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Pão de Mel (Brazilian Honey and Chocolate Cookies)

Pão de mel are Brazilian honey and chocolate cookies, also called Brazilian honey bread. Soft and spiced, they are served at celebrations.
Recipe Pão de Mel (Brazilian Honey and Chocolate Cookies)
  • Difficulty Medium
  • Preparation 40 minutes
  • Cooking 20 minutes
  • Servings for 30 cookies

Pão de Mel are traditional Brazilian Cookies made with Honey and Chocolate, known in Italy also as Brazilian Honey Bread. Soft and spiced, they are usually served at celebrations, especially the most important ones such as birthdays and weddings.

As you know, spiced sweets are among the most popular in Central and South America, and these little cookies are no exception. Flavored with Cinnamon and Cloves, they are full of flavor and will fill your whole home with their aroma.

You could say these Cookies are similar to Soft Chocolate Cookies, but much richer, because they are filled and completely coated. If you like, you can also change the filling and use Caramel Cream or Caramel Sauce. Now let’s look at the Original Recipe for Pão de Mel Honey and Chocolate Cookies.

Ingredients for 30 cookies

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Method

  1. To make the Pão de Mel Honey and Chocolate Cookies, sift the flour into a medium bowl, then add the sugar, chocolate powder, baking soda, cloves and cinnamon. Add the honey and the lukewarm milk as well and mix everything until smooth.
    Pão de Mel, step 1: the spiced honey and cocoa batter in a bowl
  2. Butter and flour some muffin pans and pour the batter into them, then bake at 200 °C (400 °F) for about 20 minutes. Take them out of the oven, let them cool completely and remove them from the pans.
    Pão de Mel, step 2: the batter baked in muffin pans
  3. Cut the “muffins” in half and fill them with sweetened condensed milk or dulce de leche.
    Pão de Mel, step 3: the little cakes cut in half and filled
  4. Melt the chocolate bar in the microwave or in a double boiler, then dip the Pão de Mel in it until completely coated and let them cool on a wire rack. Finally, serve the Pão de Mel Honey and Chocolate Cookies. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!
    Pão de mel honey and chocolate cookies

Variations and Alternatives

If you like, you can make the coating for the Pão de Mel Honey and Chocolate Cookies with White Chocolate or Dark Chocolate.

Tips

If you’d rather not butter and flour the muffin pan, you can help the batter release from the pan with a baking release spray.

Storage

You can keep the Pão de Mel Honey and Chocolate Cookies in a cookie tin for a couple of days.

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