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I’ve had turtles on the brain lately. In fact, just yesterday I dreamed up this amazing Turtle Tart, but it didn’t quite work out. You see, there were issues. With the crust. Bad issues.
Let’s not talk about my kitchen failures right now, though.
Not when I have these delicious, gooey, chewy little bites of heaven to share with you.
No, let’s not talk failures. These were too big of a success for that. At least I think they were a success. I ate half the pan in about 3 minutes…that’s successful, right? Wait, but I’m trying to lose weight, so that makes these a failure?
Crap. I can’t decide.
What do you guys think? Gooey, melty, sticky success or delicious, caramely, chocolatey failure?
Turtle Brownies
Ingredients
- 14 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon bittersweet chocolate chips
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans optional
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 30 caramel squares
- 2 tablespoons lukewarm water
Instructions
- Grease a 9x9 baking dish with butter. Dust with flour and tap out the excess.
- Melt the butter and chocolate in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, beat the eggs, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Add the cooled chocolate mixture and mix until well combined. Stir in the nuts.
- Measure the flour and salt and then sift directly onto the chocolate mixture. (I don't sift anything, so I just gave them a stir and then sprinkled it on the top of the chocolate mixture.) Mix until well combined and no trace of the dry ingredients remains.
- Pour half of the batter into the prepared baking pan and spread it out to reach the edges. Place the pan in the refrigerator while you make the caramel sauce.
- Unwrap the caramels and place them in a microwaveable bowl with the water. Microwave on medium powder and check every 50 seconds or until the caramels have melted into a thick liquid. Let cool for 5 minutes. Whisk the caramel with a fork to get a consistent texture. Pour the caramel over the batter in the pan. Don't go all the way to the edges and don't worry about covering every spot. Place the pan back in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to allow the caramel to set.
- Remove the pan from the fridge and spread the remaining half of the batter evenly over the caramel using a spatula. Let the pan sit for 15 minutes to come to room temperature.
- Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 35 minutes or until the brownies begin to pull away from the sides of the pan.
- Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour before serving.
Nutrition Information:
recipe from Fat Witch Bakery
Honey @ Honey, What's Cooking says
stunning pics… so so so good. makes me wanna grab one… someday that will be possible. 🙂
Margaret says
Chocolate and Caramel is NEVER a failure. Those look sooooo good!!!!
grace says
i personally don’t see how one can go wrong with the whole turtle combination–i hope you ate whatever filling you made for the crust disaster! 🙂
lovely brownies, karly.
Hannah says
I’m so glad you post. Enough said.
what katie's baking says
you are always killin’ me with these awesome recipes!!!
Amy @ A Little Nosh says
Where do you find bittersweet chocolate chips? I’ve never seen them at the regular grocery store.
Alicia Fidalgo says
These are absolutely a success. For a brownie like that I would gladly eat nothing but veggies for a week.
Barbara says
Anything that gooey and caramelly can never be a failure! My BIL is going to go ape over this recipe!
Honey @ Honey, What's Cooking says
damn these look good as hell. Fat Witch Bakery in NYC, right? Oh my, those are RICH! I may have to make this tomorrow – just 1 question.. what brand of caramels did you use?
Joanne says
Every time I open that cookbook, it’s a seriously dangerous expedition. Who knows what luscious treat I’m going to start to want to put on my thighs next?
Well. These, apparently.
Jenn (Cookies Cupcakes and Cardio) says
Yum…I love the gooey centres….I’m not a huge fan of Turtles, but I think this recipe could turn me around. Love the looks of it!
d.liff @ yelleBELLYboo says
Ooo Karly those look like gooey deliciousness – will you send me some for my birthday please?? I love when nuts are added to sweets but I’m allergic to walnuts, so I love that these have pecans!
Michelle says
I love the sound of these. I’m from South Africa so sometimes your receipies have stuff we don’t have. These however will be perfect. Yummmm. The only problem is I have 15kgs to loose and these are NOT going to help, lol
Aimee says
Stop it! That looks amazing, and just what I’m craving too. Thank you! My swimsuit doesn’t thank you, but that’s what one pieces are for!
Aimee
Katherine says
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I have been looking for a turtle brownie recipe and this is just what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing!!