Chocolate Nut Brittle

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 tbsp. butter
• 3 oz. unsweetened chocolate
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups peanuts

1. In a heavy saucepan over medium heat bring to boil sugar, syrup, water, salt, and butter, stirring constantly.
2. Then cook, without stirring, to hard-crack stage (300F on candy thermometer).
3. Remove from heat.
4. Quickly stir in chocolate, then baking soday, vanilla and peanuts.
5. Turn into greased jelly-roll pans; with greased spatula spread to cover pan.
6. Cool.
7. Turn out of pan onto waxed paper.
8. With mallet break into irregular pieces.

sugar, light corn syrup, water, salt, butter, unsweetened chocolate, baking soda, vanilla, peanuts

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/6599 (may not work)