Sweets in Contemporary Brazil

In the late nineteenth century the introduction of sweetened condensed milk began to influence various recipes, particularly puddings. In the twentieth century this type of milk became wildly popular as an ingredient for party sweets, including bonbons like brigadeiros (balls of condensed milk and chocolate with chocolate sprinkles), cajuzinho (made from cashews or peanuts and condensed milk), beijinho (condensed milk and coconut), and olho de sogra (prunes stuffed with a sweet coconut and condensed milk mixture).