Turtle desserts are baked goods that include the key ingredients in the traditional turtle candies. 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. According to Wikipedia, "Turtles were developed by Johnson’s Candy Company (which became DeMet’s Candy Company in 1923) in 1918, after a salesman came into the commissary’s dipping room and showed a candy to one of the dippers, who pointed out that the candy looked like a turtle. Soon after, Johnson’s Candy Company was making the same kind of candy and selling it under the name "Turtles." So, many people add the name "turtle" into any desserts that include pecans, caramel and chocolate. Sure, they usually include other ingredients such as we are today to form the crust and cookie bar portion of the treat, but they always include the nuts, caramel and chocolate.