Brigadeiro Recipe

I learned to make brigadeiro, which is one of the easiest candy recipes I’ve ever seen, just in time for the Rio Olympics! Brigadeiro is sort of a chocolate caramel. It’s extremely sweet which means that kids love it and adults will probably be satisfied with just one or two candies. It’s typically rolled in chocolate sprinkles but in the video we used those and some rainbow sprinkles just to be a little more festive. Tuany suggests you could also use minced roasted peanuts on the outside, or even try filling your brigadeiro with a piece of strawberry or cherry.

This same recipe is also used to frost cakes in Brazil. If you take the mixture off of the heat a minute or so early while it is still kind of runny, you can pour it over cake as a glaze. Tuany made my birthday cake like that this year and it was so good.

It’s important to note that the brigadeiro recipe uses chocolate milk powder, not cocoa powder. We used Nesquick. Cocoa powder would likely work but I have not tested it. You can also try the same recipe using strawberry flavored milk powder and roll the candies in granulated sugar instead of cocoa.

Classic Brigadeiros Recipe by Tasty

Here’s what you need: butter, sweetened condensed milk, cocoa powder, chocolate sprinkle

Yield: 8 servings

Nutrition Facts: calories 259 calories, Carbohydrate 38 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 4 grams, Sugar 34 grams

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
• ¼ cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup chocolate sprinkle, as needed

Instruction:

1. In a pot over low heat, melt the butter, condensed milk, and cocoa powder, stirring continuously until you can see the bottom of the pot for 2-3 seconds when dragging a spatula through.
2. Pour onto a greased plate, then chill for 1 hour.
3. Shape and roll the chilled mixture into balls.
4. Roll the balls in chocolate sprinkles.
5. Enjoy!

Brigadeiro recipe

Brigadeiro is a classic Brazilian sweet with an incredibly easy recipe. You’ll fall in love with this delicious treat at first bite.

Prep: 15min

Total: 45min

Serving Size: 1

Nutrition Facts: calories 99 calories, Carbohydrate 16 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 11 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 3 grams fat, Fiber 0 grams fiber, Protein 2 grams protein, Saturated Fat 2 grams saturated fat, servingSize 1, Sodium 52 milligrams sodium, Sugar 15 grams sugar, Trans Fat 0 grams trans fat, unSaturated Fat 1 grams unsaturated fat

Ingredients:

• 1 14-ounce (397 grams) can sweetened condensed milk
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
• 1 tablespoon butter
• A pinch of salt to enhance the flavor
• Chocolate sprinkles or any other you prefer

Instruction:

1. Grease a plate with butter and set aside.
2. In a medium non-stick pan, combine the condensed milk, butter, and cocoa powder in medium heat and mix it well.
3. The mixture thickens after about 10-12 minutes, and once you can run your silicone spatula through the middle of it without it running back together for 2-3 seconds, it is done.
4. Pour the mixture onto the lightly greased plate and let it chill in the fridge for an hour.
5. In the meantime, prepare the candy cups and place the sprinkles in a bowl.
6. Once chilled, you are ready to roll the little balls. Lightly wet your hands, put a tablespoon of the chewy mixture on your hands, and roll into a small ball.
7. Roll it over the sprinkles.
8. Place the balls in the candy cups, and voila! Enjoy it!

Brigadeiro Recipe

Total: 10min

Yield: 20

Ingredients:

• 1-14 ounce can sweetened, condensed milk
• 3-4 tablespoons chocolate milk powder (ie Nestle Quik)
• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
• Chocolate sprinkles
• Paper candy cups

Instruction:

1. Pour the milk, chocolate powder and 1 tablespoon of the butter into a medium sauce pan. Stir with a silicon spatula until smooth.
2. Place over medium or medium-high heat and stir constantly until beginning to bubble around the edges. Reduce the heat to maintain a slow simmer.
3. Continue stirring until the mixture darkens and thickens. Adjust the temperature if necessary to keep the mixture from burning. You want to slowly caramelize it without burning or sticking. Be careful to scrape the sides and bottom of the pan well.
4. After about 10 minutes (give or take a few minutes) the mixture should be quite thick and, when you tilt the pot up it should sort of fall away from the bottom of the pot. This is called ponto de brigadeiro (See the video for a demonstration of what to look for).
5. Turn off the heat.
6. Smear a little of the reserved butter onto either a plate or a marble slab and spread the mixture out into about an 8″ disk. Let cool about 5 minutes or until cool to the touch.
7. Lightly oil your hands with butter and roll the mixture into small balls about the size of a large grape. Coat in sprinkles and place each brigadeiro into a paper candy cup.
8. These will keep in a container at room temperature for about 3 days.

Easy Brigadeiro Recipe

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