At a Brazilian Candy Shop: Choose Sweets and Ask the Price by Weight
Learn the Portuguese for selecting brigadeiros and other doces, checking ingredients, and asking how the final price is calculated.
Real Life Portuguese · 5 min read · Updated October 15, 2026
The short answer
Doce means a sweet or dessert, and doceria is a sweets shop. Brigadeiro is a popular chocolate-and-condensed-milk sweet; beijinho is a coconut version. Ask what flavors are available today and whether you can choose a mixed box.
Ask what sweets are available
Quais doces vocês têm hoje?
What sweets do you have today?
Posso montar uma caixa com sabores diferentes?
Can I put together a box with different flavors?
Check ingredients and portion size
Recheio means filling, and ingredientes means ingredients. If you have a dietary restriction, ask about the specific ingredient and request that the staff confirm. For a gift box, specify the number of pieces you want.
Esse doce leva castanha?
Does this sweet contain nuts?
Quero uma caixa com seis unidades, por favor.
I’d like a box with six pieces, please.
Ask whether the price is per piece or per kilo
Some sweets are priced by the unit; others may be sold by weight. Ask how they calculate the total before choosing many pieces. If you are buying a mixed selection, request a small box first and check the price at the counter.
O preço é por unidade ou por quilo?
Is the price per piece or per kilo?
Quanto fica essa seleção?
How much does this selection come to?
Put it into practice
Use doce, unidade, recheio, and por quilo to choose sweets and check the total in Portuguese.
Quick practice
Which Portuguese example matches “Is the price per piece or per kilo”?
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