Turtle Brownies

My mom makes this every holiday season. SO GOOD.

I've messed with this recipe by altering the quantity of nuts, chocolate, and caramel. All have turned out great. Just don't put too much caramel -- they fall apart!

Serves 24 - 2 inch square pieces
Prep time: 20 minutes; Baking: 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 package German Chocolate cake mix
3/4 cup melted Oleo or margarine
1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 cup chopped pecans (or other nuts)
6 oz. chocolate chips
10 oz. caramels
1/3 cup evaporated milk

Directions

Preheat oven to 350
Mix first 4 ingredients together
Pat 1/2 mixture into greased and floured 9 X 13 pan
Bake at 350 for 6 minutes
Remove from oven and sprinkle with chocolate chips. While this is cooling:
Melt caramels and evaporated milk and spread over chocolate chips -- keep stirring or it will burn - put about med-high heat
Spread remaining cake mix crumble across top of caramel mixture
Bake for 15 minutes further
Cool for at least 5 minutes