Homemade Sprinkles
Beautiful homemade sprinkles are beyond easy and can be made with just a few ingredients.
Equipment
- Piping bag and tip or plastic sandwich bag
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar divided (180g)
- 2 tablespoons cool water divided
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract optional
- Gel food coloring optional
Instructions
- Sift 1 cup (120g) of the powdered sugar into a large bowl then add the corn syrup, vanilla if using, then add 1 1/2 tablespoons of water and beat until smooth. You can add more water a teaspoon at a time if needed.
- Once smooth sift in the remaining 1/2 cup (60g) of powdered sugar and mix until combined. The final consistency should be very thick but pipeable.
- Divide the icing into batches if you're making different colored sprinkles then mix in food coloring until the desired color is reached.
- Transfer to piping bags either fitted with #3, 4, or 5 tips, or with the tip snipped off, then pipe thin lines onto a sheet of parchment paper and set aside to dry out overnight, about 12 hours.
- Once dry, you can cut the sprinkles into pieces and store them in an airtight container until ready to use.
Notes
- To pipe straight lines keep the tip half an inch above the paper; squeeze and pull forward.
- Add a bit more food coloring than you think you need. The sprinkles will fade a bit as they dry.
- No piping tip? No Problem! Just snip the tip off of a plastic sandwich bag or roll a piece of parchment paper into a piping bag.
- This is a great activity to do with kids. If little ones are helping you in the kitchen just have them break the sprinkles with their hands instead of using a knife. It's more fun and safer.
- You can easily double this recipe for a larger batch. The sprinkles keep for quite a while so it's nice to have some on hand.
- Pipe lots of small dots for confetti sprinkles.
Nutrition
Serving: 1tablespoon Calories: 48kcal Carbohydrates: 12g Fat: 1g Sodium: 1mg Sugar: 12g