Chocolate Fudge with Molasses

Sugar (granulated),2 cups
Molasses,¼ cup
Milk,½ cup
Chocolate,2 squares
Butter,1 tablespoon
Flavoring (vanilla),1 teaspoon

Putting the sugar, molasses, milk, chocolate and butter in the saucepan, Betsey let them boil until they formed a soft ball when a little of the syrup was dropped in cold water, then she removed the saucepan from the fire, added the vanilla and placed the saucepan in a pan of cold water.

Beating the fudge until it looked about as thick as heavy cream, Betsey poured it into a buttered pan and marked in squares.