How to make dulce de leche with 3 ingredients | Dulce de Leche Brigadeiro Brazilian Truffles

sweetened condensed milk

🥗Healthier: coconut milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Coconut milk provides a dairy-free option.

dulce de leche

🥗Healthier: caramel sauce

💰Cheaper: homemade caramel

Homemade caramel can be made with basic ingredients.

chocolate sprinkles

🥗Healthier: cocoa nibs

💰Cheaper: crushed nuts

Crushed nuts provide a crunchy texture.

Make a dry caramel by heating sugar until dissolved and amber in color.

Slowly add room temperature cream to the caramel, being careful of steam.

Cool the caramel sauce and store it in a jar.

In a saucepan, combine 1 can of sweetened condensed milk, 1 cup of caramel sauce, and 2 tablespoons of butter.

Stir until completely dissolved and bring to a boil, stirring continuously.

Cook for about 10 minutes on medium to low heat until thick enough to roll into balls.

Cool the mixture in the fridge for a couple of hours.

Grease hands with butter and roll the mixture into bite-sized pieces.

Roll the balls in chocolate sprinkles or coarse sugar to coat.

Optionally, make icing with icing sugar, more caramel sauce, and cream, then pipe it on top for decoration.

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