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Homemade Turtles

Homemade Turtles was pinched from <a href="http://www.averiecooks.com/2014/08/homemade-turtles.html" target="_blank">www.averiecooks.com.</a>

"The Turtles are no-bake, easy, ready in under a half hour, and you only need 4 ingredients. Save the recipe for holiday candy-making, birthdays, or for a last-minute hostess gift. Take your time melting the caramels, stopping and stirring frequently so they don't burn. I coated half the batch with dark chocolate and half with milk chocolate. On some I sprinkled sea salt to play up the salty-and-sweet aspect and on others I drizzled milk chocolate over a dark chocolate-coated Turtle and vice versa. Between the salty-and-sweet component, the crunchy pecans, chewy and gooey caramel, and the rich chocolate, they're hard to resist...."

INGREDIENTS
8 ounces pecan halves (I used roasted, lightly salted)
25 caramel squares, unwrapped (about 1 heaping cup)
1/4 cup cream or half-and-half about
16 ounces roughly chopped chocolate, melted (I used 8 ounces dark and 8 ounces milk,
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