Beijinho means “little kiss” in Portuguese — a name that reflects its size, its sweetness, and its place on the Brazilian party table alongside its counterpart the brigadeiro. Where brigadeiro is chocolate-based and dark, beijinho is coconut-based and white — the two are almost always made together and served side by side at birthday parties, […]

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Casadinho means “little married one” in Portuguese — the name refers to the two cookies paired together, each one incomplete without the other. They are small cornstarch-based sandwich cookies, crisp and lightly sweet, filled with guava paste, dulce de leche, or sometimes a combination of both. The two cookies that make up each casadinho are […]

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