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Brazilian Chocolate Truffles

“How do you say ‘delicious’ in Portuguese? Bridadeiro, that’s how! These easy-to-make balls are fun to roll in chocolate jimmies. Box them up for the perfect hostess gift.” - Sprinkles! {Recipes and Ideas for Rainbowlicious Desserts}
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Author Toni Dash

Ingredients

  • 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter , plus more for greasing pan and hands
  • 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ cup chocolate sprinkles and/or rainbow jimmies

Instructions

  • Coat a large shallow pan or platter with butter or cooking spray. In a large saucepan, bring consensed milk, cocoa powder, and butter to a boil, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook for 15-20 minutes, stirring constantly until mixture thickens. It should have the consistency of thick frosting.
  • Pour mixture into prepared pan; let cool completely and become firm (you can refrigerate it to speed up the process).
  • Grease your hands with butter and shape the pieces into 1 to 1 ½ inch balls. Roll each ball in sprinkles. Place on waxed paper and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

Notes

Recipe excerpted with written permission from Sprinkles cookbook (Quirk Books)