Sweets & Baking
Brigadeiro – Brazilian chocolate confectionery
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Soft chocolate balls for coffee or celebrations.
Timing
- Preparation: 10 min.
- Cooking/Baking: 15 mins.
- Rest/cooling: cool for at least 60 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per piece · Calculated for 20 pieces.
- Energy
- ≈ 100 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 2.2 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 12.7 g
- Fat
- ≈ 4.1 g
The nutrition values are estimates based on the ingredients and quantities used. Actual values may vary depending on the product, portion size and preparation.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Calculated estimate using the reference foods below. Substitute products, item weights and consumed fractions are assumptions. Ordinary cooking oil and marinades are counted in full; frying oil, coatings, bones and whole roasts use the stated factors. The higher serving count is used for ranges. Actual product values and cooking losses have not been measured. Varying only the listed quantity assumptions gives 95–100 kcal per unit stated above. This is neither a measured range nor a statistical confidence interval.
Ingredient amounts for the whole recipe; linked reference names retain the source language
- 400 g sweetened condensed milk · ≈ 400 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
Kondensmilch mind. 8 % Fett, gezuckert (M181400) - 25 g cocoa powder, unsweetened · ≈ 25 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
Kakaopulver stark entölt (S713000) - 20g butter · ≈ 20 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
Butter mild gesäuert (Q611000) - 80 g chocolate sprinkles · ≈ 80 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
Zartbitter-/Halbbitterschokolade (S560000) - a few grams of butter for shaping · ≈ 3 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
Butter mild gesäuert (Q611000)
Varied quantity range: 1–5 g
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 400 g sweetened condensed milk
- 25 g cocoa powder, unsweetened
- 20g butter
- 80 g chocolate sprinkles
- a few grams of butter for shaping
Instructions
- Mix the condensed milk, cocoa and 20 g butter in a heavy-based saucepan until no cocoa lumps are visible.
- Cook over low to medium heat for 10-15 minutes, stirring constantly; The mixture is ready when it briefly separates from the bottom of the pot as a soft block.
- Spread onto a buttered plate, cover immediately, cool and refrigerate for at least 60 minutes.
- Lightly butter your hands and form the mixture into 20 balls about the size of a walnut.
- Roll in chocolate sprinkles and serve in small paper cases. Store in a cool place until ready to eat.
Tips
- Stir patiently over low heat – condensed milk that has burned too hot tastes bitter.
- Food safety: Do not test hot sugar mixture with your fingers; Let it cool down well first.
- Technology: Germany: Sweetened condensed milk from cans and unsweetened baking cocoa powder. Drinking cocoa is not an equivalent substitute because of the sugar.
