I'm on an American baking tip at the moment so Turtle Bars had to feature, and as with all my recipes these turtle bars are nut-free, dairy-free and egg-free. A good old American favourite, the turtle bar is a delicious combination of buttery shortbread base, gooey caramel, crunchy, nutty pecans, all topped with a layer of chocolate.
To make my Turtle bars nut-free i've used pretzels instead of pecans which in my mind make a genius replacement for nuts - you still get the crunch and the saltiness that you'd expect from a nut, and i feel that a pretzel is about as pecan like as you can get without being a pecan! If you can eat nuts and just want a vegan turtle bar recipe then replace the pretzels with pecans or other nut of choice.
I've used the caramel sauce from the recipe i posted the other week as the caramel layer and the best bit about that is you get extra caramel sauce to use on other desserts or bakes.
This recipe makes 6 generous sized bars, but you can easily double the recipe and use a 20cm square tun instead. Or cut the six bars in half to make more bite sized mini turtle bars.

Nut-free Turtle Bars
nut-free, dairy-free, egg-free, sesame-free, vegan and vegetarian
- 60 g dairy-free butter
- 1 tsp vanilla paste
- 30 g granulated sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 120 g plain flour
- 22 g pretzels (one small bag)
- 100 g caramel sauce
- 50 g dairy-free chocolate (chips or chopped )
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Preheat the oven to 170℃
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Line the loaf tin with baking paper and set aside
To make the shortbread layer
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melt the butter in a sauce pan, once melted stir in the vanilla, sugar and salt
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stir in the flour and then press into the lined loaf tin.
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scatter most of the pretzels on top (keeping 3 or 4 aside) and then bake for 15-17 minutes until golden around the edges
for the topping
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warm the caramel sauce and pour over the shortbread base
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scatter the chocolate over the top and dot with the remaining pretzels, crushed up
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return to the oven for two minutes to melt the chocolate
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Leave the bars to fully set (this will take a couple of hours in the fridge) before cutting into 6 even slices

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