Pecans, caramel, chocolate. Name a better combination of flavors. I’ll wait. Americans have been dipping pecans in chocolate and/or caramel for as long as we’ve had reliable access to sugar and cacao.

When I’m talking Turtles, I’m not thinking about the creepy, crawly kind. No, my palate is mentally tasting those wonderful candies of my youth. These tasty treats originally were made by the Johnson ...