Editing Sprinkles (section)

==History==
[[Nonpareils]] date back at least to the late 18th century, if not earlier. They were used as decoration for [[pièces montées]] and desserts.

Dutch ''[[hagelslag]]'' (chocolate sprinkles) were invented in 1913 by Erven H. de Jong from Wormerveer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMDA03:000109713:mpeg21:a0073|title=DE JONG'S|date=1913-04-19|work=Provinciale Drentsche en Asser courant|access-date=2019-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Hagelslag|date=2018-11-28|url=https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hagelslag&oldid=52701630|work=Wikipedia|language=nl|access-date=2019-02-27}}</ref> Venz,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.venz.nl/|title=Venz|publisher=Venz.nl|access-date=2011-01-04}}</ref> another Dutch company, made ''hagelslag'' popular. ''Hagelslag'' is used on bread and other things made of bread. Most of the time butter is spread out so the ''hagelslag'' does not fall off. After much research and venture, Gerard de Vries and Venz created the first machine to produce the tiny cylindrical treats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myshipleydonuts.com/blog/the-history-of-sprinkles|title=The History of Sprinkles {{!}} Shipley Do-Nuts - Order Donuts Online Now!|date=2018-02-28|website=West Houston Shipley Donuts {{!}} Donut Catering & Delivery|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref> They were named ''hagelslag'' after their resemblance to a weather phenomenon prominent in the Netherlands: [[hail]]. (This reference is also transferred to the Finnish word for sprinkles, "Koristerakeet" which literally means "decorative hail"). Only ''hagelslag'' with a cacao percentage of more than 32% can bear the name ''chocoladehagelslag'' (chocolate sprinkles). If it is lower than 32%, it is to be referred to as ''cacaofantasie'' or ''cacaofantasie hagelslag'' (cacao fantasy sprinkles).

The American candy company [[Just Born]] cites its founder, Sam Born, as inventing the "chocolate" sprinkles called "jimmies" (which might never have contained any chocolate) in [[Brooklyn, New York]].<ref name="snopes">{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/language/offense/jimmies.asp |title=Etymology of Jimmies (Ice Cream Sprinkles) |date=26 September 2009 |publisher=snopes.com |access-date=2011-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justborn.com/who-we-are/our-history/ |title=Our History |publisher=Just Born, Inc. |access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> However, advertisements for chocolate sprinkles as a confection exist in the United States as far back as 1921,<ref name="sprinkles">{{cite news |title=Wilfred F. Root & Son advertisement |work=The Brattleboro Daily Reformer |date=3 June 1921}}</ref> predating Just Born by two years.

A related product, sanding sugar has been commercially available in a small range of colors for decades. Now it comes in a wide variety, including black and metallic-like "glitter".