Boyfriend Fudge - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. cocoa or 3 sq. unsweetened chocolate, cut up
1 c. milk
2 Tbsp. light corn syrup
3 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Put all ingredients, except butter and vanilla, in a 3-quart saucepan.
Cook over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
Continue to cook and stir only a few times until mixture reaches soft ball stage on candy thermometer.
(Maybe just a little longer.) Remove from heat.
Add butter and vanilla.
Beat until it thickens and loses its shiny look.
Add nuts.
Pour into a buttered 9-inch square pan to set.