Mexican Chocolate-Pecan Candy

Ingredients

1/2 pound butter

1 cup white sugar

1 cup dark brown sugar plus 1 TBS full additiional

1 cup dark karo syrup

1 pint cream

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

4 cups chopped pecans not too small

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.

Creamy pecan candy dipped in chocolate. We fix this candy at Christmas time. Everyone loves them. We can't ever make enough.

24.0 pieces

Saturday, December 5, 2009 - 1:41am