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If you are a fan of turtle candies then you will love these turtle bites! The pretzel brings a sweet-salty combo combined with the chocolate, pecans, caramel sauce and salt to top it off! These are a great make-ahead treat you can bring to a dinner party or to entertain guests. These take no time to make and only take a few simple ingredients and they are soooo yummy!

The Pretzel

The base of the turtle bite is the pretzel and for this recipe I used haltered maillot pretzel that crisscrosses the front and fastens to the waistline. I recommend using these pretzels since they have 2 large spaces to add the pecans. Another pretzel you could use is the crosshatch ones, however, I do not recommend using pretzel sticks for this recipe. You want the pretzel to have a good base since we will build the rest of the turtle bite on the pretzel.

Chocolate and Toppings

These turtle bites have milk chocolate and dark chocolate over top. Instead of using dark chocolate you could use white chocolate. Obviously, these turtle bites also have caramel sauce and pecans. Feel free to customize these bites to your liking, some other topping ideas:

White Chocolate

Sprinkles
Candy Melts
Peanuts

Walnuts
Cashews
Butterscotch Chips

Peanut Butter
Rolos
Hershey’s Kisses

Smarties or M&Ms
Caramel Candies

Making a Batch

In this recipe I created 24 pretzel turtle bites. You can half, double, triple or quadruple the recipe! Especially if you are using smaller sized pretzels I would recommend at least doubling the recipe.

These turtle bites come together in the freezer. After created, place them in the freezer for about 1 hour to firm up. I recommend keeping them in the freezer until ready to serve. Allow them to thaw for 10 minutes so they are not so hard to eat. Keeping them frozen is ideal so the caramel sauce doesn’t melt everywhere. Keep the turtle bites in a ziplock bag once they are completely frozen.

You can make them in advance and leave them in the freezer until ready to serve. I know these make a great treat for a holiday party or get-together. Keep these turtle bites no longer than 3 months in your freezer- if they even last that long! LOL 😉

The Ingredients You Need…

24 Pretzels
3.5 Oz Pecans, About 48 Pecans

1/2 Cup Smucker’s Butterscotch Caramel Topping, About 1/2 The Jar
2 225g Packs Milk Chocolate Chips
1 225g Pack Dark Chocolate Chips

1/2 Tsp Flakey Sea Salt*

Method:

Step 1:

Place the pretzels on a parchment lined baking tray, then place the pecans over top of the pretzels.

Step 2:

Dollop caramel sauce over top of each pretzel. After that, put melted chocolate over top of each pretzel.

Step 3:

Drizzle dark chocolate over top, then finish each pretzel with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt.

Step 3:

Place them in the freezer to harden! Allow the pretzel bites softened for a few minutes and enjoy! 🙂

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Pretzel Turtle Bites

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AUTHOR: Victoria DeMelo

SERVINGS: Bites

Equipment:

Baking Tray Lined with Parchment Paper24

Servings: 24 Bites

Ingredients:

24 Pretzels
3.5 Oz Pecans, About 48 Pecans
1/2 Cup Smucker's Butterscotch Caramel Topping, About 1/2 The Jar

2 225g Packs Milk Chocolate Chips
1 225g Pack Dark Chocolate Chips
1/2 Tsp Flakey Sea Salt*

Instructions:

On a parchment lined baking tray place 12 pretzels on the tray. Leave about 1 inch between each pretzel to allow room for the melted chocolate.
24 Pretzels
Place 2 pecans in the holes of each pretzel. Repeat with each pretzel. Then, place 1 tsp of caramel sauce on top of each pretzel and repeat with each one.
1/2 Cup Smucker's Butterscotch Caramel Topping,, 3.5 Oz Pecans,
In a microwave safe bowl, melt the milk chocolate chips in 30second increments until the chocolate is completely melted and silky.
2 225g Packs Milk Chocolate Chips

Dollop a heaping tablespoon of the melted milk chocolate on each pretzel bite, and repeat with the rest of the pretzels.
In a microwave safe bowl, melt the dark chocolate chips in 30second increments until the chocolate is completely melted and silky.
1 225g Pack Dark Chocolate Chips
Drizzle the dark chocolate over top of the milk chocolate that is on the pretzel. Repeat drizzling the dark chocolate for the rest of the pretzel bites.

Lastly, sprinkle each pretzel bite with flakey sea salt (just a pinch on each one). Place the pretzels in the freezer for 1 hour. Serve out of the freezer or allow to thaw for about 10 minutes so the chocolate softens a little bit. Make these ahead of time and keep in the freezer until you are ready to eat them. Enjoy! 🙂
1/2 Tsp Flakey Sea Salt*

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Notes

* You can also use sea salt or regular salt, flakey salt is more of a finishing salt used for desserts.

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