Sunday, January 30, 2011

Turtle Clusters

½ LB. Soft Caramels ***
Pecan Halves
Chocolate & 1/8 lb. paraffin

·        Cut caramels in half.
·        Place about 4 caramels on a dish and microwave for @ 20-30 seconds.
·        Place pecan halves on wax paper and wrap caramel over pecans.  Let cool.
·        Melt chocolate and paraffin over double boiler.
·        When cooled, dip the caramels in chocolate, either dark or white.
·        Place on wax paper to cool
·        Sprinkle with candy sprinkles if using white chocolate
                                                                       
***Buy good caramels.  Get the ones at the Candy Store in Gatlinburg (where you can see them making there own candy through the window)
Get vanilla caramels