Kitchen Tips: Make Your Own Sprinkles
Bright, colorful, and endlessly customizable, homemade sprinkles bring a playful touch to any dessert. With just a few simple ingredients and 5 minutes of prep, you can create vibrant, crunchy toppings that outshine store-bought versions.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar divided
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1 ½ Tbsp water not hot water
- 1 Tbsp light corn syrup
- ½ tsp vanilla extract (or any flavor you prefer -- vanilla goes with pretty much anything, though)
- Gel food coloring
Instructions
- In medium-sized bowl, stir together 1 cup powdered sugar, cornstarch, water, corn syrup and vanilla extract until well-combined.
- Stir in the remaining ½ cup powdered sugar.
- Add food coloring and stir until well-combined and desired color is reached (remember, the more coloring you add the more you will be able to taste it in the final product).
- Transfer mixture into a piping bag fitted with a #4 Wilton tip*.
- Line two cookie sheets with wax or parchment paper and, using your piping bag, draw long, sprinkle-width horizontal lines across the paper. If desired, also make small dots (about the size of a pencil eraser) along the sides of the wax paper for some variety in shape.
- Allow to set undisturbed for at least 12 hours to dry.
- Once dried, peel off any dots or shapes you have made and then use a knife to cut down your horizontal lines to make sprinkles.
- That's it! Sprinkle over your favorite treats! These keep well in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Calories: 50kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 0.001gFat: 0.003gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 0.4mgFiber: 0.004gSugar: 12gCalcium: 0.4mgIron: 0.01mg
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