Chocolate Fig Fudge
| Sugar (granulated), | 2 cups |
| Milk, | ½ cup |
| Chocolate, | 2 squares |
| Butter, | 1 tablespoon |
| Flavoring (vanilla), | 1 teaspoon |
| Figs (cut in small pieces), | ½ cup |
Betsey let the sugar, milk, chocolate and butter cook until a little of the syrup, dropped in cold water, formed a soft ball; in the meantime she wiped each fig carefully with a damp cloth and cut out the hard little stem, then she cut them up into small pieces.
When the candy was sufficiently cooked she removed the saucepan from the fire and placed it in a pan of cold water, added the figs and vanilla, beat until it was thick like heavy cream, poured quickly into buttered pan and marked in squares.