homemade refined sugar free chocolate turtles
treat yourself to these homemade turtles made with pecans, medjool dates, a simple caramel and refined sugar free dark chocolate.
Servings: 22 chocolate turtles
Ingredients
- 1 cup pecans approximately 88 pecans total, 4 per 'turtle'
- 11 medjool dates
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup almond butter
- 1/2 cup refined sugar free dark chocolate chips i use Hu Kitchen Gems
- 1/2 tsp coconut oil
Instructions
- start by preparing a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper.
- halve each medjool date by splitting it down the middle with your thumb and then removing the pit, flattening each half on top of the parchment paper with the outside down (you want the sticky inside of the date facing upwards).
- once all the dates are de-pitted and halved, place four pecans in each corner of the date and press down firmly.
- once the base is ready, prepare your caramel. in a small saucepan over medium heat, mix together your honey and almond butter until it comes to a slight simmer. combine well and remove from heat.
- place a dollop of caramel on top of each turtle, and throw the turtles in the refrigerator or freezer for 30 minutes to allow the caramel to harden slightly before topping with melted chocolate.
- once the caramel has hardened, remove the turtles from the fridge or freezer and proceed to melt your chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl for 30 second - 1 minute increments (until fully melted).
- mix in the tsp of coconut oil.
- spoon the melted chocolate on top of each turtle.
- return to the freezer until they've set fully. remove and you can wrap each turtle in a little bit of parchment paper and place in a freezer ziploc bag or a freezer-safe container to store. pop one out whenever you want a sweet treat!