Preheat your oven to 250°F.
Toss the Bugles and pecans into a big, shallow roasting pan.
Warm the pan in the oven while you get the caramel started on the stove.
Mix brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, and salt in a saucepan.
Stir over medium heat until it starts to boil.
Let that mixture boil for five minutes; don’t stir.
Take it off the heat, then stir in vanilla and baking soda.
Pour the hot caramel over your Bugles and pecans.
Stir gently so everything gets coated.
Bake for an hour, giving it a good stir every fifteen minutes to keep the coating glossy and even.
Let it cool just a bit, break it apart by hand, and let it finish cooling before you stash it away.