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Brigadeiros! Let’s eat em’. Let’s love em’. Let’s talk about em’!
But let’s do the talking part first. Cause I’ve got a question! Do y’all know what’s what in the world of brigadeiros? If not, read on! A brigadeiro is a Brazilian chocolate bonbon that was created in the 1940’s. It’s super popular in Brazil and Portugal, and according to one of my Brazilian girlfriends, they’re always served at birthday parties. Birthday bonbons?! Uh, yeeeeeeah! I could so get down with that.
These little candies are traditionally made by simple mixing sweetened condensed milk, butter and cocoa powder together. Then the mixture is heated in a pan on the stove until smooth, sticky, and scoopable. The last part of the brigadeiro process is scooping the mixture and rolling it into little balls, then rolling it in your topping of choice.
On to the love em’ part. This ones easy! Salted peanut butter – chocolate brigadeiros = deep dark chocolate bonbons spiked with sea salt and peanut butter. Oh, and they have a nice chunky layer of salty peanuts on the outside, too. In love, yet?
And what was the last part… oh yeah! Eat em’. Annnnnnnd, go!
Salted Peanut Butter – Chocolate Brigadeiros – Baker by Nature
Makes about 20 (1 teaspoon sized) bonbons
Ingredients:
(1) 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
3 tablespoons salted peanut butter
1 tablespoon salted butter
3 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup chopped salted spanish peanuts for rolling the chocolate in
Instructions:
In a small sauce pan combine the condensed milk, the peanut butter, butter, and cocoa powder. Bring the mixture to a gentle simmer over medium heat and cook – stirring constantly – until thick and almost taffy like; about 10 minutes. Remove pan from heat, scoop dough into a heat proof bowl, and allow the mixture to cool for at least one hour; it needs to firm up. Once firm and scoopable, make tiny 1 teaspoon scoops of the dough, roll them in your (buttered) hands, and then roll in the chopped peanuts. Continue until all the dough is left. Eat right away, or place in the fridge until needed.
I’ve never had brigadeiros, but I WANT TO! Yours sound perrrfect. Yeah salted pb never hurts 😉
I’ll invite you over when I make my next batch 😉 They’re epic!
These look so good Ashley! I love chocolate and peanut butter combo. Definitely on my list of must try!
You are speaking my peanut butter and chocolate pregnant language!
Um, I LOVE brigadeiros — and ones with salted peanut butter and chocolate? I’m going to have to make these as half-birthday bonbons because I can’t wait until next year! 🙂
Yeah, you cannot wait a whole year to make these babies!
Oh yum, these are so my thing!! I love pistachios and chocolate. Such great combo!
Annnnnnnd, we’re off!! You had me at, “salted peanut butter”, girl. I need these “birthday bonbons” in my face pronto…it’s my birthday in a few days. So, the race to make these tasty bites is definitely ON, baby! Thanks for sharing–including a brief history of these Brigadeiros bad boys, too, Ashley!
I wish we lived closer so I could hand-deliver you a box on your special day! xo
Why haven’t I heard of brigadeiros before? It looks like I’ve been missing out!
Guess what just went on my list of things to buy?
Yay!
ohmeohmy! peanut buter, chocolate and condensed milk in one recipe! oh be still my heart!
These look delish!
O.K. So, I’ve never heard of brigadeiros before. Does this mean I would not eat 10 or 12 of these in one setting? Absolutely not! Wow, these look and sound incredibly delicious!! Just curious, Ashley – what do you do with all of your leftovers?! (Lucky neighbors? Mailperson? Milkman?)
Leftovers…? Um, we don’t have many of those around here 😉