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Brigadeiros - A Brazilian chocolate delight!

This is an awesome treat to do it with your kids as they will have fun forming the little balls and rolling them in whatever they want such as sprinkles, cocoa, sugar or coconut flakes.

Since I was a little kid back in Europe, Brigadeiros would always be served at every party, celebration, holiday you could imagine. These little mouth-watering chocolate balls are neither a truffle nor a fudge but an in-between. This is an awesome treat to do it with your kids as they will have fun forming the little balls and rolling them in whatever they want such as sprinkles, cocoa, sugar or coconut flakes.

INGREDIENTS:
1 can of sweet condensed milk
1 tbsp of unsalted butter
6 to 8 tbsp of unsweetened cocoa powder

DIRECTIONS:

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  1. In a medium size pan melt the butter on low heat
  2. Add the can of sweet condensed milk and stir
  3. Add the cocoa powder and keep on stirring with a wooden spoon until it becomes a paste and stops sticking to the pan
  4. Prior to turning off the heat, make sure the paste you created is tight together and very firm
  5. Let it cool off then put it in the fridge for a couple of hours
  6. Remove from the fridge and start creating nicely formed round balls
  7. Roll them through sugar, cocoa powder, coconut flakes or whatever else you would like 
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