Brigadeiros

Ingredients

• Canned milk

  Condensed, sweetened

  14 fl oz or 535g

• Cocoa

  Dry powder, unsweetened

  4 tbsp or 22g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  2 tbsp or 28g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Chocolate Sprinkles

  Mr. Sprinkles

  10 tsp or 40g

Directions

1. In a small sauce pan mix the sweet condensed milk, the cocoa powder, the salt and the butter.
2. Bring the sauce pan to the stove and heat it over medium-low heat.
3. Cook it, mixing constantly (this is important, otherwise it will burn!) until it thickens. A way to know is to run your wooden spoon (or spatula) in the middle of the mixture. If it takes 3 seconds or more for the mixture to set back in place, then it’s ready.
4. Reserve, letting it cool to room temperature.
5. In a plate or bowl, spread your sprinkles.
6. Once the mixture is cool, grease your hands with butter and roll the brigadeiros into little balls.(In Brazil we usually use half a tablespoon as measurement, but you can make your balls as big or small as you'd like!)
7. Roll the brigadeiro balls into the sprinkles and place them in paper/foil candy cups.