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Chocolate Turtle Cookies

Chocolate Turtle Cookies

The classic turtle candy transformed to a cookie. All the flavors you'd expect-chocolate, caramel, and pecans.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Total Time 39 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • 9x13 Baking Sheet
  • Parchment Paper
  • Saucepan
  • Large bowl

Ingredients
  

Cookie Dough

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
  • ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ cup chopped pecans
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Caramel

  • ⅓ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 3 tablespoons heavy cream
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Topping

  • ½ cup milk chocolate wafers melted
  • Pecan Halves

Instructions
 

  • In a mixing bowl, add the softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Whisk together until creamy.
  • Add the eggs and vanilla extract, whisking again until smooth.
  • Pour in the salt, flour, cocoa powder and baking soda. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until incorporated and a thick dough is formed.
  • Add the chopped pecans and chocolate chips, folding into the dough until evenly distributed.
  • Cover the dough in plastic wrap and let chill for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
  • Once chilled, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Scoop 2 inch round cookies from the dough and roll into a ball, then place on the baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
  • Bake in the oven for 14 minutes or until the edges have firmed up.
  • Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool completely.
  • In a saucepan, make the homemade caramel sauce.
  • Pour in the water and sugar, heating over medium heat until boiling. Stir every so often until the mixture becomes an amber color.
  • After the amber color is reached, add in the butter and heavy cream, whisking over medium low heat until melted and combined.
  • Remove from the heat and add the salt to the caramel sauce. Set aside.
  • In a small bowl, place the chocolate wafers in the microwave.
  • Heat at 30 second intervals, stirring in between until completely melted and smooth.
  • Take the caramel sauce and place in the center of each cooled cookie, spreading towards the edges, leaving about ¼ inch of cookie uncovered.
  • Place caramel on all cookies.
  • Then top the caramel with the melted chocolate, creating layers, like the first leaving ¼ inch of the caramel topping uncovered.
  • Finish each cookie with a pecan half placed in the center.
  • Let the cookies cool for about 30 minutes at room temperature so that the caramel and chocolate set slightly.

Notes

Can use chocolate wafers, chocolate chips, or a chopped-up chocolate bar for the melted chocolate.
Keyword baking, caramel, chocolate, cookies, turtles
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