Caramelicious Turtle Brownies

Total Time: 1 hr 14 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 44 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (19 1/2 ounce) package brownie mix
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
• 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
• 16 caramels, unwrapped
• 1 1/2 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°; position a rack in the lower third of the oven.
• 2 spray the bottom only of an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
• 3 in a bowl, mix the brownie mix, oil, water, and eggs with a wooden spoon until just blended and all dry ingredients are moistened.
• 4 stir in ¾ cup chocolate chips; spread batter into prepared pan.
• 5 bake 40-44 minutes or until pick comes out clean or almost clean (do not overbake).
• 6 during last 10 minutes of baking, sprinkle the top with the pecans (so that they will toast).
• 7 remove form oven and immediately sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips.
• 8 transfer pan to a wire rack.
• 9 in a medium saucepan set over low heat, melt the caramels with milk until melted and smooth.
• 10 drizzle caramel over brownies and cool completely.
• 11 cut into squares.