Chocolate Brown Sugar Date Fudge
| Sugar (brown), | 22/3 cups |
| Milk, | ½ cup |
| Chocolate, | 2 squares |
| Butter, | 1 tablespoon |
| Flavoring (vanilla), | 1 teaspoon |
| Dates (cut in four pieces), | ½ cup |
After Betsey had prepared the dates by removing the long stone and cutting each date in four pieces she put the sugar, milk, chocolate and butter on to boil. As soon as the syrup formed a soft ball between the thumb and finger when a little of it was dropped in cold water she removed the saucepan from the fire, stood it in a pan of cold water, added the vanilla and dates, beat the fudge till it was as thick as heavy cream, poured quickly into a buttered pan and marked in squares.