Vintage Candy Recipes

It's getting close to the holidays, so I thought I would post some of the vintage candy recipes from the now infamous, at least in my family, shoe box of recipes.

Both recipes were found in the shoe box, hand written on a single piece of yellowed paper.

Chocolate Coconut Drops

2 squares (1 oz each) Unsweetened Chocolate

1 15 oz Can Sweetened condensed milk

2 cups flaked coconut (about 1/2 pound)

½ cup chopped walnuts


1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Melt chocolate in sauce pan on low heat
3. Remove from heat and stir in remainining ingredients.
4. Drop mixture by teaspoonfuls on greased baking sheet
5. Turn off oven heat and place sheet of candy in oven.
6. Leave in oven for about 15 minutes or until candy has glazed appearance
7. While warm, remove candy from baking sheet.

Servings: 48



Old Fashioned Fudge


2 cups sugar

2/3 cup milk

2 squares unsweetened chocolate

2 tbs corn syrup

¼ tsp salt

2 tbs butter or margarine

1 tsp vanilla

½ cup chopped walnuts


1. Butter 9"x5"x3" loaf pan
2. Combine sugar, milk, chocolate, corn syrup, & salt in a 2 quart sauce pan
3. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until sugar is melted and chocolate is dissolved
4. Cook stirring occasionally until candy thermometer reads 234 degrees.
5. Remove from heat and add butter.
6. Cool to 120 degrees without stirring then add vanilla
7. Beat steady & continuous for 5-10 minutes with wooden spoon until candy is thick and no longer glossy
8. Quickly stir in nuts and spread mixture evenly in greased pan.
9. Cool until firm and cut into 1" squares.

Servings: 32