Comments on: coconut milk fudge

By: yvonne

yvonne — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:52:13 +0000

while in belem, pa, brazil there was a candy that i never knew the name of. it was hand rolled chocolate balls with what i think was a deep yellow fruit inside. shop keepers would give them out in place of change. could it be that what i thought was fruit could have been the condensed milk? i have been searching for an answer to this candy for a few years…can any of you that are from brazil help me?

By: Mari

Mari — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:45:08 +0000

Hi! My name is Mariana and Im brazilian. I’ve been reading your blog like crazy this past months, there are so many recipes that I want to try. Congratulations for the amazing work.
Anyway, I was surprised to see brigadeiros in here. They’re great, right? And even though I’ve been eating them all my life in children’s parties, I don’t think they are just for the young ones. I must confess that I often see myself turning to brigadeiros during PMS haha!
The way I do it is the old basic one: a little bit of butter, 1 can of condensed milk, 2 spoons of chocolate powder. And thats it :)
But Ill definately try your version, Im curious!

By: denise browning@frombraziltoyou

denise browning@frombraziltoyou — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:58:04 +0000

Deb:
I have a recipe called “Grape Surprise” or Surpresa de Uva. This is one of our favs.The sour grapes balance well the sweetness of the candy and also make us not to feel that guilty. :) If you’d like to try it, I can send you the recipe. Although my 5-year-old daughter craves brigadeiros, as an adult I prefer the ones made with fruits – and believe me, there are hundreds of them made with fruits that people don’t even imagine that exist.

By: Megumi

Megumi — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:27:29 +0000

Hi ! As a brazilian I can say that brigadeiro is one of the ten of brazilian food. I come from a japanese family, however, brigadeiro is my passion ! You should try on with wasabi, it´s just the basic white brigadeiro recipe with wasabi (TO TASTE, usually 1/4 tea spoon is enought). I hope you try many other food of brazilian amazing gastronomy!!!!

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:52:15 +0000

This took me 45 mins on the stove. I thought it still had too strong of a sweetened condensed milk flavor, so I added cocoa. Then sea salt. Then toasted unsweetened coconut. Hmmm. Espresso powder. BINGO!!!!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:18:17 +0000

I tried to make these and I was whisking for an hour before I just gave up. The mixture got thicker but it never got as thick as it needed to be. I tried chilling it anyway for a few hours, but it just didn’t work. I did everything the recipe said except for using a heavy bottomed pan because I don’t have one. Is that why it messed up? What did I do wrong? :(

By: Brian McKenzie

Brian McKenzie — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:13:20 +0000

A close friend of mine has a grandmother who used to make these and every once in a while when I was over his house when I was younger I’d eat with them and I remember thinking that they were absolutely delicious. Nice website by the way!

By: WeLoveChicken

WeLoveChicken — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:27:49 +0000

These “docinhos” are a must in every children party in Brazil. I know only the traditional Brigadeiros (made with condensed milk, sweetened cocoa powder, and butter) but these with coconut sound very delicious (I love cocunut).

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:29:12 +0000

I made this last night, it did take about 25 minutes for it to pull together, I had trouble getting it out of my whisk so some of the fudge was lost to my sink. ( note: SOAK YOUR PAN AND UTENSILS IMMEDIATELY) After it cooled it was the stickiest and hard caramel consistency- very difficult to work with… it bent my teaspoon to pull it out. I also lost a couple balls to the floor because they are quite slippery once you get them rolled. I used toasted sweetened coconut flakes for1/2 and cocoa with cinnamon for the rest to roll them in. They are good- tastes like caramel, I preferred the toasted coconut with the crunch to add texture to these. Now what can I do with the rest of that coconut milk??

By: Nicole Smith

Nicole Smith — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:49:53 +0000

We’ve been doing this when I was young and still stay at my mom’s place. It made me miss my mom. It surely is a delightful treat.