Brigadeiros Recipe

How to make it

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• In a saucepan, melt half of the butter. When
• melted, add the condensed milk and
• chocolate powder and mix well and simmer
• over low heat for about 15 minutes until the
• mix achieves the right consistency (this
• happens when you pass the spoon across
• the middle of the pan and the space you
• created stays for a few seconds). Turn off
• the heat and set aside.
• Prepare your work station. We'recommend
• covering a table surface with newspaper. On
• this place a large plate or tray and a bowl.
• Fill the bowl with the chocolate sprinkles.
• Also, put the remaining butter on a small
• plate which provides easy access.
• When the chocolate mixture has cooled for
• about ten minutes and is warm enough to
• handle, bring the saucepan to your work
• station. Butter your hands thoroughly. Pick
• out a small bit of the mixture from the pan
• using your thumb, forefinger and middle
• finger. Roll this into a ball using both hands
• and toss into the bowl of sprinkles. Roll the
• ball in the sprinkles until it is coated and
• then place into one of the mini-cupcake
• holders or directly onto your tray or plate.
• Repeat until you've finished the mixture
• buttering your hands as often as necessary
• to prevent the mixture from sticking to them.
• Allow them to sit for about one hour at room
• temperature (if you refrigerate they will get
• hard and very sticky, like toffee).
• Serves all the people who need some lovin’
• Note:
• (Women) If you have just been dumped, I recommend you save your sprinkles and eat
• the whole mixture straight out of the pan
• with a wooden spoon while sitting in front of
• the TV watching "Gone with the Wind" or a
• Meg Ryan movie on your VCR.
• (Men) Clint Eastwood in "Play Misty for Me"