About Brigadeiro

Tomorrow is my last speaking class at Troy’s school. So, we agreed to make a little party. Who can, will bring anything to share, to eat or to drink. I was thinking about what I could make. Anything which is not very difficult and which is authentically Brazilian. Brigadeiro seemed to me a good option. However, I don’t know if it was a good option, because I still don’t know if my brigadeiro is with the right texture. I just made and now is cooling down. Tomorrow I will see and tell to you about the result. Ok, if I’m going to share the Brigadeiro, I thought would be nice talk a little bit about what Brigadeiro is and when this sweet is usually eaten. Thus, that is the result. I wrote the text and used some pictures from internet and I’m sharing with you. What do you think? Do you like brigadeiro? How and when do you usually eat brigadeiro?

Actually this is not a dessert. I mean, you don’t make a Brigadeiro to eat after special lunch or special and posh dinners at home. This is a kind of sweet known as “for children”. We indeed can say this is the most famous sweet for birthdays in Brazil, which is common in all of five regions of the country. When children go to a birthday party they usually are anxious to sing the birthday music. Would be because they want to celebrate theirs friend’s birthday? Not exactly… Truly it happens because after that they can go to the sweet table and eat Brigadeiro, Cajuzinho e Doce de leite ninho, among others delicious sweets and candies. In those parties the brigadeiro is served in traditional way: in small balls covered with chocolate sprinkles.  

Moreover, not only children like this sweet, teenagers and adults also like it. And, even though is the most famous party’s sweet, people don’t eat it only in parties. In some homes they make it, although in this case they usually don’t make it in the traditional way. Making balls of Brigadeiro is too much work, therefore, at home they usually put in a plate. Thus, the people can eat using a spoon when is still hot or when cold down. At home they eat Brigadeiro watching a movie, talking with friends or just by themselves, because they are sad, because they broke up a relationship, because they are happy, or just because they want to eat a Brigadeiro.

Almost everybody likes Brigadeiro, but because of the fact that is known as a childrens sweet. Or also because the sprinkles is made with not high quality chocolate. In weddings, and adult’s birthdays and other parties, people are making Brigadeiro in other ways to look more beautiful, more posh or tastier. Sometimes they change the chocolate sprinkles for black chocolate, or for different kind of chocolate. Also is common find Brigadeiro in weddings served in small glasses to eat with spoon.