Brigadeiros
$3.79/4.94 Oz
We’ve heard that if you attend any party in Brazil, chances are good you’ll find brigadeiros on the sweets table. These confections are the country’s official “national truffle.” Now, for a limited time, you can get the Trader Joe’s version of these treats in our freezers.
Trader Joe’s Brigadeiros are made for us
in Portugal, where they’re also a treasured confection. Our authentic recipe
includes sweetened condensed milk, cream, cocoa, and cultured butter. This combination
creates a rich, dense, chocolatey ball of fudge. Each soft sphere is rolled in
real chocolate sprinkles, providing a pleasant textural contrast – not to
mention more chocolate flavor. But you may ask: why the name?
Brigadeiros were first popularized during
the Brazilian presidential election of 1945, when Brazilian women (who just
recently had gained the right to vote), made mounds & mounds of these bonbons
and sold them in support of their candidate, Brigadier Eduardo Gomes. While Gomes
lost the election, one might say that the rest of the country still won, as the
popularity of “brigadier’s candy” proliferated.
Pick up abox of nine Trader Joe's
Brigadeiros in our freezers today, and you’ll also feel like you’ve won – maybe
not an election, but certainly an opportunity to share in this international
delight!
