To endulzar is to leave your amigo secreto an unsigned treat or small gift with a clue about who you are. There's no national rulebook: how many, how often and where is agreed within the group beforehand.
Every version shares one balance: a clue that's too clear ends the game, and one that's too vague gets nobody guessing.
How to do them well
Agree on the number before the draw
Start with the count: two or three endulzadas spread across the week before is a common pattern, though some groups leave one a day and some stop at a single one.
What matters isn't the number but that it's the same for everyone: when one person leaves five and another leaves none, the game stops feeling even and somebody looks bad without having done anything odd.
Where to leave them so nobody sees you
The desk is the classic spot in an office, but any agreed place works: the bag, the locker, reception, the shared kitchen.
Fix the place at the start, especially if the group is hybrid or remote, because a gift nobody finds isn't a gift. Leave the endulzada while the person is away and avoid handing it over: they should find it, not watch you arrive.
What to give, and what to give someone who skips sugar
The usual ones are chocolates, cookies, candy, fruit, a drink or a flower. But sweetening is the word, not the obligation: for someone off sugar, a coffee, a good tea, fresh fruit, hand cream, socks, a nice pen or a handwritten note all work just as well.
If someone's hints mention an allergy or a restriction, read them before buying anything: an endulzada the person can't eat is the one gift that offends without meaning to.
How to pitch the clue
The clue is half the game. Use something true but not exclusive: the city you were born in, how many siblings you have, a color you wear a lot, a food you can't stand.
Avoid anything that can only be yours, like your exact job title or your team, because it ends the game on the first try.
A common trick is to move from general to particular: the early clues leave half the office under suspicion, and the last one narrows the list to two or three names, just in time for the day.
Endulzadas without leaking the draw
With paper slips, someone always ends up seeing one too many, and then the endulzadas stop being a mystery. With Cuchumbo nobody, the organizer included, sees who has whom.
Use the app's hints for tastes and allergies, and keep the endulzada clue for the game: mix them up and it's easy to give yourself away.
Set up the draw and start sweetening
No account, nothing to install, free. Enter the names, pick gift day and share one link. Nobody can see who has whom during endulzadas week; the clues are yours to write.
