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Dairy
Medium
12 Servings
Allergens 
4 Hours, 20 Minutes
Diets
You know those delicious gooey turtles (or pecan caramel chocolates) that everyone keeps reaching for on the chocolate platters at simchas? Well, here they are! Use the caramel recipe below in the Milk Munch Bars if you’d like, or keep on swiping from the pan – it’s just as good on its own!
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup Gefen Honey
1 teaspoon Gefen Vanilla Extract
2 tablespoons butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 pound (2.2 kilograms) pecan halves
melted chocolate, for dipping
Bring cream to a boil in a heavy saucepan. Stir in sugar and honey and return mixture to a boil. Simmer until mixture reaches 250 degrees Fahrenheit on a candy thermometer.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract, butter, and salt. Use for Caramel Turtles (below) or see other suggestions.
Yields 5 ounces
Arrange pecans on Gefen Parchment Paper in groups of five for a head and four legs.
Drizzle hot caramel over each “turtle,” forming a mound barely covering each pecan. Let cool several hours.
When hardened, dip into melted chocolate and allow to harden again.
Yields one 8-inch (20-centimeter) pan of caramels
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Mistake in the ingredient list! I just noticed that the ingredient list calls for 1 lb. or 2.2 kg of nuts. This is a mistake, because 1 kg = 2.2 lb. – NOT the other way around.
So in this case, 1 lb. would be 0.454 kg, or 454 g.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We will correct it.
Easiest caramel I have tried numerous caramels over the years…with varying results..this caramel is easiest and results in perfect caramel! Thank you.