cariocas absolutely adore their pastries, sweets and snacks, which can be found in just about every bar, restaurant, and home in rio de janeiro - if lucky, there are small stands with the best homemade sweets to be found at random as well, eaten at every table in every household.

condensed milk is one of the most essential ingredients found in most of brazilian confectionary - before being manufactured in brazil, it was imported from europe and the united states.

the swiss company nestle is the largest producer of condensed milk in brazil - the most popular brand name is condensed milk brand name is 'leite moça'.

leite moça is used to make the archetypal brazilian sweet called brigadeiro - it is the decadent guest at every party and the guilty treat in cariocas' cupboards.