This recipe is really yummy but it's much more difficult than I anticipated. Don't overcook or caramels will become too hard. Caramels melt better if they are flattened before placing into the oven.

Um, these are pretty good and dreadfully easy to make, but the caramel doesn't taste authentically turtle like. However, short of making your own caramel, I don't know how else to get it to taste right.

I agree with other reviews, these did taste good, but were incredibly hard to chew. I think the preparation was fairly easy, I just wish they would've turned out a little better.

I had some troubles with these the first time I made them, so when I tried again, I was able to make them much better by using the following tips: First suggestion, melt the caramels at the lowest temperature your oven goes. Second, once you see that the caramels are softening up after heating them, push them into the nut you are use gently, then put them in the oven again for about five more minutes. This helps greatly because then you aren't baking the caramels, just melting them. Also, I covered them all the way with chocolate. There were great the second time around.

I had the same problem as others...very hard to chew. Wish it would have melted better. Good taste all in all.

The flavor is awesome and I thought they were pretty easy to make. They are a little hard to chew--but very tasty.

I had no problems at all with this recipe. After the carmels had cooled, I just dunked them in the melted chocolate. They were a hit at Christmas and the kids are truly disappointed I don't have any around!!

This recipe did not turn out at all like it said

The candy tasted fine once it was done. However, the preparation is way too tedious and the melted chocolate does not "pour" as the recipe states it would. I wish I had read the reviews before chosing to make these turtles.

Carmels don't melt easily. Works better if you push the pecans together after baking. Don't melt the carmels to long they get hard like brittle.

it's good but it's hard when it's all done, and i think u should not get the BIG peacons try using the small ones. It's a little harder to set up but it's so much better.

not as easy as it is made out to be. be careful the caramel will go from melting to burnt before you know it.

great tasting, but the caramel was too hard to chew. It was that teeth ripping kind of chew. I wonder if anything can be done about that.

Fun and tasty recipe. We used it for our holiday gift baskets. We made the last batch into "flowers" instead of turtles due to losing turtle legs and heads - we had a turtle repair hospital! We slightly softened the caramel in the oven and then poked 3 whole toasted almonds in the top at an angle. Then we drizzled the chocolate over them. They were more visually appealing than the turtle.

The turtles had great flavor but they were a little hard.

I tried making this recipe as written but the caramel came out so hard that it was inedible. I then tried melting the caramel on the stove and drizzling it over the pecans..IT WORKED. I blame my 20 year old oven for ruining my first batch. Melting the caramel on the stove takes a bit longer, but it's worth it. I also recommend using Kraft caramels.

I tried to combine all of the suggestions from the other reviews. I used Hershey's caramels. I added a Tbsp or so of milk and then melted the caramel on the stove and stirred the pecans (I used chopped Pecans) into the caramel. Then I dropped the caramel by spoonfuls onto parchment paper. Then I melted the chocolate. When the caramel was hardened, I dipped each piece into the chocolate, totally covering each piece. I put them back onto parchment paper and they came out great! They come easily off the parchment paper when cooled.

*WARNING* If you have TMJ do not try these. They taste great, but following the directions to the T will leave you with sore jaws, broke teeth, and lost fillings. I wish I had followed the other reviewers advise and fixed the caramels another way.