Sharon, I hope this is the recipe you want.

Coal Candy

Makes about 1 lb.

Ingredients

3 cups sugar
3/4 cup syrup
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp oil of anise
Blue and yellow food coloring


Preparation

Boil sugar, syrup and water to hard
crack stage. Remove from fire and
add oil of anise plus sufficient blue
and yellow food coloring to make
mixture black.

Pour candy into very lightly oiled
pan and set this pan in a bowl of ice.

(Oil pan with cooking oil, if possible,
or use shortening sparingly because it
leaves a white scum on candy.)

When cool, break in chunks.

Note: Use 1/2 teaspoon oil of anise which may be obtained in a drugstore. Oil of anise is much more concentrated than the
ordinary flavoring. If using anise flavoring, use 3 to 4 teaspoons.