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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 heard of a brigadeiros…where have they been all my life? They look heavenly. And so simple too, which I adore. Definitely have to make these. They’ll make great holiday gifts. Thanks for the idea. 🙂
They would be aaaaaaamazing gifts! If you don’t eat them all first 😉
These look incredible! Well done 🙂 I am drooling at the thought of these little morsels…
oh oh oh! I want want want!! Do you know how dangerous these are?!!
Very, very, veeeeeeeeeeery dangerous 🙂
I love how you added a touch of salt to this amazing chocolate peanut butter mix! Though…there’s no way I can wait until February for my birthday to make them. Half birthday though? Happening.
Yay!
Yummy yum yum! Chocolate and peanut butter? I’m so there! Delicious.
Is there anything better than chocolate and peanuts?! I think not!
My Grandma’s neighbor used to make these for me all the time! I miss them so much! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
I have to make these just so I can use the name Chocolate Brigadeiros. People will look at me in awe. Then they’ll eat and know. 🙂
I don’t know how to pronounce these, I just know I want some!
I’ve never heard of brigadeiros before, but really, all you had to do was say chocolate and peanut butter and that’s enough to convince me. 🙂
Wow, this looks delicious! And so easy, yum!