# The best Brazilian sweets

The traditional sweets every Brazilian loves and every foreigner should try, from birthday parties to the June festivals.

- 60 votes · 13 items
- Sep 6, 2024 · o_saudavel
- https://even.best/en/l/190/the-best-brazilian-sweets

## Top 12

1. **Brigadeiro** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Condensed milk, chocolate and butter rolled in sprinkles; Brazil's most famous sweet and king of birthday parties.
2. **Beijinho** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — The coconut 'white brigadeiro' topped with a clove.
3. **Quindim** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Egg yolk, sugar and coconut, bright yellow, of Portuguese origin and Brazilian heart.
4. **Romeu e Julieta** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Guava paste with Minas cheese, the country's most famous pairing.
5. **Condensed milk flan (pudim)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Flan with caramel sauce, the Sunday dessert across the country.
6. **Cocada** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Grated coconut cooked with sugar, white or caramelised, from north-eastern beaches.
7. **Pé de moleque** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Peanuts in melted rapadura or sugar, a must at June festivals.
8. **Brigadeirão** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Brigadeiro pudding baked in a bain-marie.
9. **Doce de leite** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Milk and sugar reduced to caramel; the one from Viçosa, Minas Gerais, is famous.
10. **Paçoca** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Ground peanut and sugar sweet; Paçoquita is the classic brand.
11. **Canjica (mungunzá)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — White corn cooked in milk with coconut and cinnamon, a June festival sweet.
12. **Bolo de rolo** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Roll cake of paper-thin layers with guava paste, cultural heritage of Pernambuco.
13. **Pavê** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Layers of ladyfingers, cream and chocolate; the 'pavê ou pacomê' pun comes with it.

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