Brazilian Brigadeiro

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• chocolate sprinkles, to decorate (or jimmies)

Recipe

• 1 prepare:.
• 2 cook over medium-low heat, stir vigorously the sweetened condensed milk, margarine and cocoa powder.
• 3 cook the mixture until it thickens enough to show the pan bottom during stirring.
• 4 pour the mixture in a greased dish and let it cool to room temperature. take small amounts of the mixture with a teaspoon and make 1 ½ inch balls.
• 5 roll the balls over chocolate jimmies to decorate.
• 6 hint: grease your hands with margarine to make the balls easily.
• 7 if the balls don't hold the shape and flat down like coins, it means that you did not cook enough. cook additional five minutes, take a small sample and dip it in a glass with cold water. if you cooked enough, this sample should hold the shape after cooling down in the water.
• 8 the cheapest , low grade sweetened condensed milk is the best to make the brigadeiro because they have more starch on them, which helps the candy to hold the shape.
• 9 in us, buy the sweet condensed milk from the walmart brand "great value", cook this brand for 20 minutes in medium heat stirring continuously and your brigadeiro is with the right consistency.