Turtle Shortbread Bars are simple yet gourmet.  With only 5 ingredients they whip together quickly.  Perfect for any dinner party, Christmas or get together and kid approved!

 

Do you love chocolate?

Who are we kidding?

Of course you do, or else you wouldn’t be here!

A few of my favorite foodie friends and I decided to do a small chocolate challenge together.

This is how it works:

We each create a recipe which include the ingredient of chocolate!

{Skip to the bottom of the post if you want to see what everyone made!}

 

 

You’d think this would be an easy challenge, because you can put chocolateon or in anything!

However, I’ve completely over thought this entire challenge.

My first thought was that this was going to be the most simple of all round ups.

But I just couldn’t decide on what to make.

Do I post Puppy Chow Chex Mix  or Classic No Bake Cookies?

Neither!  Though delicious, both seemed to simple for this challenge.

 

 

Then I went all fancy and made No Bake Coconut Cookies.

Again, didn’t seem like the right fit for this chocolate challenge.

However that darn brain of mine kept spinning.

So I made these Turtle Shortbread Bars, Fudge (a LOT of fudge trials) and two kinds of chocolate covered puff corn.

And yes, you are 100% correct that I’ve really gone off the deep end.

I should also mention that this was all during the month of November and in addition to all of this I ended up making 5 pies for Thanksgiving.

A thanksgiving that had 10 people.

 

 

Don’t worry.

All of these items will one day be on the website.  Just not today.

So after all of this, and with the help of my fabulous Mother in Law, I decided to go with these Turtle Pecan Bars for the chocolate challenge.

Now before you go on thinking I’ve eaten ALL of this myself, I do have to say I’ve had the help of many to gobble this all up.

Well..most of it anyway.  I did have to sample it all.

However, there wasn’t anything I made that I didn’t enjoy.

 

 

I probably enjoyed it all a little too much as I’ve officially gained weight this month and am now seriously looking into joining a gym.

Being a food blogger while staying skinny is a very hard combination to balance.

This has been a very VERY difficult thing for me to accept.

I’ve always had a high metabolism and never had to worry about what I ate.

UNTIL I turned 34.

Good grief it was like on my 34th birthday my metabolism went on vacation.

 

 

And now, a year later, for the first time in my life I’m having to consider joining a gym.

Mainly for the reason of getting out of the house.

I’ve tried working out IN my house and there are just TOO many distractions and things to do that I never stick to it.

And let’s just be honest here, since no one ACTUALLY reads all my ramblings, I’m totally terrified of joining a gym.

I have NO IDEA what to do.

I don’t even know how to turn on a treadmill or what to wear.  It’s quite embarrassing.

 

 

I digress, sorry.

You don’t care about my obsession with chocolate and finding the right recipe or that Ive gained weight.

You only care about the recipe – as you should!

These Turtle Shortbread Bars are SO easy.

There are only 5 ingredients, and they taste amazing.

My husband claims they have a hint of toffee flavor and really you’ll just have to try them to tell me yourself what you think.

 

 

These Turtle Shortbread bars have everything a Turtle candy has: pecans, caramel and chocolate.

All of these yummy things on top of a shortbread crust.

So If you love all these ingredients and love easy quick and gourmet bars, then give these a try.

They were a hit with everyone who tried them and oh so easy to make!

 

 

Check out all the other delicious CHOCOLATE recipes below from bloggers who took part in our 30 Day Chocolate Challenge.

• Chocolate Bacon Saltine Toffee by Savory Experiments
• Kahlua Chocolate Truffles by The Kitchen is My Playground
• Snickers Chocolate Cheesecake by Blessed Beyond Crazy
• Mexican Mocha by Life Currents
• Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Walnut Shortbread by Hot Eats and Cool Reads

 

 

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