Brigadeiros

This is a Brazilian recipe for toffee-like, chocolate-y sweets. They are typically served at parties, and made in large quantities together with other sweets to decorate vast tables filled with all sorts of delicious treats.

Ingredients:

• 2 tins of condensed milk
• 4 tbsp of dark cocoa powder
• chocolate sprinkles (or sugar, or chopped nuts, or whatever... but I like it with chocolate sprinkles)

On moderate fire and using a wooden spoon, stir the condensed milk and the cocoa powder for approximately 20-30 minutes, until a thick, fudgy mass remains. The fudge should more or less let go of the bottom of the pot when stirred with the spoon.

Let the fudge cool. Butter your hand so the fudge won't stick to your fingers. Using a teaspoon, take small amounts of fudge and roll them into balls approximately 1,5-2 cm across. Roll the balls through the chocolate sprinkles. To top it off, put each 'brigadeiro' into a small paper holder. Enjoy!