Below is a list of sweets and desserts found in Brazilian cuisine.

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and Amerindian influences. It varies greatly by region, reflecting the country's mix of native and immigrant populations, and its continental size as well. This has created a national cuisine marked by the preservation of regional differences.

Desserts and sweets

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Bolo de Rolo, doce brasileiro, típico de Pernambuco

* Açaí na tigela – a Brazilian dish made of frozen and mashed

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fruit, it is served as a

smoothie A smoothie is a beverage made by puréeing ingredients in a blender. A smoothie commonly has a liquid base, such as fruit juice or milk, yogurt, ice cream or cottage cheese. Other ingredients may be added, including fruits, vegetables, non-dai ...

in a bowl or glass. * Amanteigado – a buttery cookie or biscuit * * * *

Beijinho Beijinho ("Little kiss" in Portuguese), also known as ''branquinho'' ("little white one"), is a typical Brazilian birthday party candy prepared with condensed milk, grated desiccated coconut, rolled over caster sugar or grated coconut and frequen ...

– a common Brazilian birthday party candy * Beijo de mulata * Bijajica – a cookie *

Biriba Biriba (Greek: Μπιρίμπα) is the Greek partnership version of a rummy card game of Italian origin called Pinnacola. The Greek name comes probably from the Italian game Biribara, or Biribisso, or Biribi, even if this game is totally differe ...

or biribinha * Biroró *

Bolo de rolo Bolo de rolo (English translation: rollcake) is a typical Brazilian dessert, from Pernambuco state. The cake batter is made with flour, eggs, butter and sugar. This dough is wrapped with a layer of guava paste, giving the appearance of a swiss r ...

– a cake prepared using guava, it is recognized as a

national dish A national dish is a culinary dish that is strongly associated with a particular country. A dish can be considered a national dish for a variety of reasons: * It is a staple food, made from a selection of locally available foodstuffs that can be ...

by Brazilian law. * – a typical

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...

cake * – a coconut

torte A torte (from German ''Torte'' ( (in turn from Latin via Italian ''torta'')) is a rich, usually multilayered, cake that is filled with whipped cream, buttercreams, mousses, jams, or fruit. Ordinarily, the cooled torte is glazed and garnish ...

that is commonly served during Brazil's

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Brigadeiro The () is a traditional Brazilian dessert. The origin of the dessert is uncertain, but the most common theory is that it was created by a confectioner from Rio de Janeiro, Heloisa Nabuco de Oliveira, to promote the presidential candidacy of Edua ...

– a traditional Brazilian confectionery * Broinha de coco – a coconut-based biscuit-like dessert * * Cacuanga *

Cajuzinho Cajuzinho (from ''caju'', "cashew"; literally, "little cashew") is a popular sweet with an almost ubiquitous presences in Brazilian parties. It is made of peanuts, cashew nuts and sugar and is shaped like a tiny cashew, although it does taste str ...

– a popular sweet made of peanuts, cashew nuts and sugar and is shaped like a tiny cashew * *

Canjica Canjica is a white variety of corn typical of Brazilian cuisine. It is mostly used in a special kind of sweet popcorn and in a sweet dish also named " canjica", a popular Festa Junina dish. See also * List of Brazilian dishes * List of Brazili ...

– a popular

Festa Junina ''Festas Juninas'' (, ''June Festivals'', "festivities that occur in the month of June"), also known as ''festas de São João'' for their part in celebrating the nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24), are the annual Brazilian celebrations ...

sweet dish prepared using

canjica Canjica is a white variety of corn typical of Brazilian cuisine. It is mostly used in a special kind of sweet popcorn and in a sweet dish also named " canjica", a popular Festa Junina dish. See also * List of Brazilian dishes * List of Brazili ...

corn * – An

éclair An éclair is a pastry made with choux dough filled with a cream and topped with chocolate icing. The dough, which is the same as that used for profiterole, is typically piped into an oblong shape with a pastry bag and baked until it is crisp ...

-like dessert * – a typical

dessert * * *

Cocada Cocada are a traditional coconut confectionery found in many parts of Latin America. They are particularly popular in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela and Ecuador. They are oven baked bu ...

– a traditional coconut candy or confectionery found in many parts of

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** Cocada branca ** Cocada morena ** Cocada preta * Creme de papaya – a frozen dessert * – a

chocolate Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed in some form since at least the Olmec civ ...

-like dessert made using

cupuaçu ''Theobroma grandiflorum'', commonly known as cupuaçu, also spelled cupuassu, cupuazú, cupu assu, or copoazu, is a tropical rainforest tree related to cacao. Native and common throughout the Amazon basin, it is naturally cultivated in the jung ...

instead of cacao * Curau – a sweet custard-like dessert made from the pressed juice of unripe maize, cooked with milk and sugar * Doces Cristalizados * * – typical dessert of the Northeast Region of Brazil * Espuma de sapo

F–J

* Fatia de braga *

Fios de ovos Angel hair, called in Portuguese ''Fios de ovos'' ("egg threads") is 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 c ...

– 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

K–O

* Mané-pança *

Manjar blanco Manjar blanco (), also known as manjar de leche or simply manjar, is a term used in Spanish-speaking area of the world in reference to a variety of milk-based delicacies. In Spain the term refers to blancmange, a European delicacy found in vario ...

– a term used in

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-speaking area of the world in reference to a variety of

milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digestion, digest solid food. Immune factors and immune ...

-based delicacies.Web Gastronomica de Enrique Domenech: Manjar Blanco Receta
, retrieved on 22-04-2007 * Manjar branco – a pure white Brazilian coconut pudding * 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 or "teta de nega", a chocolate-coated creamy marshmallow * Mugunzá – a

porridge Porridge is a food made by heating or boiling ground, crushed or chopped starchy plants, typically grain, in milk or water. It is often cooked or served with added flavourings such as sugar, honey, (dried) fruit or syrup to make a sweet cereal, ...

made with white de-

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ed whole maize kernels (), cooked with

sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double ...

and

cinnamon Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus ''Cinnamomum''. Cinnamon is used mainly as an aromatic condiment and flavouring additive in a wide variety of cuisines, sweet and savoury dishes, breakfa ...

until tender. Other ingredients are also sometimes used. *

Olho-de-sogra Olho de sogra (‘mother-in-law's eye‘ in Portuguese) is a Brazilian candy, consisting of a ''beijinho'' candy inside a dried plum (though some recipes include egg yolk). The final mix is rolled over crystal sugar. The name comes from the shape ...

– ("mother-in-law's eye" in Portuguese) is a Brazilian candy

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Paçoca Paçoca () is a candy made out of ground peanuts, sugar and salt. Some recipes also add flour, such as corn flour, oat flour or cassava flour. It is typical of the Brazilian Caipira cuisine and most present in the countryside of southeastern st ...

– a candy made out of ground peanuts, sugar and salt * – A Brazilian variant of the chocolate salami, consists of crushed biscuits (usually similar to

Marie biscuit A Marie biscuit is a type of biscuit similar to a rich tea biscuit. It is also known (in various languages) as María, Mariebon and Marietta, amongst other names. Description The biscuit is round and usually has the name embossed upon its to ...

s) mixed in

brigadeiro The () is a traditional Brazilian dessert. The origin of the dessert is uncertain, but the most common theory is that it was created by a confectioner from Rio de Janeiro, Heloisa Nabuco de Oliveira, to promote the presidential candidacy of Edua ...

* 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

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dessert made chiefly from whipped egg

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s, baked and then boiled in

syrup In cooking, a syrup (less commonly sirup; from ar, شراب; , beverage, wine and la, sirupus) is a condiment that is a thick, viscous liquid consisting primarily of a solution of sugar in water, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars ...

.Charles Gordon Sinclair (1998), ''International Dictionary of Food & Cooking''. Taylor & Francis. , *

Pastel A pastel () is an art medium in a variety of forms including a stick, a square a pebble or a pan of color; though other forms are possible; they consist of powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are similar to those use ...

* Pastel de Santa Clara *

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* Pavê – a dessert similar to

Tiramisu Tiramisu ( it, tiramisù , from , "pick me up" or "cheer me up") is a coffee-flavoured Italian dessert. It is made of ladyfingers (savoiardi) dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavoured w ...

made using ladyfingers (known as "champagne biscuits" in Brazil) or a

equivalent, chocolate cream and condensed milk *

Pé-de-moleque 'Pé-de-Moleque' () (literally "brat's foot" in Portuguese) is a traditional candy from Brazil. It is made of peanuts and rapadura or molasses. The candy is prepared by mixing roasted, peeled peanuts with melted brown sugar, with or without the ...

– a candy made using peanuts, jaggery or molasses * Pudim de leite moça pt.html" ;"title="pt:Pudim#Pudins_de_leite_condensado.html" ;"title="/nowiki>:pt:Pudim#Pudins_de_leite_condensado">pt">pt:Pudim#Pudins_de_leite_condensado.html" ;"title="/nowiki>:pt:Pudim#Pudins_de_leite_condensado">pt/nowiki> * Queijadinha – a candy that originated in Portugal, and is common in Brazil *

Quindim Quindim ( — or ) is a popular Brazilian baked dessert with Portuguese heritage, made chiefly from sugar, egg yolks and ground coconut. It is a custard and usually presented as an upturned cup with a glistening surface and intensely yellow ...

– a popular Brazilian baked custard dessert * Rapadura – unrefined whole cane sugar * Rice Pudding, Sweet rice – rice pudding * Sagu (dessert), Sagu – a southern Brazilian dessert, made with

tapioca pearls Tapioca pearls, also known as tapioca balls, are edible translucent spheres produced from tapioca, a starch made from the cassava root. They originated as a cheaper alternative to sago in Southeast Asian cuisine. When used as an ingredient in b ...

, sugar and red wine, it is typical of the state of

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. * Torta alemã ()

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* – A drink made from cooked umbu fruit, milk and sugar

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pé-de-moleque 'Pé-de-Moleque' () (literally "brat's foot" in Portuguese) is a traditional candy from Brazil. It is made of peanuts and rapadura or molasses. The candy is prepared by mixing roasted, peeled peanuts with melted brown sugar, with or without the ...

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