Description:

Creamy pecan candy dipped in chocolate.

Source:

Alice Pearl

Serves/Makes:24 pieces or more

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb (.2 kg).butter
• 1 cup (225 ml) white sugar
• 1 cup (225 ml) dark brown sugar plus 1 tbsp (15 ml) full
• 1 cup (225 ml) dark karo syrup
• 2 half pints cream
• 2 cups (475 ml) canned evaporated milk
• 1/4 tsp (1 ml) salt
• 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla
• 4 cups (950 ml) chopped pecans (not to small)
• 1 package dipping chocolate melts

Preparation

• Bring the first 7 ingredients to a hard boil.
• Boil for 40 minutes or until hard ball stage.
• Pour in the vanilla and the pecans.
• Mix well.
• Pour into a square pan and let stand for 24 hours.
• Cut into bite size squares.
• Dip into melted chocolate melts.

Comments

We fix this candy at Christmas time. Everyone loves them. We can't ever make enough.