Mexican Chocolate Caramel Pecan Cookies (Turtle Cookies)

INGREDIENTS

1 cup

butter, at room temperature

1 cup

sugar

1 cup

brown sugar

large eggs

2 tsp

quality pure Mexican vanilla extract (I used Nielsen-Massey)

1 tsp

quality pure chocolate extract (I used Nielsen-Massey)

2 1/2 cups

all-purpose flour

1/2 cup

quality cocoa powder

1 tsp

baking powder

1/2 tsp

salt

1/2 tsp

ground Mexican (ceylon) cinnamon (or regular cinnamon)

1/8 tsp

cayenne pepper

1 cup

semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup

chopped toasted pecans

1/2 cup

chopped caramels

Extra chopped pecans, caramels and pecans for topping the unbaked cookies