Chocolate Caramel Turtles

Thanks from Grandma Jo Ann! These are amazing!

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup butter
1 cup heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
3 1/2 cups chopped pecans
1 lb chocolate almond bark, melted. (Grandma buys Ghirardelli melting bars from Sams Club after Christmas when they go on sale.)

In a medium saucepan, combine sugars, and corn syrup. over medium-high heat cook to 250 degrees on a candy thermometer. Add butter, stir until melted. Stir in heavy whipping cream and cook to 242 degrees. Remove from heat, and stir vanilla and pecans. drop 1-inch apart by teaspoonfuls, onto parchment paper. (DO NOT USE WAXED PAPER) let cool for 30 minutes. (I put in freezer for a while).
Dip each turtle into melted chocolate using toothpicks or 2 forks, allowing excess chocolate to drip off.