Old Fashioned Chocolate Fudge - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
2/3 c. milk
2 oz. unsweetened chocolate or 1/3 c. cocoa
2 Tbsp. corn syrup
1/4 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. coarsely chopped nuts (if desired)

Preparation

Butter loaf pan, 9 x 5 x 3-inch.
Combine sugar, milk, chocolate, corn syrup and salt in a 2-quart saucepan.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and sugar is dissolved.
Cook, stirring occasionally, to 234\u00b0 on candy thermometer (or until small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water forms a soft ball which flattens when removed from water).
Remove from heat; add butter.
Cool mixture to 120\u00b0 without stirring.
Bottom of pan will be lukewarm.
Add vanilla; beat vigorously and continuously for 5 to 10 minutes, with a wooden spoon, until candy is thick and no longer glossy.
Mixture will hold its shape when dropped from spoon.
Quickly stir in nuts. Spread evenly in buttered pan.
Cool until firm.
Cut into squares.