Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2010

Mmmm Delicioso! Brought these to my church's adult Christmas party potluck. HUGE hit! I was asked for the recipe by several, and someone brought home the 10 that were leftover. Following other reviewers, I cooked my chocolate (1/3 cocoa, 2/3 NesQuik) til it pulled away from the sides of the pan, and when I lifted the spoon, it stayed clumped rather than runny, about 15 minutes - constantly stirring. Poured into greased brownie pan, stuck in freezer for 30 min, used a melon baller to grab the candy and roll in my hands. They were little balls, about the size of a nickel if it was rounded, since I needed so many. I should have doubled the recipe, stuck about 3 in little candy cups. I decorated by rolling in red and green crystal sugar, and multicolored sprinkles - one of each in the cups would have been cute...As it was, I just arranged randomly in white tupperware to show off the colors. Very sweet candy, delicious, very easy; the kids want me to make more to bring to their Nana's for our Christmas dinner. They were disappointed that there was nothing left to bring home for them!

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KETHRAE

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2010

I love this stuff and I've made this recipe several times. I really don't know why so many people are having trouble rolling these, and I can only assume it's an issue of not cooking it long enough. You have to get a feel for it, but I cook it about 15 minutes. I chill it for at least a few hours before I try to work with it, at which point it's much like a clay. When you roll it in your hands, it heats up the surface, making it sticky enough for the toppings. They're like sweetened condensed milk tootsie rolls, and they're absolutely fabulous.

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Robyne

Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2010

I tried them rolled in powdered sugar, coca powder and chopped pecans. The pecan ones were the favorites.

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Kalex

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA

Living In: Portland, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 16, 2010

These were very yummy but way too similar to Dulce de Leche. Brazilian brigadeiros have a different twist. They were great though, and the only difficulty I had had to do with the fact that I didn't cook the mix enough and had a hard time putting it into balls. I baked it over again and let it cool in the fridge for a while and it worked out perfect.

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mbfelix90

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2010

I followed other reviews and these turned out perfect for my son's class. They were studying Brazil and we were looking for a recipes to bring into class. My 12 year old did these by himself with little help from mom. We rolled in the traditional chocolate sprinkles, confectioners sugar, and coconut. Big hit with the family and the class!

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JULIEARSENEAU

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Kankakee, Illinois, USA

Living In: Howe, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2010

I've made this recipe three times now. I've used some of the following comments to help out with knowing when the little balls of chocolaty goodness are done and I think the most helpful hint of them all is to tip the pan over while your cooking and if the "dough" seems to pull away from the sides and try to keep itself in a blob than rather be drippy, than you know it'd ready. Also, I wouldn't suggest putting it in the fridge to cool the dough, that's what you do after you roll the balls up, if you do it for too long too early you will be sorrrrrrrry!

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Ruhland

Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2010

very nice....just what i wanted

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Baby_Ruth

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 7, 2010

I was craving these the day before yesterday,, and I tried to call my mom to get the recipe but then I found them on this site and all the ingredients were as I remebered.. I did them the was We did them as a kid.. after the mixture is completley blended and cooked pour hot mixture in a pie pan.. and then coat your hands with butter to prevent sticking and burning yourself and dive into the hot mixture rolling the balls and then immediatley putting them in chocolate sprinkles.. I did it myself ( though i remeber begina kid helping my mom make them) she would roll them hot and thow them in the sprinkles and us kids would roll them in the sprinkles.. I think they stick to the candy better if they are as hot as can be,.. If you can recruit someone to be designated as the sprinkler then i think it would be easier than if you did them yourself.. anyway,.. they are delish and still soft from the fridge :)

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The Very Full Monty

Cooking Level: Beginning

Reviewed: Sep. 28, 2010

Mmmmm. These were yummy. It just mostly taste like condensed milk, but I like condensed milk so I have no problems with it. I made enough for 8 balls, 2 were just chocolate - no coating, 2 with chocolate sprinkles, 2 with powdered sugar, and 2 with crushed peanuts. Both my boyfriend and I liked the peanuts the best. We both agreed that even though it looks pretty, the powdered sugar and chocolate sprinkles basically taste like the uncoated one.

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Katie

Reviewed: Aug. 13, 2010

WOW yummy! So creamy, I made 28. I had so much fun decorating these brigadeiros. I used tiny marshmellows around one and it looked like a flower....HA! ( see picture) I also rolled them in strawberry nesquik, power sugar mixed with cinnamon, nuts, crunched Oreo cookies and carved a small hole in several strawberrys and filled it with recipe and add sprinkles and nuts on top...now those were good! Easy, fun, will make these again.

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