Old Fashioned Caramels

Servings: 1
Ingredients:

2 1/2 tb Butter
2 c  Brown sugar
2 tb Molasses
1/2 c  Milk, condensed
4    Chocolate, unsweetened, squa
-e
1 ts Vanilla
1 c  Nuts, chopped

Melt the butter, add the sugar, molasses and the milk and bring to a
boil. Cut the chocolate in small pieces and add, stirring constantly
until the chocolate is melted. Boil until the caramel forms a soft
ball when dropped in cold water. Add the extract and the nuts and
pour into a greased pan. Cool a little and when fairly firm, cut in
squares.

Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, Culinary
Arts Press, 1936.