Brigadeiros
Brigadeiros are easy chocolate fudge balls that you can whip up with ingredients from your pantry.
Servings 10
Ingredients
- 398 mL sweetened condensed milk (1 can)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 cup chocolate sprinkles
Instructions
- In a medium pot, mix the sweetened condensed milk, cocoa powder, and butter.
- Cook, over medium heat, stirring constantly. The mixture should start to thicken and get glossy. Heat until 93 C / 200 F, when tested with a candy thermometer. If you don't have a candy thermometer, you can cook the mixture until it is thick enough that when you scrape the bottom of the pot, the mixture will take 2-3 seconds before it flows back together.
- Scrape the mixture into a shallow dish and chill in the fridge for an hour.
- Once chilled, remove from fridge. Have a plate ready to place the brigadeiros once ready.
- Place sprinkles in a small, shallow dish. Rub a small amount of oil over the palms of your hands.
- With a small spoon, scrape up about 1 Tbsp of the chocolate mixture. Roll it between your palms until it is round. Place on the plate you have ready.
- Once all the brigadeiros are rolled into balls, roll them one by one in the dish of sprinkles until they are covered.
- Once brigadeiros are covered in sprinkles, place them in small paper muffin liners.
- Store the brigadeiros in the fridge until you are ready to serve them.