If you're familiar with See's Candies then you probably know about their Bordeaux candies. If you've never tried them, the best way to describe it would be sort of a vanilla fudge. A while back I went on the search for a knockoff recipe and with a few tweaks came up with something pretty close to what you can get at See's. It's one of our favorite Christmas candies and I thought I would share.

1/4 cup butter
2 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
3/4 cup of evaporated milk
2 Tablespoons light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup chocolate chips
chocolate sprinkles

1. Spray an 8" pan with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
2. In a heavy 3 quart saucepan, melt butter. Add sugar, evaporated milk
and corn syrup; stir well. Bring to a full, rolling boil over medium heat,
stirring constantly.
3. Cover pan, reduce heat to low and continue gently boiling for two
minutes. Remove lid and scrape sides of pan with rubber spatula.
4. Continue boiling, uncovered, over low heat, until mixture reaches 236
degrees, gently scraping sides to prevent sticking, but avoid
scraping the bottom of the pan.
5. Pour mixture into a heatproof mixing bowl (if you will be using a stand
mixer to mix in step 6, use the bowl that fits your mixer). Set bowl into
sink with a 1/2" of lukewarm water. Cool mixture until it reaches 125
degrees.
6. Add vanilla extract. Beat mixture until it thickens and loses it's gloss (the
color and texture will be similar to peanut butter), about 5 to 10 minutes
with my electric stand mixer. This step could be done by hand, but be
prepared for a real workout.
7. Pour mixture into prepared pan and sprinkle chocolate chips over the top,
allowing to melt and then spreading with a rubber spatula. Sprinkle
chocolate sprinkles over melted chocolate and allow to cool to set up.