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. 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.

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.
Amanteigado – a buttery cookie or biscuit
Baba de moça
Bananada
Bem-casado
Beijinho – a common Brazilian birthday party candy
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.
Bolo Souza Leão – a typical Pernambuco cake
Bom-bocado – a coconut torte that is commonly served during Brazil's Independence Day
Brigadeiro – a traditional Brazilian confectionery
Broinha de coco – a coconut-based biscuit-like dessert
Bruaca
Cacuanga
Cajuzinho – a popular sweet made of peanuts, cashew nuts and sugar and is shaped like a tiny cashew
Camafeu de nozes
Canjica – a popular Festa Junina sweet dish prepared using canjica corn
Carolina – An éclair-like dessert
Cartola – a typical Pernambuco dessert
Cavaca
Chuvisco
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 – 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
Cuscuz de tapioca – tapioca couscous, also known as cuscuz branco (white couscous), is a dessert made with tapioca granulada (coarse tapioca starch) and shredded coconut, served with sweetened condensed milk
Doces Cristalizados
Doce de abóbora
Doce de espécie – 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
Furrundu

K–O

Mané-pança
Mané pelado
Manjar branco – a pure white Brazilian coconut pudding
Marmelada de Santa Luzia
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 – a chocolate-coated creamy marshmallow also known as teta de nega (Black woman's teat)
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) – a candy

P–T

Paçoca – a candy made out of ground peanuts, sugar and salt
Palha italiana – 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.
Pastel doce
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
Romeu e Julieta – Goiabada eaten with cheese
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')