Mackinac Island Old-Fashioned Chocolate Fudge - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups milk
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate squares
4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Preparation

Combine milk and chocolate in a medium size heavy saucepan;.
cook over low heat until chocolate is melted.
Add sugar, corn syrup and salt,.
cook, stirring constantly, to boiling.
Cook, without stirring to 234 degrees F. on a candy thermometer. (A teaspoon of syrup will form a soft ball when dropped into cold water).
Remove from heat at once.
Add vanilla and butter but do NOT stir in .
Cool mixture in pan to 110 degrees F., or until lukewarm.
Beat with wooden spoon until mixture thickens and begins to lose its gloss. (This will take about 15 minutes.).
Spread in a buttered 8-inch x 8 inch x 2 inch pan.
Let stand until set and cool.
Cut into squares.