it's true. Take, for example, a recent journey to Spotted Cow Cream and Bean, a local coffee/gelato shop up here in Snohomish County.
I ordered a caramel macchiato (not the real kind of macchiato, the Starbucks kind..with loads of sugar and a ridiculous amount of ingredients, but sometimes you need a treat, okay?) and noticed, as I was waiting patiently for my drink to be created by the barista, a shaker of sprinkles (jimmies, to be precise) and I might have asked if she could put some sprinkles on my drink. Of course, she said (cuz she aimed to please) and then she brought over another jar of sprinkles (not jimmies, to be precise*) and I got to CHOOSE between the two.
I picked the little round ones. They melt to make a colorful display, and they're crunchy, not soft like a jimmy. Look how happy I am:
and how sad Jules is Cools is without sprinkles:
And Fourth Sam too. So sad. So sprinkle-less.
*more information than you actually wanted to know. Okay. So. I have always called the elongated sprinkles jimmies. They're really the best choice for donuts. And cupcakes. They're big and hearty. So I was wondering if the little round guys had their own name too, and becuase I love a factually accurate blog posting, I wikied the term sprinkles. WATCH out. Loads of information exists. Check it out here. I think that the correct answer here is that the little round guys (as displayed in the first photo, above) are called nonpareils in American English and French. And, as I mentioned, they are crunchy and wonderful. Jimmies are soft and wonderful, thus blending better with the texture of, say, a donut. It's all about what's UNDER the sprinkles, ya'll.
Also, I am the proud bearer of this new piece of information: in England they call jimmies hundreds-and-thousands. That's pretty great, if a bit long to say.
