A Brazilian child’s favorite treat. Served at birthday parties in their true bonbon form or eaten warm with a spoon directly from the pan. Condensed milk, cocoa, and butter come together for a treat everyone will love. Serve at room temperature.
Preparation Details
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 25
Ingredients
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (such as La Lechera®)
- 2 tablespoons powdered cocoa (such as Nestle®)
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup chocolate sprinkles, or as needed
Steps
- Combine condensed milk, cocoa, and 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring constantly, until brigadeiro mixture thickens and pulls away from the bottom and sides when the pan is tilted, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let brigadeiro mixture cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.
- Scoop teaspoonfuls of the brigadeiro mixture and roll into balls with greased hands.
- Spread chocolate sprinkles on a shallow plate. Dip and roll brigadeiros in sprinkles.
