Gigantic Turtle Candies

Gigantic Turtle Candies

Ingredients:

• 1 bag (3.3 oz) Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popcorn
• PAM Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
• 63 pecan halves
• 1 pkg (14 oz) caramels, unwrapped
• 2 T Parkay Original Stick
• 2 T whole milk
• 1 pkg (12 oz) semisweet chocolate morsels
  

Directions:

1. Prepare popcorn according to package directions.  Remove all unpopped kernels.  Place popcorn in large bowel; set aside.
2. Spray 2 large baking sheets with cooking spray.  Arrange 21 groups of 3 pecan halves in clover leaf pattern on baking sheets.
3. Place caramels, parkay and milk in microwave-safe bowel; microwave on high for 3-4 minutes or until caramels melt, stirring once.  Pour over popcorn; gently toss to coat evenly.  Cool 2 minutes.
4. Spray hands with cooking spray.  Shape popcorn into 1 inch mounds; press onto center of each clover leaf. 
5. Place chocolate morsels in microwave-safe bowel and microwave on high for 2 minutes or until smooth when stirred.  Drizzle over each popcorn mound.  Chill 1 hour or overnight.

This recipe was in the All You December, 2009 issue.