Pé-de-moleque

Pé-de-moleque is a traditional candy made from peanuts and rapadura — unrefined cane sugar. The process of preparing it is quite simple – peanuts are incorporated into melted sugar, and the entire mixture is poured on a flat surface. Once it’s cooled, it is broken into smaller, irregular pieces of candy. Additional ingredients include butter, milk, and peanut oil which are all optional, but even the peanuts can be substituted with various nuts. There is no one uniform recipe as these candies can differ in color (from light to dark), in the type of ingredients used, and in their texture (soft to hard).