Brigadeiro and Coxinha Workshop

This two-hour hands-on workshop focuses on two of Brazil's most popular snacks: chocolate brigadeiro truffles and shredded chicken coxinha, a teardrop-shaped fried pastry. Designed for visitors short on time, the class moves at a brisk pace through both recipes, starting with rolling and coating brigadeiro truffles in chocolate sprinkles, then shaping, breading, and frying coxinha filled with shredded chicken. The menu balances sweet and savoury directly, splitting the session between the dessert-style brigadeiro and the savoury coxinha, making it one of the more balanced options among São Paulo's cooking classes. Included in the price are all ingredients, equipment, and instruction, along with tasting the finished snacks at the end of class; transportation to the class venue and any additional drinks are not included. Given the two-hour format, the workshop is more compact than other São Paulo cooking classes, making it suited to travelers with limited time who still want a hands-on introduction to Brazilian salgados and sweets. Groups are kept small so instruction can move quickly through both recipes within the time allotted. Dietary substitutions are limited given the short, fixed two-recipe format, though vegetarian coxinha fillings can sometimes be arranged with advance notice. Instruction is given primarily in Portuguese with some English support.