Turtle Cookies
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Turtle Cookies. An ultimate chocolate, pecan, caramel cookie indulgence. One of the most popular cookies ever to appear on Rock Recipes.
Originally published Jan 2012.
Pecans, caramel and chocolate get together in these Turtle Cookies in an absolutely winning combination. Naturally, that's why everybody loves those gorgeous Turtle chocolates.
Also, it's why Turtle Cheesecake is such a popular dessert menu item. So, inspired by those great little confections, I set out to make a cookie version that would be worthy of the name.
I can report that all testers of these cookies declare them to be amazing. A double chocolate chip cookie gets rolled in pecans and topped with a soft chewy caramel candy.
Then, it bakes to crispy, chewy perfection. These are destined to become one of our household's signature cookie recipes for sure.
UPDATE: September 24, 2014.
On the eve of Rock Recipes 7th Anniversary I can report that this cookie recipe continued to grow in popularity. It continued in popularity throughout the following years after it was first posted.
In fact it landed on our list of the TOP 25 Recipes from this website from over 1300 that we have posted in the last 7 years.
I expect it will go on being just as popular in the future. I mean, how are you going to beat a combination like chocolate, pecans and caramel?
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Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup very good quality cocoa
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 12 oz semisweet chocolate chips, about 1 ½ cups
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 3 dozen individually wrapped caramel candies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a medium sized bowl whisk together flour, cocoa, salt, and baking soda.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and combine thoroughly.
- Add the flour mixture to the sweetened butter. Mix only enough to incorporate flour. Do not overmix. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Roll into 1 inch balls and dunk one half of the ball into the chopped pecans.
- Place on parchment lined baking sheet 3 inches apart with the side dunked in pecans facing upward. Press down slightly. Gently push one caramel candy half way into the center of each cookie ball.
- Bake 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees F. Do not over bake or cookies will be brittle.
- Cool for 10 minutes on the baking sheet before removing to a wire rack to cool thoroughly. You can drizzle the tops of the cookies with melted chocolate as well but that's completely optional.
Notes
- Please note that only soft, chewy, individually wrapped caramels should be used here, like Kraft caramels.
- Be careful with the baking time, you oven may bake hotter and they will need a minute or two less. Overbaking will harden the caramels, so a little experimentation with your oven may be necessary to get these just right.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
36Serving Size
3 dozenAmount Per Serving Calories 217Total Fat 10gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 24mgSodium 187mgCarbohydrates 32gFiber 1gSugar 22gProtein 3g
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
These look scrumptious! Thanks for posting!
Please tell me these are as gooey as they look.
Wow. These cookies are incredible! I have never tried anything like this. I have to change that.
These look absolutely sinful!
Awesome recipe!! I can’t wait to try it!! These cookies look like 1,000 kinds of yummy!
Amazing Amazing Amazing!
Congrats on this wonderful cookies it got over 1000 pins on my pinterest posting 🙂
Cool, got a link to your pinterest boards?
These are delicious! A Hit at home and at work
Fantastic cookies! fast, easy and delicious. They were a huge hit at home and at the office 🙂 No one believed I made them! lol So I had to give you full credit
That is awesome Stephanie! I had to share that comment with our facebook page. Are you a follower?
Thanks for this awesome recipe! The only thing I wonder is: did anyone else have trouble with the caramel? My caramel hardened when the cookie cooled down, making it near impossible to chew. Not complaining about microwaving cookies though!
i had the same problem
It's probably just the brand of caramels. Use the softest ones you can find and be very careful not to over bake them. They are one awesome cookie!
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Looks awesome! Came here from a Pinterest...this is on my todo "guilty pleasure" list. Love turtles, love cookies, it doesn't get better!
Yummz 🙂 I have never tried anything like this.
The are ABSO-FREAKIN'-LUTELY AMAZING!!! The the chocolate on the top added just the right touch! Made about 5 dz cookies. Thanks for the great recipes!
Also, if you don't like pecans, rolling the dough around in pretzels taste's awesome too!