If you are trying to find a new special occasion pie recipe for your family, this salted pecan turtle pie is the one. In my family, chocolate and nuts rule when it comes to desserts. Although this recipe involves a handful of ingredients, it is totally worth it!
There are so many turtle dessert varieties out there these days, aren’t there? Turtle candy, chocolate turtle cookies, turtle cakes, turtle cookies. We even had a chocolate turtle caramel apple for dessert this fall, picked up from a local farm. So why not enjoy a salted caramel pecan pie with chocolate while we are at it?
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Ingredients
- 9-inch pie crust – Store-bought or your favorite homemade pie crust
- Granulated Sugar
- Light corn syrup
- Unsalted butter – At room temperature
- Eggs
- Dulce De leche
- Vanilla extract
- Chocolate covered pretzels
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Caramel baking chips
- Chopped pecans
- Caramel sauce and sea salt for garnish
I realize this looks like a long list. But really the only four things I usually have to buy specially to make this turtle pecan pie is the dulce de leche, caramel sauce, caramel baking chips, and chocolate covered pretzels. Everything else is a typical kitchen staple that I keep on hand.
What is the Best Pie Crust for Salted Pecan Turtle Pie?
Most of the time, I use a regular Pillsbury pie shell for this recipe. Usually with the hustle and bustle going on during a special occasion time, I am in a super hectic kitchen mode. This is because I am typically trying to make a ton of other food at the same time I’m working on this pie.
If I’m feeling fancy free, I will make my own pie crust from scratch. But thank goodness for store-bought pie crusts! You can apply some easy pie crimping techniques as a way to elevate store-bought pie crusts.
Making The Filling for Our Chocolate Turtle Pie
This is one loaded filling in this salted pecan turtle pie! There are quite a few ingredients that go into this decadent turtle pie filling. I highly recommend gathering all of the ingredients beforehand to ensure you don’t miss a thing.
For the dulce de leche, you may choose an authentic locally-made or store-bought dulce de leche cream. Personally, I usually keep the Nestle La Lechera Dulce de Leche condensed milk. It lasts a long time in the pantry, and it is versatile for so many recipes!
The process starts with heating the sugar mixture on the stove, and then letting that cool down. Basically, after that, you open everything up and drop it into the mixing bowl. Mix up! Pour! That’s really it! The instruction list may look lengthy, but it is actually a pretty simple recipe if you follow each step properly.
I advise using a pie guard in the oven to prevent your pie shell from over-browning during the first 30 minutes of the bake time. I only own one silicone pie crust shield. I need to order more as sometimes I like to bake two pies at once, and I have to rig up a foil rim for the second pie.
Garnish for Salted Pecan Turtle Pie
Personally, I prefer this dulce de leche pecan pie just as is detailed in the recipe card below – with only the caramel sauce and the sea salt on top so those ingredients can really shine.
The key to this perfect pie is to wait and drizzle the caramel sauce over each individual slice just as you are serving. This is also when you sprinkle on the sea salt. You would not want to drizzle on the caramel sauce any earlier as you would get a soggy crust.
Of course, if you so desire, you could drop a small dollop of whipped cream on the very top just as you are serving dessert.
Salted Caramel Turtle Pie
Ingredients
- 1 cup Granulated sugar
- 1 cup Light corn syrup
- ½ cup Unsalted butter at room temperature
- 4 Eggs
- 2 tbsp Dulce de leche We like Nestle.
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 tsp Salt
- ¾ cup Chocolate chips divided into ½ cup and ¼ cup
- ¾ cup Caramel baking chips
- ½ cup Chocolate covered pretzels
- 1 cup Pecans chopped
- 1 Pie crust 9 inch; store bought or homemade
- Caramel sauce for garnish
- Sea salt for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium sized saucepan add the sugar, corn syrup, and butter.
- Remove from heat and set to the side to cool.
- In a large bowl, add the egg, dulce de leche, vanilla and salt.
- Stir to combine.
- Once the sugar mixture has slightly cooled begin to pour it into the egg mixture.
- Make sure to stir while combining the two.
- Add the chocolate chips, caramel chips, chocolate covered pretzels and pecans to the mixture.
- Stir to combine.
- Spread ¼ cup of chocolate chips evenly on top of the pie crust.
- Pour pecan mixture into pie shell.
- Spread the mixture evenly and fill to 1/4 inch from the top of the crust.
- Bake for 45 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely.
- When serving, drizzle a bit of caramel sauce on top of each cut pie slice and sprinkle with sea salt.
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More Desserts from Planted in Arkansas
If you enjoyed our rich salted pecan turtle pie, try out some of our other desserts!
No Bake Coconut Pecan Praline Cookies
White Chocolate Chip and Oatmeal Almond Cookies
Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies
Buttery Sugar Cookies with Sprinkles
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies with Snickers
No Bake Cranberry Pecan Cookies
Easy Chocolate Cake with Homemade Chocolate Buttercream (huge hit)
Butter Pecan Praline Poke Cake (Number ONE recipe on the blog!)
Coconut and Pineapple Cream Cheese Pie
Tangy Key Lime Pie (one of our favorites!)
Blue-Raspberry Frosted Lemonade
Lemonade Drinks (some frozen varieties here)
Air Fryer Peaches with Ice Cream
Pumpkin Pie with Condensed Milk
Copycat Cracker Barrel Coca Cola Cake
Creamy Lemon Pie with Sour Cream
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