Smoked Sea Salt Chocolate-Covered Turtles

Name: Smoked Sea Salt Chocolate-Covered Turtles
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams bittersweet chocolate baking squares; 2 Tbsps butter; 57 grams chocolate candy coating squares; 397 grams package caramels; 237 milliliters bittersweet chocolate morsels; 710 milliliters pecan halves, toasted; 8 servings Smoked sea salt (see note); 2 Tbsps shortening; 2 Tbsps water

Smoked Sea Salt Chocolate-Covered Turtles is a gluten free and fodmap friendly side dish. One serving contains 724 calories, 9g of protein, and 51g of fat. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up sea salt, caramels, chocolate candy coating squares, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes.

Instructions

Combine first 3 ingredients in a heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Stir in pecan halves.

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Pecan Halves

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat; cool in pan 5 minutes.

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Frying Pan

Drop candy by tablespoonfuls onto a jelly-roll pan lined with lightly greased wax paper. Freeze 30 minutes.

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Candy

Jelly

Roll

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Wax Paper

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Melt chocolates and shortening in a heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth. Dip caramel candies into chocolate mixture, 4 or 5 at a time, allowing excess chocolate to drip off; place on lightly greased wax paper. Quickly sprinkle tops with sea salt. Chill until firm.

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Caramel Candy

Shortening

Chocolate

Sea Salt

Dip

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Wax Paper

Sauce Pan

Note: McCormick smoked flavor sea salt grinder is readily available and is what we first tested and tasted on this candy. Then we went online and found some other fine options.

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Sea Salt

Candy