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.
Sugars come in all sorts of colors...even gold!
And, last but not least.....SPRINKLES!!!
Repeat after me....."Sprinkles fix everything."
