This Turtle Brownies recipe is a delicious dessert for caramel, pecan and chocolate lovers! It uses Rolos, chocolate chips, pecans, and caramel sauce for a sweet turtle brownie!
Last week when I was at Target, I stumbled upon mini Rolos. My husband and I love trying new candy so I grabbed a few small bags of them and went on my way. When I got home I opened one of the bags and realized that they were about ¼” smaller than the normal ones. I was slightly disappointed because I was expecting them to be small enough to go in cookies. So I scratched the idea of cookies and decided to make brownies with them. I’ve always loved turtle cheesecake and turtle candies, so I melted down the Rolos, combined them with additional caramel, chocolate and nuts, and created turtle brownies. The brownie itself is neither too fudgy or cakey. It is however, rich, and of course the topping only adds to it. I think this was a great way to liven up brownies! I think you’ll agree too!
Turtle Brownies Recipe
This Turtle Brownies recipe is a delicious dessert for caramel, pecan and chocolate lovers! It uses Rolos, chocolate chips, pecans, and caramel sauce for a sweet turtle brownie!
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Servings: 24 brownies
Calories: 304kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder - (Hershey's)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp espresso powder
topping
- 1 1/2 cups Rolo chocolate candies - melted in a microwave safe bowl with 1 Tbsp butter + 2 Tbsp heavy cream and mixed until smooth
- 1/3 cup caramel ice cream topping
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
chocolate ganache
- 2 oz bittersweet chocolate - finely chopped
- 1/4 cup heavy cream - melted and mixed with the chocolate until smooth
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9 x 13 pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium saucepan, heat butter over medium heat until melted. Gradually add sugar until it begins to dissolve. Remove from heat and stir in espresso powder and vanilla extract.
- Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well with a spatula or wooden spoon after each addition.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; whisk until combined. Slowly pour into wet ingredients, mix until combined (scrape the bottom of the bowl and the sides to make sure you get all of the dry pockets). Stir in ¼ c. mini chocolate chips and ¼ c. pecans. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Drizzle caramel evenly over the brownies. Using a toothpick, swirl caramel into brownies. Bake for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and spread prepared Rolo topping over while brownies are hot. Sprinkle with remaining mini chocolate chips and pecans. Return to oven for 3-5 more minutes. Remove from oven and allow brownies to cool completely in the pan on a wire rack (30 minutes or so).
- Once cool, drizzle with chocolate ganache. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Cut into squares and serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 1brownie | Calories: 304kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 80mg | Potassium: 125mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 349IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1mg
Adapted from Two Peas & Their Pod, Caramel Twix Brownies
I made these brownies for my coworkers on Valentine’s day and they were a huge success, so chewy and moist. I did not make any modifications to the recipe except I used regular chocolate chips rather than minis (they were all I had but they still turned out well.)
Highly recommend!!
I love to hear success stories 😉 And regular chocolate chips sound like an excellent substitution to me… more chocolate! Thanks for giving the recipe a try!
O.M.G. What more can I say? The most beautiful brownies I’ve ever seen. Can I have a bite?:)
Brownies are my FAVORITE and these look sooo good. I have to try them!
These look so delicious! Yum! Came over from Winthrop Chronicles.
Found this at a linky party and HAD to pin it. I think my husband would marry me AGAIN if I made him this! LOL. Thank you!