Colored sugar sprinkles
I love sugar sprinkles, especially when you can “make” them in the excact color you want. So I wanted to share this great tip that I found on Martha Stewart.com Take any kind of white sprinkles (it works with white sugar too) and place it in a zipper bag. Ad very small amounts of food powder dusts (lustre dusts is very pretty to use) and close the bag. Shake the bag well to evenly blend in the food powder and your done. Always start out with a little food powder as it can very easy get too dark. So easy and simple to make the most fantastic shades of sugar sprinkles.
Use the sugar sprinkles on your cupcakes, cookies or ice cream to make an easy and colorful decoration.
Tip: you can put the sprinkles in a sweet little jar and tie a bow around and you will have the perfect little gift for a passionate home baker.
Happy Caking!
Louise
1. Anonymous
July 27th, 2007 9:54 am
Great idea, these look like fun to make!
2. Anonymous
August 9th, 2007 3:52 am
Help! I don’t see the receipe when I click on it
3. Louise
August 9th, 2007 9:38 am
Hmm strange, because I dont have any problems seeing it?.
But if you go to marthastewart.com and search for: colored sprinkles you should find it:)
4. marina
May 1st, 2008 4:38 am
hi i just found your page and really like it but i will like to know how to make the sprinkles of your picture from scratch not buying the white ones and colored them it would be nice if you have the answer
5. Louise
May 1st, 2008 8:34 am
marina: I am sorry but I dont think that I have ever seen a recipe on how to make sugar sprinkles (non-parelis) from scratch.
6. Laura
June 12th, 2009 5:20 pm
You can also make colored sugar in the same way. Just regular granulated white sugar, and 1 drop of liquid food coloring. Put them both in a glass or plastic container with lid. Put the lid on and shake until you get the color you want. For darker colors, just add one drop at a time. I thought it would just clump and melt the sugar, but it works great. I use it all the time on top of cupcakes and King Cakes for Mardi Gras. It also works great with the large grain sugar, like the wilton sparkling sprinkling sugar. You can also use gel coloring,you just have to mix it with a fork or spoon to get the gel to mix well.
7. helle
November 23rd, 2009 11:59 pm
Hi Louise
Where do you buy the sparkles from. Have looked everywhere for the small round ones in your picture. wihtout luck.
Thanks for a great and inspiring blog.
KR Helle
8. Louise
December 25th, 2009 10:52 pm
Helle: I get them from http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/
9. fancypants
January 28th, 2010 7:12 am
Wow!!! Who knew? No more urgent trips to the baking store when I run out of the colored sprinkles I need!
Thanks!
10. suma
March 20th, 2010 8:09 am
Super idea!! Wondering if the sugar would melt and color would bleed if used as a topping on say, a fresh cream cake when refrigerated?
11. Louise
March 22nd, 2010 12:01 am
suma: they will, same on top on ice cream.
12. cakes to vijayawada
April 5th, 2010 8:36 pm
Yea…good Idea to use Colored sugar sprinkles. My aunt use it most of the time. With Colored sugar sprinkles cake looks very nice.
13. Peggy
April 23rd, 2010 2:02 pm
When I color my own sugar it bleeds on the frosting when left for a while, where as store bought colored sugars do not; Do you know why this is?
14. Louise
April 26th, 2010 10:28 pm
Peggy: No, I think that they must have treated the sugar someway so that it wont bleed on frosting.
15. Bridget
July 22nd, 2010 9:34 pm
This is an awesome sight. I just started cake decorating for family and friends. I came across your site and wow. I took courses but these tutorials are great . Thanks Louise