Chocolate pecan laceys

Okay, these are everything. EVERYTHING. They're like, candy, disguised as a cookie. Nuts, chocolate and toffee, yum! I'm addicted to chocolate macadamia laceys from trader Joes and world market, so I decided to try to recreate them! Found a recipe and tweaked to my liking. Enjoy!

Ingredients :

1 3/4 cups of nuts. I prefer pecans but almonds, hazelnuts or macadamia would work great too.
3 Tablespoons all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons heavy cream
2 Tablespoons light corn syrup
5 Tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
A bag of milk chocolate chips (this is a very sweet cookie, so use semi sweet chips if you prefer)

Chop the nuts in a food processor until very finely chopped. Transfer to a bowl and mix in the flour.

In a saucepan, add the sugar, heavy cream, Butter and corn syrup and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until it comes to a boil. Cook for about another minute, stirring. Turn off heat, stir in the vanilla extract, and pour this mixture over the nuts. Stir to combine and let it cool for about 20-30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpad. When the "dough"  is just cool enough to handle, scoop out a tbsp at a time and roll into balls, placing on a plate as you go. As the dough cools it becomes harder to roll as it gets very crumbly so if this happens, pop it in the microwave for a few seconds. Place the balls on the baking sheet, about two inches apart. These spread A LOT. Bake each batch for about 7-9 minutes or until the edges start to turn golden brown and are bubbly all over. You have to watch these closely because they go from golden brown to burnt very quickly!
Let cool on the pan for 5-10 minutes then remove and cool on a wire rack. They won't be perfect circles so if you really care about that, you can reshape then quickly as soon as you take them out of the oven while they're still soft.

Once they're all cool, melt the chocolate chips on a double boiler OR in the microwave like I do, because it's easier. Using a Butter knife or pastry brush, spread a generous amount of chocolate on the flat side of a cookie then smush another gently on top. Let the sandwiches cool completely so the chocolate sets. Try to not OD on sugar with these beauties.