(06-04-2013, 11:31 PM)Donna McCreary Wrote: I LOVE old cookbooks! I found a recipe for Buttermilk Chocolate Candy. It has few ingredients and seems simple to make.
And here it is:

Buttermilk Chocolate Candy
2 cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk
butter the size of a walnut (I'm guessing -- maybe 3 Tablespoons)
1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)

In a heavy bottom saucepan, melt butter and sugar together over low heat. Add buttermilk. Raise temperature slightly and boil mixture to soft ball stage when dropped in cold water.
Remove from heat. Add vanilla if desired. Beat until creamy.
Pour into a buttered pan. ut into squares and roll into balls.
Dip into melted chocolate.

Now, if my grandmother were to make this kind of candy, she would probably cook the mixture in an iron skillet. I would use a quality chocolate such as the kind purchased at a candy/cake supply store. Semi-sweet chocolate chips and paraffin could be used - but I'm not a fan of the wax content. I may have to try to make some of this for our church bazaar. It looks very simple.