Thursday, December 6, 2012

Brigadeiro


A brigadeiro is a little ball of pure, creamy, rich, chocolate goodness with chocolate in sprinkles all over it! Is your mouth watering yet? In an ever-changing world, the brigadeiro is the one thing you can absolutely count on to be present in every Brazilian birthday party.

Its actual origin is unknown. Yet, folk tale says it gets its name from brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes. The name brigadeiro actually means the title of the commander of a brigade. Eduardo Gomes was known by the ladies in the 1950s to be a brigadeiro with quite the physique… at that time he ran for the office of president of Brazil. During his first presidential campaign, bakers, then mostly women, started making the famous sweet in his name… 

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