Texas Turtles
- 1 c. peanut butter chips (6 oz.)
- 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk, divided (not evaporated milk)
- 2 tsp. white vinegar
- 1 1/2 to 2 c. pecan halves (about 144)
- 1 (12 oz.) pkg. semi-sweet chocolate bits
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- Line
- large
- cookie
- sheets with waxed paper; set aside. In medium
- sized
- heavy
- saucepan,
- over
- low heat, melt peanut butter chips with 1/2 can of condensed milk.
- Remove from heat; stir in
- vinegar.
- Drop
- by
- generous
- half teaspoonfuls 1 inch apart on
- prepared cookie sheets.
- Place 3 pecan halves on top, pressing in
- slightly
- with points touching; set aside.
- In top of double
- boiler,
- over
- simmering water, melt chocolate bits with remaining condensed
- milk.
- Remove from heat but keep over warm water,
- stir
- in
- vanilla.
- Spoon heaping teaspoonfuls of chocolate
- over pecan clusters, spreading lightly.
- Chill until firm, about
- 2
- hours.
- Store
- between layers of waxed paper in airtight tins.
- Makes 48.
peanut butter, condensed milk, white vinegar, pecan, semisweet chocolate bits, vanilla
Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=644355 (may not work)