All these things can be found in your local super-market (Bom Preco, Perini). They all make great gifts for your friends and family.

Doce de Leite

Caramel’s cousin, but sweater, darker and creamier. Made from sugar and milk. Try it in bar and paste form.

 Geleia de Mocotó

Sweet bone-marrow jello, but definitely fun to eat. (Squeeze it between your teeth and cheek.)

Danoninho A thickened-up yogurt so small you must eat with the tiniest spoon available (borrow Barbie’s). (Reg. Trademark Danone LTDA)

Yakult

Fermented milk with a zing to it. For kids, but adults also love it.

Torrone

A chewy bar with peanuts or cashew nuts. Italian origin, but now nationalized in Brazil.

Bombom Garoto A box with an assortment of different bonbons and miniature chocolate bars. Great to have at the hotel. (Reg. Trademark- Chocolate Garoto S.A)

Palmito- Heart of Palm

The center of a Palm tree’s trunk. Buy a jar and eat them straight. If you don’t like it, send it to me.

Cocada

Coconut slivers mixed with sugary ligament. Very, very sweet.

Amendoim Japonês Japanese peanuts. Peanuts covered with a crunchy shell. Great to have around at all times. (Reg. Trademark AGTAL A. Guedes Torrefação de  Amendoim LTDA)

Bolachas

Cookies. (Reg. Trademark Bauduco & Cia LTDA)

Biscoito de Polvilho

The best alternative to potato chips. Oven baked, containing very little fat. Great at the beach (ask for  biscoito Globo, or wave to the guy with a big plastic bag). (Reg. Trademark Pan. Mandarino LTDA)

Paçoquinha

Peanut powder compressed into a bar. Very good.

Pé de Moleque Peanut brittle. Roasted peanuts joined by hardened molasses.