heyka: Sprinkles and Sugars and Dragees, oh my! . . . Works For Me Wednesday

Here's a little secret about cookie decorating...everything looks cute covered in sprinkles or sanding sugar or jimmies, etc. etc. Don't like how your cookie looks? Cover it in sprinkles! Instant Cute!

Here's the low-down on the different types of cookie accoutrements:

Nonpariels: These might be my favorite. Maybe it was all of those years eating "chocolate stars" at the movies. Remember those? Anyone?

The multi-colored ones are really cute, too. Can't find the mix you want? Mix them yourself! I mixed black and white nonpareils for these cookies.

Sugar Pearls: a little bigger than nonpareils and with a pearly sheen. I have never used these, but could not resist buying these sweet pink ones.

Next we have jimmies. Chocolate Jimmies are the most common jimmies...and every time I use them, I can't help but think of Seinfeld. "Jimmy likes these jimmies."

Dragees: Did you eat these as a kid? Me, too. Now they are for "decorative purposes only." Yeah, right.

{PS...dragee is pronounced "draah-zhA," not "drag-EE" like someone might have said in front of a group of people at THE Lodge. *blush*} It's dragees, dahhhling.

Sparkling sugar versus sanding sugar: Sanding sugar is finer than sparkling sugar and, I think, a little more sparkly.