Cocoa Date Fudge
| Sugar (granulated), | 2 cups |
| Milk, | ½ cup |
| Cocoa, | 4 tablespoons |
| Butter, | 1 tablespoon |
| Flavoring (vanilla), | 1 teaspoon |
| Dates (stoned), | ½ cup |
Betsey removed the long stones from the dates, then cut each date into four pieces. The candy she made by first melting the butter, adding to that gradually the cocoa and sugar, then the milk a little at a time. These she let boil until a little of the syrup, when dropped in cold water, formed a soft ball. It was then ready to remove from the stove and place the saucepan in a pan of cold water; this Betsey did, then added the dates and vanilla; beating the fudge until it was as thick as heavy cream, pouring quickly into a buttered pan and marking it in squares.