TURTLE WONTON KISSES {Chocolate Caramel Pecan Cookies}

Change the way you make traditional turtle candies with caramel, chocolate, and pecans, and wrap them up as edible gifts. These Turtle Wonton Kisses are the perfect way to spread joy and share the holidays!

CARAMEL CHOCOLATE TURTLES

Can I just say that baking cookies has me in the holiday spirit full swing! I get so excited walking through the grocery store this time of year and looking at the sweet treats that are out.

Looking at all the baking items that the store highlights in the aisles kicks my brain into high gear and gets my creative juices running.

With so many cookie flavors to choose from, I still resort back to my favorite combination of dark chocolate and caramel.

On a recent trip, I stumbled upon a new snack in the airport and immediately got addicted to them. These “mini turtles” made with tiny salty pretzels, held together with buttery caramel and topped with dark chocolate really made my soul sing.

I can’t stop eating them!!!

These are what I wanted to recreate in a cookie for the holidays just with pecans instead of pretzels.

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TURTLE WONTON COOKIE INGREDIENTS

• toasted pecan halves
• dark chocolate chips
• caramel bits
• wonton wrappers
• egg

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HOW TO MAKE TURTLE WONTON COOKIES

FIRST: Preheat oven to 400F. On a parchment-lined baking sheet, spread out 12 wonton wrappers.

SECOND: In the center of each one, add 4 caramel bits, 4 dark chocolate chips, and 1 pecan half.

THIRD: With your finger or a pastry brush, spread a little water on the outer edges of the wonton wrapper. Bring the four edges togethER forming four triangles at the top and pinch to seal the edges. Continue until all wontons are wrapped up.

FOURTH: Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 400F for 10 mins, rotating pan half way through. Remove from the oven and let cool. Store in an air-tight container for up to 4 days. Enjoy!

For the full recipe and detailed instructions, please refer to the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

Once a quarter, a group of bloggers get together and do a Freaky Friday Recipe Exchange. Michaela from An Affair from the Heart started it a few years ago and it is so fun!  We are secretly assigned another blogger, and we choose a recipe from their site.

We can recreate it exactly as they have made it or we can put our own spin on it. My usual spin is to just make the recipe more of an appetizer or smaller portion, but this round is all about the holidays and cookies. Because cookies are already portioned just right, I decided to change up the wrapper:)

This year, I was secretly assigned Dan and Scott from Platter Talk. Between these two cooks, they have 6 boys!  I can relate to feeding boys. They are always hungry and they are the most honest critics of recipes:)

I chose this recipe from Dan and Scott because I wanted to keep in the spirit of a holiday cookie exchange. They are the perfect edible gift to give and receive. I think I ate the entire first batch right out of the oven. I couldn’t help myself.

Next, I am trying Dan and Scott’s Cherry Kiss Cookies, Cherry Chocolate Thumbprints, and their Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies. I am a sucker for all things cherry and they are speaking right to my heart!

Take a Look at all of our Freaky Friday Virtual Cookie Exchange Recipes:

• An Affair from the Heart – White Chocolate Cherry Cookies
• Bowl Me Over –  Easy Shortbread Cookies with Confetti
• Hostess at Heart – Peanut Butter Pretzel Puppy Chow
• LeMoine Family Kitchen – White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies
• Life Currents – Chocolate Marshmallow Moonpies
• Lisa’s Dinnertime Dish – Peanut Butter Chocolate Dipped Cookie Dough Truffles
• Mildly Meandering –  Cheesecake Bars
• Plattertalk – German Pfeffernusse Cookies
• Seduction in the Kitchen – Chewy Chocolate M&M Cookies
• The Foodie Affair – Easy Cut Out Cookies
• West Via Midwest – Mini Eggnog Cakes with Praline Topping
• Who Needs a Cape? – Copy Cat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars

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These Turtle Wonton Kisses are all the best parts of turtles, but this time all the goodness is wrapped up in a “package” so you don’t get caramel and chocolate on your fingers while you are scarfing them down!

MORE FUN APPETIZERS

• Dark Chocolate Turtles
• Chocolate Pumpkin Wontons
• Asian Wonton Tacos
• Crack Pretzels
• German Chocolate Wontons
• Edible Gifts

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