Homemade chocolate salt water taffy

Ingredients

• 1/3 Cup Sugar
• 1/8 Cup Corn Syrup
• 1/4 Cup Water
• 2-1/2 oz Ghirardelli Unsweetened Chocolate
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1 tablepsoon Organic Unsalted Butter
• 1/4 teaspoon Real Vanilla

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Preparation

• Add the sugar, corn syrup, water, Ghirardelli chocolate and salt over high heat stirring constantly until your candy thermometer reads 260º degrees or until a small amount placed in cold water forms into a hard ball.
• Remove from heat add the butter and vanilla extract and stir well. Grease a dish generously with butter and pour the mixture and allow to cool.
• Grease your hands with butter. When the taffy has cooled enough to handle take the taffy and pull until it has a satiny gloss, about 10 minutes.
• The reason for pulling the taffy is to incorporate many tiny air bubbles throughout the candy. This makes it lighter and chewier.
• Make a 1/2 inch diameter rope with the taffy, cut with a greased knife or scissors, allow to sit out for about 20 minutes then wrap in wax paper.