Turtle Bars
Turtle Bars combine layers of caramel and chocolate with crunchy pecans and a buttery shortbread crust. The perfect layered dessert bar!
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup butter melted
Caramel layer:
- 11 ounce bag of Kraft caramels unwrapped
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
Chocolate layer:
- 12 ounce chocolate chips about 2 cups
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º
- In a mixing bowl combine crust ingredients together well, and press into a 9x9 inch baking pan
- Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, until it’s beginning to brown on the edges, and no longer looks wet
- Remove from oven to cool
- Combine caramels and cream together in a glass bowl, and microwave for about 15 seconds at a time until melted. Or use a double boiler
- Stir together, and pour over baked crust, and refrigerate until caramel is set enough that a chocolate chip can sit on it without leaving a mark
- Combine chocolate chips and 1 cup of heavy cream in a glass bowl or double boiler, and melt as with caramels
- Stir together well, and pour over caramel layer
- Sprinkle with salt and pecans
- Refrigerate until set
- Cut into bars and enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 540cal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 213mg | Sugar: 44g | Fiber: 1g | Calcium: 96mg | Iron: 1mg