Pecans, chocolate, and caramel make up one of my favorite candies: chocolate turtles. I took all of those flavors and turned them into one irresistible cookie. And you know what? These over-the-top cookies give chocolate turtle candies a run for their money. You’ll start with my standard chocolate cookie recipe. This chocolate cookie dough is so versatile and used most often for double chocolate chip cookies. You can also make s’mores crinkle cookies, inside out chocolate chip cookies, chocolate crinkle cookies, and salted caramel dark chocolate cookies. The cookie dough requires chilling, so make sure you plan ahead. You must chill this cookie dough because it is much too sticky to form into balls. Plus, chilling the dough will reduce spread. You don’t want flat turtle cookies, trust me. After the cookie dough has been chilled, roll into balls. Then, roll each into some crushed pecans before baking. After the cookies cool down a little, drizzle salted caramel all over each. Hubba hubba! And if you love these flavors together, try this caramel turtle brown pie, caramel turtle cheesecake, or salted caramel turtle brownies next.
