Plain Chocolate Caramels
| Chocolate, | 4 squares |
| Sugar (brown), | 1 cup |
| Corn syrup, | 1 cup |
| Milk, | 1 cup |
| Butter, | 1 heaping tablespoon |
| Flavoring (vanilla), | 1 teaspoon |
Betsey let the chocolate, sugar, syrup and milk boil until they formed a hard ball in cold water, added the butter just before removing from the fire, then the vanilla, and poured into buttered pan, marked in squares when sufficiently cool, cut with a sharp knife when cold and wrapped in waxed paper.