Laurie’s Chocolate Fudge

2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon corn syrup
4 Tablespoon cocoa1 (8 ounce) milk
2 Tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
dash of salt
1 cup walnuts, broken

Combine ingredients in sauce pan with the exception of the butter and the vanilla.  Cook gently, stirring from the bottom occasionally, until a little dropped into cold water forms a soft ball, approximately 250 degrees.  Remove from heat.  Add butter and continue to cook without stirring until lukewarm, add vanilla.  Beat until thick and no longer glossy. Stir in nuts and pour into buttered dish. Allow to cool.