Paçoca (Portuguese: [paˈsɔka]) is a candy made out of ground peanuts, sugar, honey and salt.

It is typical of the Brazilian Caipira cuisine and most present in the countryside of southeastern states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, being either manufactured or home-made.

It is also very common during the Festa Junina, an annual festivity that celebrates the caipira lifestyle.

[1][2] Paçoca in its present form was invented during the Colonial Brazil Period, but Native Brazilian peoples had recipes that mixed cassava flour with other ingredients prior to colonization.

Both are a mix of cassava flour pounded together with other ingredients – peanuts and sugar in the case of the sweet, and carne-de-sol (sun-dried-beef) for the savoury dish.