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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 shortb…
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Nut‑free Turtle Bars

By lucylox on May 25, 2025

A close-up image of sliced Turtle Bars topped with pretzels, chocolate, and caramel, on a sheet of parchment paper. The bars have a shortbread base and show a gooey caramel layer.

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.

A hand holding half of a Turtle Bar, revealing layers of buttery shortbread, gooey caramel, pretzels, and chocolate on top, with more Turtle Bars in the background.

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.

A close-up of sliced Turtle Bars featuring a buttery shortbread base, gooey caramel, chocolate chips, and pretzels on top, all resting on parchment paper.

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.

A close-up of a turtle bar made with pretzels, chocolate chips, and caramel, set in parchment paper on a wooden surface.

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.

Pouring caramel sauce over a layer of pretzels in a baking dish lined with parchment paper, preparing to make nut-free turtle bars.

Nut-free Turtle Bars

nut-free, dairy-free, egg-free, sesame-free, vegan and vegetarian

  • 2lb loaf tin
  • 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 )
  1. Preheat the oven to 170℃

  2. Line the loaf tin with baking paper and set aside

To make the shortbread layer

  1. melt the butter in a sauce pan, once melted stir in the vanilla, sugar and salt

  2. stir in the flour and then press into the lined loaf tin.

  3. 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

  1. warm the caramel sauce and pour over the shortbread base

  2. scatter the chocolate over the top and dot with the remaining pretzels, crushed up

  3. return to the oven for two minutes to melt the chocolate

  4. 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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A baking dish lined with parchment paper containing a mixture of chocolate chips, caramel sauce, and pretzel pieces sprinkled on top.
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