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Many years ago I was a Rotary Exchange Student in Brazil when I took a gap year between high school and college.  It was an amazing experience and the people were so kind and welcoming.  I came away with so many great memories…and THIS amazing recipe!  This delicious sweet is traditionally served at the dessert table, especially at birthday parties. 
While it’s a bit more time consuming than my normal criteria would allow, it’s well worth it.  A treat my kids LOVE and always reminds me of my time in Mogi Mirim.  Que bom!  (The directions were from my Brazilian “mom” in Portuguese and then I translated them into English so I hope they make sense.)

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Cans Condensed Milk
  • 1 Can full of Milk (using emptied condensed milk can)
  • 4 T Chocolate Powder (I use Nestle)
  • Chocolate Sprinkles
  • Small paper cups for candy (Amazon)

Method
 

  1. Mix well all ingredients in pan.  On medium-high, stir ingredients 20-30 minutes.  When you can easily see the bottom of the pan when stirring with your spoon, take a small amount of the taffy and drop into a cup of water.  When you take the taffy out of the water with your hands and it sticks into a ball, it’s ready. 
  2. When ready, butter a shallow bowl or pie pan and put taffy in bowl to cool.  On a separate plate, pour a layer of the chocolate sprinkles.  After taffy has cooled, butter hands and roll into small balls.  Roll balls into plate of chocolate sprinkles and place in small paper cups.
  3. Store in tupperware container with lid until ready to serve.