"This candy will be worth a dollar a pound!" said Mildred.
"At least that," said Miss Betty, laughing; "only we won't ask quite that much, I think. Now this is the last receipt."
CHOCOLATE SQUARES
| 1 | cup of sugar. |
| ¼ | cake of chocolate. |
| ½ | cup of molasses. |
| ½ | cup of milk. |
| ½ | cup of butter. |
Mix this all together and boil it twenty minutes; cool it a very little and add 1 teaspoonful of vanilla. Pour in pans, and, when cool, mark off in squares.
It was dark when all this candy was done and in the boxes. The girls were tired, but delighted with their work, and the next day they came, eager to finish it. Those who worked in the kitchen made the same things as the other girls had made before, and, when everybody was done, it was astonishing how many, many boxes they had.
They had already decided not to have any two-pound or five-pound boxes, but to make only pound and half-pound ones, as these would sell better. They tied up the boxes which were covered with holly paper with red ribbons, and the red boxes with holly ribbons, and the plain white boxes with red, with a bit of holly tied in each bow. When Norah saw them all, she said they were "stylish." Certainly they were pretty, and the candy was delicious, and fresh as well, and all the committee and Mother Blair and Miss Betty were just as proud as proud could be.
Selling Candy at the Christmas Fair