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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Preparation
- Pour each topping onto separate plates
- Separate the paper cups
- Open the jars of brigadeiro (except the Brigadeiro Spread) and reserve a spoon for each
- Have a paper towel or wipe available
- Prepare a small bowl of water or a bit of butter for your hands
- On a clear table, place in order: water, 3 jars of brigadeiro, plates with toppings and paper cups
Let's Do It!
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
The Chef & The Taster
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.
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 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
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.