Combine sugar, water, and butter in a large pot. Before cooking, butter the marble slab and cover with ice. Also, make sure scissors are in the refrigerator getting cold. Stir and cook on high until temperature reaches 240 degrees. Continue cooking and stirring, but remove ice from slab and wipe it down. Stir constantly from 240 degrees to 258 degrees because it will cook quickly.

Remove from heat at 258 degrees and pour the mixture onto the slab. Add 3 to 4 drops of color and 8 to 10 drops of the flavoring. After a minute or so, spread corners out to side, then fold it over while moving it across slab. Once it's cool enough to handle, twist and pull for 10 minutes.

Cut with cold kitchen scissors into small pieces onto wax paper on a cookie sheet. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Remove and let it become creamy overnight. Makes 1 pound of candy. (Cool you hands before pulling. Hard work but worth it!)