It only takes 3 ingredients to make these festive homemade chocolate turtles with the perfect blend of salty and sweet, crunchy and chewy, and all around yummy! These Rolo pretzel pecans are the easiest holiday treat to make and are so fun and easy to decorate.
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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
- this chocolate turtle recipe is quick and easy to make.
- the salty sweet, caramel chocolate candy is irresistible.
- chocolate turtles make a great gift for family and friends.
- a homemade Valentine's Day treat that is super economical.
This is just the type of treats children will enjoy helping to make. Think of little gifts for neighbors and grandparents. The decorating combinations are endless. Let the little ones use their imagination.
🛒 Ingredients
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Note: The full list of this Pretzel Rolo Pecan Candy ingredients with their amounts and options are listed in the recipe card below.
🗒 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Preheat oven to 275℉. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and arrange pretzels on it in a single layer.
- Put one chocolate covered caramel candy on top of each pretzel.
- Bake in the oven for 3-4 minutes or until chocolate softens and starts to melt.
- Remove pretzels from oven and press one toasted pecan onto the top of each chocolate pretzel turtle.
- Drizzle melted white chocolate over the top of the chocolate turtle.
- Sprinkle the Valentine's Day candy and/or sprinkles on top.
- Transfer the turtles to a cooling rack and cool completely.
- Serve and watch them disappear.
🔪 Equipment
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🤔 FAQs
These are the questions asked about making Chocolate Turtles recipe.
You just need three ingredients: pretzels, pecans, and chocolate caramel candy. In the oven the candy melts onto the pretzel and then you press the pecan onto the soft chocolate.
Turtles are a candy made with pecans and caramel dipped in chocolate, with a shape resembling a turtle
Pecans are the nuts that go in chocolate turtles.
The candy chocolate turtles should stay fresh for several weeks. It's best to store them in an airtight container away from strong odors such as scented candles, onions, and spices. They should also be kept in a cool place, not too hot or cold.
👩🏻🍳 Tips
- You can use any type of melting chocolate disks instead of the white chocolate chips.
- Be sue not to use unsalted pretzels. The turtles taste much better with the salt.
- When drizzling the white chocolate in step 6, you can spoon the melted chocolate into a sandwich bag and cut one of the corners off to make your own piping set or you can use a spoon.
- To cool the turtles more quickly, they can be put in the refrigerator for 15-30 minutes.
📚 Variations
- Milk Chocolate: Instead of Rolo chocolate Candy, use a Hershey Kisses or M&M’s. White chocolate is good too. If you use m&m’s, try variations such as peanut butter, peppermint or dark chocolate.
- Nuts: Substitute almonds for pecans. For a change, crush the nuts instead of leaving whole. and sprinkle it on top of the warm chocolate.
- Pretzels: Try a variety of shapes such as the twist or square pretzels. You need enough of a pretzel to hold up the chocolate as it melts.
- Seasonal: These can easily be made for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, birthday parties, Game Day, Independence Day and more. Use red and green M&M’s for Christmas and spring colors for Easter.
- Caramel or Chocolate Drizzle: Instead of white chocolate, stream a ribbon of caramel or chocolate over top of each rolo pretzel turtle.
🥫 Storage
Store the delicious Valentine's Day Chocolate Truffles made with pretzels in an airtight container. Keep the container in a cool, dry place. If you live in a humid area then I recommend storing them in the refrigerator.
I suggest placing a layer of wax paper in between the chocolate covered treats so they don’t stick to each other.
The Chocolate Turtles will last at least 1 week. That is if you have enough self-control.
📗 Related Recipes
If you want to keep another easy chocolate candy recipe in your back pocket, the this 3 ingredient Cool Whip Chocolate Truffles is it. You can also decorate this candy to fit the holiday and occasion.
If you love simple holiday candy recipes then you'll also enjoy making this Marble Chocolate Bark with only 4 ingredients.
🍽 Serve with
The turtles would be absolutely scrumptious served with an after dinner drink such as our Heavenly Irish Cream. The sweet and salty candy bites would be a good foil to the rich creamy liqueur.
And for those who want something non-alcoholic, this Cappuccino ice cream would go along splendidly with the pretzel candy.
📞 Chiacchierata (chat)
I think you'd have to travel pretty far to find someone who doesn't like pretzels, chocolate, and pecans. This is the type of recipe for those of us who like quick and easy candies but want them to taste like a million bucks.
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📝 Recipe Card
If you are looking for that perfect treat to set out to nosh on, give away as gifts, or bring to family and holiday gatherings, then you need to look no further than this Pretzel Rolo Chocolate Turtle recipe.
And if you're looking to make a variety of chocolatey goodies, check out our Maime Eisenhower Chocolate fudge recipe and the Marble Chocolate Bark Recipe. Both are fabulous for gift giving and for setting out during the holidays.
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📖 Recipe
Chocolate Turtles (Pretzel Rolo Pecan Candy)
Ingredients
- 28 Salted pretzels
- 28 Rolo Chocolate Caramel Candy unwrapped
- 28 Pecans lightly toasted
- 1 cup White Chocolate chips
- Colorful Valentine's Candy or Sprinkles to decorate the chocolate turtles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 275℉.
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and arrange pretzels on it in a single layer.
- Put one chocolate covered caramel candy on top of each pretzel.
- Bake in the oven for 3-4 minutes or until chocolate softens and starts to melt (be careful not to over bake).
- While pretzels are in the oven, melt the white chocolate chips in a microwave safe dish for 1-2 minutes, being careful not to leave it in the microwave too long for it will become hard.
- Remove pretzels from the oven and press one toasted pecan onto the top of each candy and drizzle melted white chocolate over the top.
- Sprinkle Valentine's candy and /or sprinkles on top quickly before the chocolate cools.
- Transfer to cooling rack and cool completely.
Notes
- You can use any type of melting chocolate disks instead of the white chocolate chips.
- Be sue not to use unsalted pretzels. The turtles taste much better with the salt.
- When drizzling the white chocolate in step 6, you can spoon the melted chocolate into a sandwich bag and cut one of the corners off to make your own piping set or you can use a spoon.
- To cool the turtles more quickly, they can be put in the refrigerator for 15-30 minutes.
