Chocolate Molasses Peanut Fudge

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

When Betsey had cooked the sugar, molasses, milk, chocolate and butter so that a little of the syrup formed a soft ball when it was dropped in cold water, she removed the saucepan from the fire, placed it in a pan of cold water, added the peanuts and vanilla, beat well till it was thick and creamy, poured quickly into a buttered pan and marked in squares.