Turtle Fudge. Place caramels and water in small saucepan. Heat over low heat until melted, stirring frequently. Drizzle top of fudge pieces with caramel mixture.

Fudge and turtles are popular holiday candies. This easy recipe combines these two tasty treats. Whether serving fudge at home or giving it as a gift, place each square in a festive small foil or paper candy cup. You can cook Turtle Fudge using 11 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Turtle Fudge

You need 2/3 cup of - Unsalted butter.
Prepare 3 cups of - Sugar.
Prepare 2/3 cups of - Evaporated milk.
You need 1 cup of - Bittersweet chocolate chips.
Prepare 1-1/2 cups of - Semisweet chocolate chips.
Prepare 3 (1.55 oz.) of - Hershey's chocolate candy bars.
You need 7 oz. of - Marshmallow crème.
It's 1 tsp. of - Vanilla extract.
Prepare 1 cup of - Pecans.
You need 1 (14 oz.) of - Bag of caramels (unwrapped).
Prepare 3 of Tbls. - Evaporated milk.

Meant for chocolates such as peanut butter cups, candy cups are smaller than muffin cups. Sprinkle the pecan pieces evenly over the surface of the fudge and press down lightly to make sure they get good contact with the fudge layer. In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the caramel candies and whipping cream. Again, do this low and slow because overheating the caramel may cause it to go brittle.

Turtle Fudge step by step

Spray a 9 inch baking dish with cooking spray, line with parchment paper.
Combine caramels and three Tbls. of evaporated milk in a microwave safe bowl. Heat in 30 sec increments, stirring in between, until caramel is melted and smooth. Keep warm and set aside..
Combine butter, sugar, and evaporated milk in a saucepan..
Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently, making sure to scrape the sides of the sauce pan..
Once at full boil, continue boiling for 5 minutes, stirring continuously..
Remove from heat and stir in chocolate. Use a good solid spoon like a wooden spoon to get out all the lumps, this will get very thick and hard to stir..
Stir in marshmallow crème and vanillas extract..
Fold in pecans..
Pour half of the fudge into the prepared baking dish..
Spoon the caramel over the top carefully spreading..
Spoon the remaining half of the fudge on top of the caramel and smooth out the top with an offset spatula. Put the rest of the caramel on top of the fudge..
Let cool to room temperature and the refrigerate for at least two hours..
Cut into small squares and serve..

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