Based on the old fashion candy, turtle pie contains all the necessary flavors of chocolate, caramel, and pecans. Typically, the dessert is made with a chocolate Oreo crust and a cream cheese filling. However, I decided to switch things up a bit and turn a standard pecan pie into a fun turtle pie with a few twists!

A turtle pie is a dessert pie, originating in the United States. The turtle pie got its name due to the caramel, chocolate and pecans that are used to top the pies, which are said to have a similarity in flavor to that of DeMet's Turtles, which use similar ingredients.

Chicago, U.S.A. in 1918 when a candy company in Chicago, U.S.A. were made with caramel, chocolate, and nuts. whipped cream, all in a yummy chocolate crust!

The Edwards Baking Company was founded in 1950 by namesake Tom Edwards as a small retail bakeshop in Atlanta, Georgia. The Edwards family delivered a variety of baked goods to local restaurants, schools, and hospitals. Due to the success of the dessert business, Mr. Edwards decided to focus solely on producing pies.

A Culver's Classic! We begin with creamy Vanilla Fresh Frozen Custard and swirl in ribbons of old fashioned salted caramel, novelty chocolate, and toasted pecan pieces.

Turtles are a candy made with pecans and caramel dipped in chocolate, with a shape resembling a turtle. The name is trademarked by DeMet's Candy Company. In Canada, they are sold under the Nestlé brand name.

A Culver's Classic! We begin with creamy Vanilla Fresh Frozen Custard and swirl in ribbons of old fashioned salted caramel, novelty chocolate, and toasted pecan pieces.

Turtles Candy History 1918: Turtles were originally created by George DeMet in Chicago, Illinois, USA. DeMet was a Greek immigrant and started making Turtles as a homemade treat. 1930: George DeMet established the DeMet's Candy Company to produce and distribute Turtles on a larger scale.

Exceptional indulgences made effortless! No matter how you slice our decadent, velvety layers and fresh-from-the-oven cookie crumb crust, our frozen pies are meticulously whipped, sprinkled, and drizzled to extravagant perfection.

Debuted in 1991 and was discontinued in 1991.

No matter how you slice our decadent, velvety layers and fresh-from-the-oven cookie crumb crust, our frozen pies are meticulously whipped, sprinkled, and drizzled to extravagant perfection.

All in all, 42 million pies a year leave this industrial enclave among the leafy streets of residential Atlanta. The Edwards pie factory occupies a fenced-in plant in the Edgewood neighborhood, so close to the railroad tracks that twice trains have crashed through its windows.

"Turtle meat has a lot of protein but very little fat and almost no carbohydrates," she says. It is also a source of several micronutrients - including selenium, vitamin B12, iron, potassium, thiamine, riboflavin and zinc.

In the United States, the common snapping turtle has long been the principal species used for turtle soup. In this case the soup is also referred to as snapper turtle soup, or simply snapper soup (not to be confused with red snapper soup, which is made from the fish red snapper).

The flavor of turtle runs across a spectrum of fishy-to-beefy, depending on the variety and the method of cooking. Sea turtles -- most of which are now protected species -- actually fall on the 'beefy' side, often being compared to veal in both flavor and texture, though with abundant and savory fat.

What does turtle meat taste like? A large snapping turtle is said to contain seven distinct types of meat, each reminiscent of pork, chicken, beef, shrimp, veal, fish or goat. (Those less enamored of the protein might describe its flavor as muddy, dirty, mushy and chewy, however.)