Recipe(tried): Old Time Chocolate Fudge

This recipe appeared on Paula's show in 2003

OLD TIME CHOCOLATE FUDGE BY PAULA DEEN

3 cups sugar
4 heaping tablespoons cocoa
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 cup evaporated milk
6 tablespoons butter plus extra for pan
1 cup chopped nuts she used pecans
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Butter a 1 1/2-quart glass dish.

Mix sugar and cocoa; add syrup and milk. Cook in saucepan over medium heat until soft ball forms 234 to 240 degrees on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat.

Add butter, nuts and vanilla. Beat with mixer or by hand. Pour into prepared dish and cut into squares. Work fast becuase mixture thickens quickly.