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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