List of Brazilian sweets and desserts

Below is a list of sweets and desserts found in Brazilian cuisine. Brazilian cuisine, influenced by European, African and Amerindian traditions, ^[1] varies significantly by region, reflecting the country's diverse native and immigrant populations and its continental size. This has created a national cuisine that preserves regional differences. ^[2]

Desserts and sweets

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A–E

An açaí na tigela, with toppings

Bolo de rolo

Brigadeiro

• Açaí na tigela – a Brazilian dish made of frozen and mashed açaí palm fruit, it is served as a smoothie in a bowl or glass. ^[3]
• Amanteigado – a buttery cookie or biscuit
• Baba de moça  [ pt ]
• Bananada  [ pt ]
• Bem-casado  [ pt ]
• Beijinho – a common Brazilian birthday party candy ^[4]
• Beijo de mulata
• Bijajica – a cookie
• Biriba or biribinha
• Biroró
• Bolo de rolo – a cake prepared using guava, it is recognized as a national dish by Brazilian law. ^[5]
• Bolo Souza Leão  [ pt ] – a typical Pernambuco cake
• Bom-bocado  [ pt ] – a coconut torte that is commonly served during Brazil's Independence Day ^[6]
• Brigadeiro – a traditional Brazilian confectionery
• Broinha de coco – a coconut-based biscuit-like dessert
• Bruaca  [ pt ]
• Cacuanga ^[7]
• Cajuzinho – a popular sweet made of peanuts, cashew nuts and sugar and is shaped like a tiny cashew
• Camafeu de nozes  [ pt ]
• Canjica – a popular Festa Junina sweet dish prepared using canjica corn ^[8]
• Carolina  [ pt ]– An éclair-like dessert
• Cartola  [ pt ] – a typical Pernambuco dessert
• Cavaca  [ pt ]
• Chuvisco  [ pt ]
• Cocada – a traditional coconut candy or confectionery found in many parts of Latin America
  • Cocada branca
  • Cocada morena
  • Cocada preta
• Creme de papaya – a frozen dessert
• Cupulate  [ pt ] – a chocolate-like dessert made using cupuaçu instead of cacao
• Curau – a sweet custard-like dessert made from the pressed juice of unripe maize, cooked with milk and sugar
• Cuscuz de tapioca – tapioca couscous, also known as cuscuz branco (white couscous), is a dessert made with tapioca granulada (coarse tapioca starch) and shredded coconut, served with sweetened condensed milk
• Doces Cristalizados
• Doce de abóbora  [ pt ]
• Doce de espécie  [ pt ] – typical dessert of the Northeast Region of Brazil
• Espuma de sapo

F–J

• Fatia de braga
• Fios de ovos – a traditional Portuguese sweet food made of eggs (chiefly yolks), drawn into thin strands and boiled in sugar syrup. They are a traditional element in Portuguese and Brazilian cuisine, both in desserts and as side dishes
• Furrundu

K–O

Olho de sogra

• Mané-pança
• Mané pelado
• Manjar branco – a pure white Brazilian coconut pudding
• Marmelada de Santa Luzia
• Maria-mole – similar to a marshmallow, its base ingredients are sugar, gelatin and egg whites, and it is usually covered in grated coconut
• Nhá Benta – a chocolate-coated creamy marshmallow also known as teta de nega (Black woman's teat)
• Mugunzá – a porridge made with white de-germed whole maize kernels ( canjica ), cooked with milk, sugar and cinnamon until tender. Other ingredients are also sometimes used.
• Olho de sogra (Mother-in-law's eye) – a candy

P–T

Close-up of a chocolate pavê

• Paçoca – a candy made out of ground peanuts, sugar and salt
• Palha italiana  [ pt ] – A Brazilian variant of the chocolate salami, consists of crushed biscuits (usually similar to Marie biscuits) mixed in brigadeiro
• Pão de mel - A little cake made of honey, filled with condensed milk cream and covered with a thin layer of chocolate
• Papo-de-anjo – a traditional Portuguese dessert made chiefly from whipped egg yolks, baked and then boiled in sugar syrup. ^[9]
• Pastel doce
• Pastel de Santa Clara
• Passion fruit mousse
• Pavê – a dessert similar to Tiramisu made using ladyfingers (known as "champagne biscuits" in Brazil) or a Marie biscuit equivalent, chocolate cream and condensed milk
• Pé de moleque – a candy made using peanuts, jaggery or molasses
• Pudim de leite moça [ pt ]
• Queijadinha – a candy that originated in Portugal, and is common in Brazil
• Quindim – a popular Brazilian baked custard dessert
• Rapadura – unrefined whole cane sugar
• Romeu e Julieta – Goiabada eaten with cheese
• Sweet rice – rice pudding
• Sagu – a southern Brazilian dessert, made with tapioca pearls, sugar and red wine, it is typical of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
• Torta alemã (lit. 'german pie')

U–Z

• Umbuzada  [ pt ] – A drink made from cooked umbu fruit, milk and sugar

Gallery

• Brazilian sweets and desserts
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  Beijinho
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  Cajuzinho
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  Canjica
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  Cocada
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  Commercially prepared pé-de-moleque
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  Quindim

See also

• Brazil portal
• Food portal
• Lists portal

• List of Brazilian dishes
• List of desserts

References

1. Brittin, Helen (2011). The Food and Culture Around the World Handbook . Boston: Prentice Hall. pp.  20–21. ISBN   9780135074817.
2. "Way of Life". Encarta. MSN. Archived from the original on 2009-10-29. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
3. "Açaí, a Global Super Fruit, Is Dinner in the Amazon", The New York Times , February 23, 2010
4. Tatum, C.M. (2013). Encyclopedia of Latino Culture: From Calaveras to Quinceaneras. Cultures of the American Mosaic. ABC-CLIO. p. 429. ISBN   978-1-4408-0099-3 . Retrieved July 5, 2019.
5. D, T.G.R.P.; Roufs, K.S. (2014). Sweet Treats around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 399. ISBN   978-1-61069-221-2 . Retrieved July 5, 2019.
6. Webb, L.S.; Roten, L.G. (2011). Holidays of the World Cookbook for Students: Updated and Revised. ABC-CLIO. p. 332. ISBN   978-0-313-38393-9 . Retrieved July 3, 2019.
7. Maresch, Gustavo (27 October 2020). "Gastronomia tradicional da Ilha de Santa Catarina: açoriana ou manezinha?". Sistema Catarinense de Comunicações  [ pt ]. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
8. Parés, L.N. (2013). The Formation of Candomble: Vodun History and Ritual in Brazil. Latin America in translation / en traducción / em tradução. University of North Carolina Press. p. 288. ISBN   978-1-4696-1092-4 . Retrieved July 5, 2019.
9. Charles Gordon Sinclair (1998), International Dictionary of Food & Cooking. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   1-57958-057-2, ISBN   978-1-57958-057-5

External links

• Brazilian Desserts. Food & Wine .