brigadeiros

Pass 4 to 6 brigadeiros at a time through the coconut, making sure it sticks and covers the entire outside surface.

Both the brigadeiros and the candy bars were extremely easy to throw together, no special candy-making equipment needed.

Store your brigadeiros in a plastic container covered with a tight lid at room temperature for 2 days or up to 1 month in the refrigerator.

The kids especially liked fish stew, rice and beans, and the brigadeiros," Ms. Schwartz said.

Brazil has a variety of candies that are traditionally eaten for birthday parties, like brigadeiros ("brigadiers") and beijinhos ("kissies").

Rum balls closely resemble brigadeiros, a Brazilian sweet; however, brigadeiros are made from condensed milk.

Using salted licorice as my inspiration, I decided to try combining sweet licorice and sea salt with chocolate brigadeiros, which are luscious Brazilian fudge balls coated thickly with chocolate sprinkles.

Paula Barbosa (above), a fashion producer from Rio who moved to New York and who has been making brigadeiros since she was a teenager, started My Sweet Brigadeiro and makes them in a commercial kitchen in Lower Manhattan.

It is the key to Key lime pie; it brings the sweet to Vietnamese coffee; it went to Rio for Carnaval last month in the shape of brigadeiros, bite-size balls of milk fudge that are a Brazilian national treat.