tinyB's Brigadeiro Making Experience

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Meet Brazil’s most loved dessert: the brigadeiro. It’s a cousin of the chocolate truffle but even more luscious and decadent, it’s every chocolate lover’s dream.

I learned how to make them from my mother, a chocolatier in Brazil, and I’m so excited to share them with you.

I started tinyB in San Francisco to bring people together through the magic of hand-crafted brigadeiros. I hope you love them as much as I do!

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Instructions and Ideas

Preparation

  1. Pour each topping onto separate plates 
  2. Separate the paper cups
  3. Open the jars of brigadeiro (except the Brigadeiro Spread) and reserve a spoon for each
  4. Have a paper towel or wipe available
  5. Prepare a small bowl of water or a bit of butter for your hands
  6. On a clear table, place in order: water, 3 jars of brigadeiro, plates with toppings and paper cups

Let's Do It!

Wet or lightly butter your hands. Scoop chocolate from a jar of your choice and roll it in your hand until round. Roll quickly or it will start to melt. Choose a topping and roll your brigadeiro in the plate until evenly covered. Roll it one more time to make sure sprinkles are not sticking out. Place it in a cup. That’s it—taste, repeat, and enjoy! Some classic flavors for inspiration: milk chocolate and sprinkles, dark chocolate with nuts, dark chocolate with coconut.

Pro Tips

A standard brigadeiro is 1 1/4″ across, but start with a smaller size as a sampler.

For the best flavor experience, cleanse your palate between sampling brigadeiros. Sparkling water, a slice of apple, or water with lemon work well.

The Brigadeiro Spread (if you have the Classic Kit – Party Size) is too soft to roll. Pop in the microwave for 10 seconds and spread it on fruit, toast, ice cream, etc.

It’s easier to blend flavors if you use one topping at a time.

Activities

Explore Taste

Taste and Texture Choose a style from the options below. Make three different brigadeiros with that in mind.

Sweet, salty, spicy, sweet & sour, subtle, fruity, smooth, crunchy.

The Unexpected Chocolate pairs with some surprising flavors. Find one of the following in your pantry and try it with dark or milk chocolate:

Salt, olive oil, spices, crushed breakfast cereal or granola, etc.

Create the most surprising, yet delicious, pairing you can.

Pairing

Microwave your jar of spread for 10 seconds and pair it with fruit, ice cream, or your favorite dessert. If pairing with wine, try dark chocolate and a full-bodied varietal like Cabernet Sauvignon or Pinot Noir.

The Chocolate Challenge*

Set a timer for 15 minutes. Choose any chocolate, toppings, props, or pantry ingredients to make the most impressive brigadeiros. Present your creations and vote for the best ones.

*Activities for video conference

The Chef & The Taster

The chef creates a brigadeiro, and the taster does a blind tasting. Pair up and take turns. The taster earns 1 point for identifying the center and 1 point for the topping. The winner gets to be called “chocolatier” for the rest of the day.

Brigadeiro Story*

Compete to see who can create the best Instagram-worthy photo shoot. Style your brigadeiros with props and backdrops. Tell a story about the scene.

After 10 minutes, vote for the funniest, prettiest, and most creative photos.

Share your creations with the world! Tag us on Instagram at @tinybchocolate.

Contents

Please refrigerate contents on arrival for maximum freshness and ease of use.
Unopened jars of chocolate will be fresh for 3 weeks at room temperature and 3 months if refrigerated.
After opening, brigadeiro jars and rolled brigadeiro truffles will stay fresh for at least 2 weeks if refrigerated and up to 6 months in the freezer.

All tinyB items are compostable or recyclable

TinyB is a CO2 neutral company

tinyB Chocolate-Making Kits come in individual and party size

Classic Kit - Individual

Makes 12 truffles

Brigadeiro Chocolate
4oz jar of Dark Chocolate Brigadeiro
4oz jar of Coconut Brigadeiro


Toppings

Dark chocolate sprinkles
Cocoa Nibs
Coconut
Mini-Marshmallow 
Winter Sprinkles

Utensils
5 plates
2 spoons
Brigadeiro cups 

Classic Kit - Party

Makes 24 truffles

Brigadeiro Chocolate
4oz jar of Dark Chocolate Brigadeiro
4oz jar of Coconut Brigadeiro
4oz jar of Cranberry Brigadeiro

Brigadeiro Spread
4oz Butterscotch Brigadeiro Spread


Toppings

Dark chocolate sprinkles
Coconut
Cocoa Nibs
Almonds
Wild Berries
Microdrops (caramel)
Mini-Marshmallow
Winter Sprinkles

Utensils

8 plates
4 spoons
Brigadeiro cups 

Vegan Kit Individual

Brigadeiro Chocolate
4oz jar of Vegan Dark Chocolate Brigadeiro
4oz jar of Vegan Coconut Brigadeiro

Toppings

Vegan Dark Chocolate Sprinkles
Cocoa Nibs
Coconut
Vegan Jimmies (rainbow)
Vegan Marshmallow

Vegan Kit Party

Brigadeiro Chocolate
4oz jar of Vegan Dark Chocolate Brigadeiro
4oz jar of Vegan Coconut Brigadeiro
4oz jar of Vegan Cranberry Brigadeiro

Brigadeiro Spread
4oz Butterscotch Brigadeiro Spread

Toppings

Dark chocolate sprinkles
Coconut 
Cocoa Nibs
Almonds
Wild Berries
Gold Sugar
Vegan Jimmies (rainbow)
Vegan Marshmallow

Nut-Free Individual

Brigadeiro Chocolate

4oz jar of Dark Chocolate Brigadeiro
4oz jar of Coconut Brigadeiro


Toppings
Dark chocolate sprinkles
Cocoa Nibs
Coconut
Mini Marshmallow
Winter Sprinkles

Nut-Free Kit Party

Brigadeiro Chocolate
4oz jar of Brigadeiro Dark Chocolate
4oz jar of Coconut Brigadeiro
4oz jar of Cranberry Brigadeiro

Brigadeiro Spread
4oz Butterscotch Brigadeiro Spread


Toppings
Dark chocolate sprinkles
Coconut 
Cocoa Nibs
Microdrops (caramel)
Wild Berries
Gold Sugar
Mini Marshmallow
Winter Sprinkles

Dark Chocolate Brigadeiro

Coconut Brigadeiro

Cranberry Brigadeiro

Butterscotch Spread

Ingredients

Chocolate

All tinyB spreads are microwavable.

4oz jar of Dark Chocolate Brigadeiro

4oz jar Coconut Brigadeiro

4oz jar of Cranberry Brigadeiro

4oz jar of Butterscoth
Spread

Toppings

Dark Chocolate Sprinkles

Ingredients: sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, milkfat, natural vanilla flavor.

Vegan Dark Chocolate Sprinkles

Ingredients: sugar, cocoa mass, low fat cocoa powder, emulsifier: lecithin (rapeseed), glazing agents: (E414, E904).

Gold Sugar

Ingredients: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Gum Arabic, Soy Lecithin, Mica-based Pearlescent Pigments, Yellow 5, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 6, Carnauba Wax, Confectioner’s Glaze.

Allergen information: contains soy

Wild Berries

Ingredients: strawberries, cranberries, raspberries

MicroDried berries are produced using proprietary REV (Radiant Energy Vacuum) dehydration technology.

Mini-Marshmallows

Ingredients: Tapioca Syrup, Cane Sugar, Water, Tapioca Starch, Carrageenan, Soy Protein, Natural Vanilla Flavor.

Packaged in the same facility as peanuts, tree nuts, soy, and milk products.

Coconut

Ingredients: shredded, organic and unsweetened coconut.

Cocoa Nibs

Ingredients: Cocoa Beans.

This product may contain traces of nuts (almond, pistachio, pecan nut, hazelnut), peanut, gluten, sesame seed, egg, milk and soy proteins. This product is made in an installation that uses milk.

Winter Sprinkles

Ingredients:

Dextrose, Corn Starch, Sugar, Dextrin, Hydrogenated Palm Oil, Hydroxypropyl Distarch Phosphate, Magnesium Stearate, Gum Arabic, Confectioner’s Glaze, Artificial Flavor, Carnauba Wax, Water, Soy Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, Artificial Color (FD&C BLUE 1).

Vegan Jimmies

Ingredients:

Sugar*, corn starch, palm oil and palm kernel oil, sunflower lecithin, confectioner’s glaze, carnauba wax, colored with curcumin, turmeric, annatto, beet juice, vegetable juices, and beta carotene; dextrin, maltodextrin, sodium bicarbonate.
*Cane sugar

Vegan Marshmallows

Ingredients:

Tapioca Syrup, Cane Sugar, Water, Tapioca Starch, Carrageenan, Soy Protein, Natural Vanilla Flavor. Packaged in the same facility as peanuts, tree nuts, soy, and milk products.

Caramel Micro Drops

Ingredients:

Cocoa butter confectionery morsels with a natural caramel color and flavor.