You can make this sweet using salted peanuts too, it will lend a slightly salty bite to it, which is also common in Brazil.
I made these for a cake sale and everyone loved them! And super easy to make. Yum! - 27 May 2010
They r calle "pacoquinha" my mum is from Brazil and she makes them yum!! - 12 Jan 2014
Oh help! These are disastrously moreish ... I made the salted peanut version, delish! - 06 Jul 2014