This is the best example of comfort food for me.

I remember the pleasure of being a little girl, and being invited to birthday parties. That’s because, to me, birthday parties = brigadeiro!

I used to get to the party, and even before wishing happy birthday to the kid, I’d go straight to the cake table and grab at least 3 brigadeiros. I must confess that, even now in my age, I still do this. The only difference is that I get to wish the person happy birthday first.

This is a treat that people don’t usually make for themselves, at least not rolled into little balls.

What Brazilians normally do, is that they cook the brigadeiro and eat it directly from the pan while watching tv, for example. It’s a very good confort food for a cold and rainy day. Igf you feel a little blue… it’s gonna cheer you up!

Ingredients

1 can condensed milk

3 tablespoons cocoa powder

1 tablespoon butter

1 oz chocolate flakes

butter as needed (to grease hands)

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients in a pot and bring it to a simmer, whisking constantly over medium heat.

2. Stop cooking when the consistency of the brigadeiro gets thick and while stirring you can see the bottom of the pan. Let it cool down.

3. Put some chocolate flakes in a plate and set aside.

4. Grease you hands with butter and make little balls with the cold brigadeiro dough. Roll the brigadeiro balls over the chocolate flakes and put inside the paper liner.

As we say in Portuguese, “Bom apetite”!

Servings: 4

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Difficulty: medium

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