List of Brazilian sweets and desserts

Below is a list of sweets and desserts found in Brazilian cuisine. Brazilian cuisine has European, African and Amerindian influences.^[1] 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.^[2]

Desserts and sweets

A–E

Açaí na tigela – a Brazilian dish made of frozen and mashed açaí palm fruit, it is served as a smoothie in a bowl or glass.^[3]
Amanteigado – a buttery cookie or biscuit
Baba de moça [pt]
Bananada [pt]
Bem-casado [pt]
Beijinho – a common Brazilian birthday party candy^[4]
Beijo de mulata
Bijajica – a cookie
Biriba or biribinha
Biroró
Bolo de rolo – a cake prepared using guava, it is recognized as a national dish by Brazilian law.^[5]
Bolo Souza Leão [pt] – a typical Pernambuco cake
Bom-bocado [pt] – a coconut torte that is commonly served during Brazil's Independence Day^[6]
Brigadeiro – a traditional Brazilian confectionery
Broinha de coco – a coconut-based biscuit-like dessert
Bruaca [pt]
Cacuanga^[7]
Cajuzinho – a popular sweet made of peanuts, cashew nuts and sugar and is shaped like a tiny cashew
Camafeu de nozes [pt]
Canjica – a popular Festa Junina sweet dish prepared using canjica corn^[8]
Carolina [pt] – An éclair-like dessert
Cartola [pt] – a typical Pernambuco dessert
Cavaca [pt]
Chuvisco [pt]
Cocada – a traditional coconut candy or confectionery found in many parts of Latin America
- Cocada branca
- Cocada morena
- Cocada preta
Creme de papaya – a frozen dessert
Cupulate [pt] – a chocolate-like dessert made using cupuaçu instead of cacao
Curau – a sweet custard-like dessert made from the pressed juice of unripe maize, cooked with milk and sugar
Doces Cristalizados
Doce de abóbora [pt]
Doce de espécie [pt] – typical dessert of the Northeast Region of Brazil
Espuma de sapo

F–J

Fatia de braga
Fios de ovos – 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
Mané pelado
Manjar blanco – a term used in Spanish-speaking area of the world in reference to a variety of milk-based delicacies.^[9]
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 made with white de-germed whole maize kernels (canjica), cooked with milk, sugar and cinnamon until tender. Other ingredients are also sometimes used.
Olho-de-sogra – ("mother-in-law's eye" in Portuguese) is a Brazilian candy

P–T

Paçoca – a candy made out of ground peanuts, sugar and salt
Palha italiana [pt] – A Brazilian variant of the chocolate salami, consists of crushed biscuits (usually similar to Marie biscuits) mixed in brigadeiro
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 Portuguese dessert made chiefly from whipped egg yolks, baked and then boiled in sugar syrup.^[10]
Pastel
Pastel de Santa Clara
Passion fruit mousse
Pavê – a dessert similar to Tiramisu made using ladyfingers (known as "champagne biscuits" in Brazil) or a Marie biscuit equivalent, chocolate cream and condensed milk
Pé-de-moleque – a candy made using peanuts, jaggery or molasses
Pudim de leite moça [pt]
Queijadinha – a candy that originated in Portugal, and is common in Brazil
Quindim – a popular Brazilian baked custard dessert
Rapadura – unrefined whole cane sugar
Sweet rice – rice pudding
Sagu – a southern Brazilian dessert, made with tapioca pearls, sugar and red wine, it is typical of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Torta alemã (lit. 'german pie')