---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05 Title: Pecan Delights Categories: Candies Yield: 4 Dozen -Sue Woodward 2-1/4 c Brown sugar; packed 1 c Butter; or margarine 1 c Light corn syrup 1/8 ts Salt 1 cn 14-oz. sweetnd condnsd milk 1 ts Vanilla extract 1-1/2 lb Whole pecans 1 c Semisweet chocolate chips -(6-oz.) 1 c Milk chocolate chips 2 tb Shortening In a lg. saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt. Cook over med. heat until all sugar is dissolved. Gradually add milk and mix well. Continue cooking until candy thermometer reads 248° (firm ball stage). Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla until blended. Fold in the pecans. Drop by tbspfuls onto a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet. Chill until firm. Melt chocolate chips and shortening in a microwave safe bowl or double boiler. Drizzle over each cluster. Source: Linda Jonsson; Marion, OH (Taste of Home, Dec/Jan '95) -----