{"id":4722,"date":"2016-12-01T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livewellbakeoften.com\/?p=4722"},"modified":"2021-01-19T09:10:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T15:10:35","slug":"chocolate-turtle-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livewellbakeoften.com\/chocolate-turtle-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Turtle Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recipe for easy chocolate cookies stuffed with caramel and coated in chopped pecans. These Chocolate Turtle Cookies are the ultimate dessert!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Are you in full cookie baking mode yet? I sure hope so, because this is the time of year for cookies galore!  <\/p>\n

While I was growing up in Arkansas, we always celebrated the holidays with traditional southern food. But one thing that was always on our dessert table was some sort of turtle dessert. So, I decided to transform a classic dessert that everyone around here enjoys into a cookie. And these Chocolate Turtle Cookies were born.<\/p>\n

Let me tell you, these Chocolate Turtle Cookies are incredibly hard to resist. Just look at all of that gooey caramel in the center!<\/p>\n

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Ingredients for This Recipe<\/h2>\n

These caramel chocolate pecan cookies have a simple ingredient list: <\/p>\n