Vegan Dark Chocolate Pecan Turtles
These chocolate vegan pecan turtles are made with crisp pecans, rich dark chocolate, and an easy vegan caramel sauce for a treat no one will guess is vegan! These chocolate pecan turtle clusters are a treat you can make for yourself or are perfect for holiday gift-giving.
Ingredients
- 80 pecan halves 5 per turtle
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips
- 2 ½ tablespoon coconut cream
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- 3 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 dash vanilla
- 1 pinch sea salt
Instructions
- First, let’s make the caramel sauce. Start by opening the can of coconut milk and scooping out the coconut cream.
- Note: *Refrigerate the can of coconut milk overnight and scoop out 2.5 tablespoons of the solid coconut cream that forms at the top.
- Add it to a small pan over medium heat, along with the coconut sugar, vanilla, salt & cornstarch whisk everything together making sure to break up any clumps.
- Refrigerate the caramel for a few minutes so it can cool off and solidify a little bit.
- Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave. Do this in 30-second increments, taking it out to stir the chocolate in between. Repeat this until all of the chocolate has melted.
- Line a tray with parchment paper.
- Scoop out a small spoonful of melted chocolate & spread it in a small circle on the baking sheet.
- Arrange five pecans in a circle on top of the chocolate.
- Repeat this for all of the pecans. This recipe makes about 16 turtles, so you will use up about 80 pecans.
- Refrigerate until the chocolate hardens, about 10 minutes.
- Next, pour a spoonful of caramel sauce on top of each turtle. Place them in the fridge for another 15-20 minutes, until the caramel hardens.
- Remove the turtles from the fridge & top them with another spoonful of chocolate. Refrigerate until the chocolate hardens.
- Remove the turtles from the fridge, top with flakey salt & enjoy!
Notes
Make sure to refrigerate your can of coconut milk the night before. It makes it easier to only scrape off the cream, rather than getting some of the liquid. This makes the caramel sauce thicker and richer in flavor.
Use a dark chocolate 72% or higher for rich chocolate flavor.
Plan ahead and make sure you allow enough time to refrigerate the candies after each step. From start to finish they will only take you about a 30 minutes to make.
Homemade chocolate turtles make great gifts for Valentine's Day, birthdays, and Christmas.
Don't forget to use parchment paper when making homemade turtle candy! This will make removing them from the tray much easier.
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