into pan, spreading evenly over crust.
Bake in 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven 18 to 20 minutes or until entire surface is bubbly. Remove from oven; immediately sprinkle with chocolate chips. Let stand 2 to 3 minutes to allow chocolate to melt; use knife to swirl chocolate slightly. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Use sharp knife to cut into 48 bars.

Turtles

Last year I delicious some amazing enrichment meetings. I mean it was uber yummy! We learned how to make delicious homemade chocolates. I know chocolate is good, but I don't like store bought chocolate any more. I LOVE homemade chocolates. A big thanks go to Laverne Vold for teaching me how to make these. I'm looking forward to tomorrow, it's a girls day of making chocolates. We'll see if any chocolates last long enough to get photographed. :P


Turtles
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup rogers syrup
1 cup butter
1 cup heavy cream
 pecans.
Cook until soft ball stage (250 degrees), stir only at first to dissolve the sugar then stop stirring. Pour onto buttered pan. Cool wrap in pecans. Dip

*If you don't like nuts, then leave them out and make chocolate covered caramels.