Hawaiian Turtle Cups Recipe

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“Because my mother-in-law loves macadamia nuts and my daughter prefers white chocolate to milk chocolate, I came up with this fun twist on classic turtle candy. Now a family favorite, it goes together in minutes for great gifts, too!” Larisa Sarver - LaSalle, Illinois

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Hawaiian Turtle Cups Recipe
  • Prep: 20 min. + chilling
  • Yield: 12 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cups white baking chips
  • 1/2 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
  • 18 caramels
  • 2 teaspoons heavy whipping cream
  • 12 dried pineapple pieces, chopped

Directions

  • In a microwave, melt vanilla chips; stir until smooth. Pour by teaspoonfuls into greased miniature muffin cups; set aside remaining melted chips. Sprinkle the center of each muffin cup with nuts.
  • In a microwave, melt caramels and cream; stir until smooth. Pour over nuts. Reheat reserved chips if necessary; pour over caramel mixture. Top each with pineapple.
  • Chill for 30 minutes or until set. Carefully run a knife around the edge of each muffin cup to loosen candy. Yield: 1 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 223 calories, 13 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 5 mg cholesterol, 73 mg sodium, 27 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Hawaiian Turtle Cups in Simple & Delicious November/December 2008, p37

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About Macadamia Nuts

The macadamia nut tree originated in Queensland, Australia and was brought to Hawaii in 1882. Today, virtually all of the world's macadamias are grown on the Big Island. It takes about 7 years for a macadamia to bear fruit, making the nut an in-demand delicacy. It takes 300 pounds of pressure per square inch to crack the shell of the macadamia, making it one of the hardest of all nuts to crack open. Because of that, macadamia nuts are mostly sold shelled.

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Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2010 by EMMIEJOHN

very tasty the caramels and cream ran out on the second batch left out the cream and just chopped the caramels in to pieces worked just fine


Reviewed on Jan. 21, 2010 by vajudybug

I've made this a number of times and also as a bark but I always have trouble with the caramels running. It is very tasty though.

 
 
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