Colored Sprinkle

Colored sprinkle is a small, rod-shaped confectionery decoration in bright, opaque colors. It tastes sweet with a light waxy crunch, resists bleeding in most batters, and holds shape under moderate heat; used to decorate cupcakes and cookies, top ice cream, and fold into funfetti-style cakes, and sold as multicolor mixes or single-color strands.

Modern sprinkles emerged in early twentieth-century confectionery factories in Europe and the United States, with jimmies popularized in the Northeast. They spread through commercial baking and ice cream shops and are now standard decorations worldwide.