Chocolate Caramels

Ingredients

• two and a half tablespoons of butter
• two cups of brown sugar
• two tablespoons of molasses
• one-half cup of creamy milk
• four squares of unsweetened chocolate
• one teaspoon of vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter in a saucepan, add brown sugar, molasses, and creamy milk.

2. 2

   Bring to boiling point and add chocolate, stirring until melted.

3. 3

   Let boil until it forms a firm ball when tested in cold water.

4. 4

   Add vanilla, turn into a buttered tin, cool, and mark in squares.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from For the comfort of the family (1914) by Josephine Story, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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