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    Home » Dessert » Pastry

    Simply Caramel and Chocolate Turnovers

    October 28, 2014 by Melissa Griffiths 29 Comments

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    A simple, easy to make dessert perfect for a party. Layers of crisp, golden, flaky phyllo surrounding luscious caramel and chocolate. 

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    This month for Progressive Eats, our virtual progressive dinner, instead of dinner we’re having a virtual cocktail party. I signed up to bring dessert of course.

    When you’re eating dessert at a cocktail party, you want it to be easy to eat while you’re mingling. These caramel and chocolate turnovers fit the bill perfectly.

    Easy to Make Simply Caramel and Chocolate Turnovers from Barbara Bakes

    My neighbor was having surgery on her knee so I offered to bring her a treat, and she mentioned she liked chocolate and caramel. I had a roll of Athens fillo dough in the freezer leftover from when I made the Baked Nutella Turnovers. So I decided to make a chocolate caramel turnover, and headed to the store to buy chocolate and caramel for the filling.

    When I was standing in the candy aisle trying to decide which kind of candy to buy, my first thought was it would be fun to use Kraft caramels and a Hershey’s Kiss. Then I thought maybe Rolos, or Dove caramel chocolates, but in the end I decided to go with the new Simply Caramel Milky Way bars. I’ve always been a Milky Way fan.

    Collage of making Caramel and Chocolate Turnovers

    These turnovers are so easy to make. You just let the dough thaw in the fridge overnight, and then the next day fold the phyllo around the candy bar. When you bake the turnovers the candy gets all melty and spreads out inside the turnover. And the phyllo gets crispy and golden brown.

    Then right before serving, just sprinkle them with a little powdered sugar.

    Simply Caramel and Chocolate Turnover Recipe from Barbara Bakes

    These would be fun to serve for a Halloween party, or a great way to use up some leftover Halloween fun size candy bars for your upcoming holiday parties – if chocolate would last that long at your house.

    I took several turnovers to my friend, ate a couple of turnovers myself, and then decided I needed to get them out of the house before I ate them all. So I took the remainder to my daughter and son-in-law. My daughter said she liked them, but my son-in-law LOVED them. I think you’ll love them too.

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    Simply Caramel and Chocolate Turnovers

    Prep Time5 mins
    Cook Time20 mins
    Total Time25 mins
    Course: Dessert
    Servings: 14 turnovers
    Author: Barbara Schieving

    Ingredients

    • 1 roll 20 sheets frozen fillo dough, thawed
    • Nonstick cooking spray
    • 14 fun size Simply Caramel candy bars
    • Powdered sugar

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350°
    • Lay one sheet of phyllo on a work surface (cover other sheets with plastic wrap and a lightly damp towel). Spray sheet lightly with nonstick spray. Place second sheet on top and spray lightly with nonstick spray. Place third sheet on top and spray with nonstick spray. Cut layered phyllo in half lengthwise.
    • Place one candy bar 2" from the corner of each strip. Fold the end over the candy bar at a 45° angle to form a triangle. Continue folding to form a triangle that encloses the filling until you reach the end (similar to folding a flag). Place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
    • Repeat with remaining sheets of phyllo and candy bars.
    • Place seam side down and spray the outside of the triangle to produce a golden brown color when baked. Bake until golden, about 20 minutes.
    • Serve dusted with powdered sugar.

    More about Progressive Eats

    Welcome to another edition of Progressive Eats, our virtual version of a progressive dinner party. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, a progressive dinner involves going from house to house, enjoying a different course at each location. With Progressive Eats, a theme is chosen each month, members share recipes suitable for a delicious meal or party, and you can hop from blog to blog to check them out.

    We have a core group of 12 bloggers, but we will always need substitutes and if there is enough interest would consider additional groups. To see our upcoming themes and how you can participate, please check out the schedule at Creative Culinary or contact Barb for more information.

    GIVEAWAY!!This month’s theme is a Cocktail Party celebrating Creative Culinary’s 3rd year of Friday Cocktails. Be sure to hop over to Barb’s post where she is giving away a gorgeous wine bottle opener to one of our Progressive Eats readers.

    Be sure stop by all the participating bloggers and enjoy our progressive cocktail party with us.

    Appetizers

    • Pepper Jelly Bites
    • Smoked Salmon Roses with Endive and Creme Fraiche
    • Spanish Style Garlic Shrimp
    • Pepper Jelly and Brie Phyllo Cups

    Beverages

    • Pomegranate Izze-tini
    • Northern Spy Cocktail
    • Orange Pomegranate Moscato Cocktail
    • Cranberry Martini

    Desserts

    • Simply Caramel Chocolate Turnovers
    • Pumpkin-Coconut Cookies
    • Maple Cream Snickerdoodle Bars
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    Comments

    1. Nagi@RecipeTinEats

      May 12, 2016 at 12:15 am

      These look amazing! What a perfect treat for a nice party. Caramel and chocolate together? Yummy!

      Reply
    2. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

      October 31, 2014 at 11:23 pm

      Mum you are so clever using chocolate bars! Anyone can make these including my friends who always say that they can’t cook! xxx

      Reply
    3. Rocky Mountain Woman

      October 31, 2014 at 3:52 pm

      I saw these on twitter and had to come over for a better look. Yowsa they look good!

      Reply
    4. Lana@NeverEnoughThyme

      October 30, 2014 at 8:33 am

      What a perfectly easy and perfectly delicious dessert for our Progressive Eats party! I love that you used phyllo dough for these. All those crispy edges with the warm chocolately-caramely filling…yum!

      Reply
    5. Jessica @ Sweet Menu

      October 28, 2014 at 9:20 pm

      Chocolate AND caramel AND pastry? I am so there!

      Reply
    6. Lauren @ Healthy Delicious

      October 28, 2014 at 6:46 pm

      wowza- these look amazing!

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