BeijinhoCoconut Kiss

Condensed-Milk Coconut Truffles Rolled in Sugar.

• 30 candies
• Prep 15 mins
• Cook 10 mins
• Nacional

Beijinho — little kiss — is brigadeiro's pale cousin, the coconut truffle that shares its birthday-party tray. The clove on top is not optional decoration: bite around it, and the clove's perfume runs through the coconut like a vein.

Ingredients

• •1 can (395 g) sweetened condensed milk
• •100 g desiccated coconut, plus extra for rolling
• •20 g unsalted butter
• •1 tsp vanilla extract
• •1 pinch fine sea salt
• •30 whole cloves or tiny sugar pearls, to decorate

Method

1. Cook the baseCombine the condensed milk, coconut, butter, and salt in a heavy pan. Cook over medium-low, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens and pulls from the bottom of the pan in one mass, 8 to 10 minutes.
2. RestScrape into a buttered bowl, stir in the vanilla, and chill at least 1 hour until firm enough to roll.
3. RollWith buttered hands, roll teaspoonfuls into balls, then roll each in extra coconut.
4. DecorateCrown each with a single clove — the traditional beijinho signature — or a sugar pearl, and set in mini paper cups.

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