[:en]Sprinkles are pretty much everyone’s favorite donut topping! But have you ever wondered where they came from, who invented them, and what got them so popular? Well, wonder no more – we’re here to tell you all about the history of sprinkles.

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They Weren’t Always Called Sprinkles

It’s true; sprinkles have tons of other names, including:

• nonpareils
• cientos y miles
• escoria de hagel
• pan de hadas
• jimmies

The Dictionary of American Regional English defines jimmies as “tiny balls or rod-shaped bits of candy used as a topping for ice-cream, cakes and other sweets.”

“Jimmies” seems to be quite a popular term for sprinkles, and chocolate ones specifically. The term’s history is a bit tough to uncover, but Recien nacido, una empresa de fabricación de dulces fundada en 1923 en Brooklyn, claims that they coined the term “jimmies” AND invented sprinkles themselves.

Yes, jimmies were invented at Just Born and we have in our archives some of the advertisements from that time period and containers with the word “jimmies” and the Just Born logo on them. Although there is nothing in writing to confirm it, it is commonly known here that the chocolate sprinkles were named after the Just Born employee who made them.

However, sprinkles were already popular in the 1920s according to newspaper archives. In fact, a New Hampshire newspaper advertised a treat with chocolate sprinkles on it in 1921, before Just Born was established. Others say that Just Born used the word “jimmies” as a way to brand their sprinkles. In the end, there seems to be no clear answer on where the word came from. It’s just one of those mysteries historians may never solve!

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Donde comenzó Sprinkles

El primer uso registrado de asperja fue en el siglo XVIII, pero probablemente se usaron antes para decorar pièces montées y postres.

Sprinkles can also be traced back to 1936, when Gerard de Vries invented Dutch hagelslag (sprinkles) for Venz, a Dutch company. The word “hagelslag” comes from a Dutch word meaning “hail,” a common weather event there.

“Hagelslag” is used on top of bread slices. As with most sprinkled treats, they require something sticky to adhere to so they don’t fall off. The Dutch typically covered their bread with a layer of butter in order to make their hagelslag stick.

The first “sprinkles machine” was actually created by de Vries and Venz.

Fun Fact: Only hagelslag with a cacao percentage of over 32% is truly chocoladehagelslag (chocolate sprinkles). If the percentage is below 32%, it has to be called cacaofantasie or cacaofantasie hagelslag (cacao fantasy sprinkles).

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Shipley Do-Nuts se enorgullece de ofrecer nonpareils, sprinkles, jimmies o como sea que los llame como aderezo de nuestras deliciosas donas recién hechas. ¡Simplemente haga clic en el botón de abajo para comenzar su pedido en línea y satisfacer ese gusto por lo dulce!

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The History of Sprinkles | My Shipley Do-Nuts – Houston, TX[:]