Texas Millionaires recipe

The Texas-take on ‘turtles’ a chocolate-coveredcaramel candy with pecans.

Recipe: Texas Millionaires

1 (14-ounce) package caramels, unwrapped
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons water
3 cups pecan halves
1 cup (6-ounces) semisweet chocolate morsels
8 (2-ounce) vanilla candy coating squares

Cook first 3 ingredients in a heavy saucepanover low heat, stirring constantly until smooth. Stir in pecanhalves. Cool in pan 5 minutes.

Drop by tablespoonfuls onto lightly greasedwax paper. Chill 1 hour, or freeze 20 minutes until firm.

Melt morsels and candy coating in a heavysaucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth. Dip caramel candiesinto chocolate mixture, allowing excess to drip; place on lightlygreased wax paper. Let stand until firm.

Makes 4 dozen.

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