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Homemade sprinkles are the cutest!
If you’ve checked some of my recipes, you know how much I love to prepare things from scratch. Now, when it comes to sprinkles, you may say I’m going a bit too far. But I don’t think so!
You can use sprinkles as a topping for…
- Cupcakes
- Cookies
- Cakes
- Ice cream
- Frappucinos and milkshakes
And many more things!
I made this recipe originally for Valentine’s Day, which I celebrate with family, friends, and my husband. Additionally, they’re perfect for demonstrating your love. We must celebrate love -in all its forms- every single day. Don’t you agree?
And, if you prefer, you can add these custom sprinkles to desserts for special occasions and as part of an edible gift. In any case, these custom sprinkles are so pretty!
What you need to make custom sprinkles at home
3 Reasons for homemade sprinkles
- Create sprinkles in your favorite colors
- Make unique shapes and designs impossible to find elsewhere
- Show your love by putting time and effort into creating something cute for your loved ones
Find the complete recipe with all the ingredients and a step-by-step guide to these DIY sprinkles below.
Homemade Sprinkles
Ingredients
Royal icing base for emojis and cookies
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp meringue powder
- ¼ cup water
- Gel food coloring
Emojis sprinkles
- Royal icing
- Tiny hearts sprinkles
Cookies' sprinkles
- Royal icing
- 3 crushed Oreos
Donuts sprinkles
- Cheerios or round-shaped cereal (chocolate and vanilla)
- 4 tbsp chocolate chips
Fondant sprinkles
- 75 g fondant in your favorite colors
- Gel food coloring
- Water
Instructions
Donuts
- For donut sprinkles, melt chocolate in the microwave. Remember to use short intervals of 20 seconds approximately and stir the chocolate in between.Take a piece of Cheerios and dip it into the chocolate to cover only half of it with chocolate. Then, remove the excess using a toothpick. Put the coated Cheerios on waxed paper and top with rainbow sprinkles. Now, let them cool down.
Emojis and Traditional Sprinkles
- For the emoji and traditional sprinkles, you'll use royal icing for the base.
- Start mixing meringue powder with powdered sugar in a bowl.
- Slowly pour water over the ingredients and mix at medium speed. Keep mixing until you get a sticky consistency, like liquid white glue.
- Separate the icing into small bowls to add the gel coloring.
- I used four different colors, so I had four separate small bowls. Distribute your royal icing accordingly.
- Add a few drops of gel food coloring and mix each portion using a clean spoon. Cover the colors you won't use immediately with plastic wrap to protect them.
- Pour tiny yellow circles on a baking tray lined with parchment paper for the emoji sprinkles. Fix the shapes using a toothpick and top with two heart-shaped sprinkles for the eyes.
- Meanwhile, to make conventional sprinkles pour straight lines and dots on another baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- When the emojis are more solid, draw a smile with black icing.
Cookies
- To create cookie sprinkles, draw circles with beige royal icing. Use a toothpick to fix the details and top with crushed Oreos.
- You can draw a white rectangle for the glass of milk or get tiny marshmallows.
Rainbow hearts
- For the hearts, choose fondant in different colors. Grab each piece and roll them to obtain thin strips. Flatten the fondant using a rolling pin and then wet the borders with water using a brush.
- Stick the fondant strips together and stretch with a fondant rolling pin.
- Now, use a tiny cookie-cutter to cut the fondant hearts. Aim for all the colors in each cut.
- To finish, let the sprinkles dry for 10 to 12 hours.
- Separate the sprinkles from the parchment paper carefully. Then, use your sprinkles as you like!
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If you liked this homemade sprinkles recipe, you might like some of my other recipes too.
And remember, if you try this recipe and want to share your pictures, tag me @lacooquette on Instagram. I’d love to share your photos on my IG stories.
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