Easy Themed Sprinkles

Have you ever gone to the store looking for a particular shape of a sprinkle and not been able to find it? well, I certainly have, and in that process figured out how to create sprinkles very quickly and easily in order to accommodate any project that I was getting ready to create. So I have three methods that I use depending upon the shape that I'm looking for, and of course, what I might be using it for, and I wanted to share those with you. the first and the easiest is actually to use a paper punch. this is a, just a very traditional paper punch.

It's nothing special. It's not like a food-grade punch or anything like that. you can find them in your local craft stores or online. and of course, they come in a variety of shapes, a variety of sizes, and really can accommodate just about any theme that you might have going for your baked goods. I'm using wafer paper.

Now, wafer paper is just an edible paper that is typically made from, like, a p-potato starch or a rice starch. And, I have a tendency to flip my, little cutter over so that I can see if I'm past the, the cut that I just did and, not overlap. so I just It's a little trick, makes it really easy. and of course, you can get really good and really fast at making these, snowflakes or any shape that you'd like, little sprinkles that you can then put on any project you could imagine. So they're super fun, easy, quick, and, they don't cost a whole lot.

It's really just whatever the cost of your punch is, which something this tiny is really only a couple of dollars. also keep in mind your wafer paper, what's nice about this is you can use up your scraps. This is a great way to use your scraps, not throw anything away. You don't need a fresh batch, a nice crisp, clean sheet. you just need whatever scraps you might have to make any, of your, sprinkle shapes.

typically what I do is I go all the way around a piece of paper, and then I just trim off the edges and leave that aside to make gum glue. Check out our wafer paper, classes, for more information on that. But, you can just kinda keep working in a circle or a square, and you've got plenty of sprinkles for your next project. the next one is to use a cookie cutter. Now, cookie cutters come in a variety of shapes and sizes as well.

You can use big or small, whatever works best for you, and you're just gonna punch out however many, sprinkles you need. Now, one little trick I'm gonna show you, I'm gonna show you first what it looks like if you just use the little cutter. Let's get that one out. It's got a really sharp, flat edge on it, and it's still pretty, and it makes a really nice shape for you. But if you use just a little bit of Saran wrap, when you push down on this cutter, that Saran wrap curves the top, and now you have something that is a little bit more rounded in comparison.

So your edge is a little sharper here. This one is a little f- softer. And if you get a really thick piece of modeling chocolate, fondant, gum paste, any of the things that you'd like to use, and you push down on this, it creates really almost like, just like a bubble. So this is a great way, you can see the difference between the two. It's a great way to add a little bit more dimension to your sprinkles without them just looking really flat.

Now, our last one is gonna be utilizing stencils. Now, these stencils are, made in particular for cookies. They're smaller, and they go in a little container to, be able to coat over, the top of royal icing or fondant, whatever you're using. so you can find a multitude of, different types of your, stencil shapes, again, probably any shape that you could possibly want. You're gonna use just a little bit of royal icing, and I like to just do a nice bar across the top.

It just helps kinda keep control of where your icing is. Put your fingers down on two corners and then drag the icing across one direction. Don't go both directions, 'cause you'll lift up your stencil, and that'll cause lots of problems for you. It will, allow that royal icing to get underneath the stencil, and then you don't have a pretty shape anymore. Now, I wanna show you one thing real quickly.

If you scrape, really firmly so that you get the rest of the royal icing off, you actually run the risk of it being too thin. So when you're putting your icing on, leave a nice coating over top so that you can't see your stencil material through it. So, see I've got I know I have a nice, coating there because I can't see my plastic stencil through it. And when you lift up, it just leaves a slightly thicker impression compared to over here where it's really thick. So, or thin.

So you can see a thin and a thick, and I've actually gone ahead and done that for you so you can see the difference between the two. Grab They just pop right off the parchment. It's beautiful. so these are super These are, like, paper thin, very, very thin. It was just a very light layer of royal icing.

The problem with that is they're extremely fragile, so, just a little bit of pressure, and it just breaks on you. So that's the only sort of, downside to using royal icing with a stencil, but if you leave them thick enough Let me show you one more where you can see the edge just a little bit better. you can see that there's a big difference between the two of these sprinkles just in thickness, and I definitely encourage you to go a little thicker so that they don't fall apart on you. but those are three really easy ways that you can customize your own sprinkles, make whatever shape, whatever size, and of course, however many you need. and you can honestly do these with things that you just have laying around at your home.

So, I encourage you to try these out in different ways, different colors, different shapes. The options are endless.