Caipirinha Bonbons

Bombom de Caipirinha

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Preparation info
  • Makes about

    50

    bonbons
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Brazilian Kitchen: 100 Classic and Contemporary Recipes for the Home Cook

By Leticia Moreinos Schwartz

Published 2012

  • About

When I entertain, I like to develop new recipes and try them on my guests. For one dinner party, I thought of a creative way to present caipirinha in a sweet. Although I use a moulded bonbon technique for this recipe, you can also hand-dip them in tempered chocolate, like truffles (see Peanut Butter Truffles). If you can’t find cachaça, this ganache is so good it’s worth using another alcohol, like vodka. As a sign of a fine bonbon, the outer shell