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"A traditional candy from Brazil that is typically served at parties. It tastes like chocolate-caramel and is very easy to make!"

Ingredients: chocolate sprinkles, cocoa...

"Here's a simple recipe that my mom's used for years. She picked it up somewhere in South America (either in Peru or Brazil). It's fast, easy and very tasty. The cinnamon makes all the difference. Using a tube pan makes it bake more evenly and more quickly and makes for a prettier presentation."

Ingredients: cinnamon, eggs...

"This is from Paraguay and is from Flavors of Paraguay by Lynn Van Houten."

Ingredients: fresh pineapple, ice cubes...

"These are great empanadas. You can add cooked, diced white or sweet potato. Make them any size you want. They make wonderful appetizers served warm."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cloves, cumin...

"These are a traditional South American side dish. I serve them alongside a plate full of rice, meat, and boiled salt potatoes. They add a nice sweetness to the meal."

Ingredients: oil, salt, plantains...

"For cajun recipes, general or blackening seasoning.
This would also be great as make ahead or gifts in a jar.
Serving size was done using 1/2-1 tsp measurement but will depend on how much a dish calls for."

Ingredients: ground cayenne pepper, garlic powder...

"Found these while playing on the Internet and decided to give them a try soon. For the dulce de leche, you can either make your own (many good recipes on this site) or find it in a local market that has a good selection of Latin American products."

Ingredients: cornstarch, egg yolks, eggs...

"i love these cheese puffs. they are really wonderful with drinks and gluten free to boot - something i can offer a coeliac friend so they don't feel left out like they normally do. however, i've found that everyone i've offered them to loves them. i even made them when i went to london, and now my friend there can't stop eating them..."

Ingredients: eggs, tapioca flour, milk...

"i had these at my daughters final party of the year, last year.they are a brazilian candy, made by samra zourdous. she got the recipe from a family friend from brazil!awesome and very rich!"

Ingredients: chocolate sprinkles, sugar...

"These are a Brazilian candy, very similar to chocolate caramels. I found the recipe in an Avon International Cookbook, and this recipe was submitted by one of their Brazilian representatives.

Prep time includes shaping."

Ingredients: chocolate sprinkles, paper cups...

"This recipe was found in The Vegetarian Passport Cookbook by Linda Woolven. The author first had these while in Peru.
I haven't made these yet so I don't know how many the recipe makes."

Ingredients: dried dates, sweetened coconut...

"Little chocolaty things. Yum."

Ingredients: granulated sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder...

"Cocadas are a typical coconut candy or cookie that is served in Mexico, Brazil and over much of Latin America. They are oven baked but are served at room temperature to obtain their chewy and soft texture. Made with egg and shredded coconut, cocadas come in a variety of colors due to the modern use of food coloring, but the traditional ones are golden..."

Ingredients: condensed milk, eggs...

"This recipe is perfect if you need to make a relatively economical dessert for a crowd. I got it from my husband, who was born and raised in Peru. This is how his mother has always made arroz con leche, and it's the only recipe for it that I have ever seen that includes cloves and shredded coconut. These ingredients make it extra special, to..."

Ingredients: evaporated milk, long grain white rice...