Hi,

can anyone tell me what these white sprinkles are called in these pics?

http://www.cathysdesignercookies.com/cookies/cookie_weddingdress_large.jpg

http://www.cathysdesignercookies.com/cookies/cookie_pinkpoodleinparis_large.jpg


they don't really look like non-pareils because they are aren't very round, and they don't look like coloured sugar because they are opaque?

TIA

strange...my first thought was just that it was white royal icing with a very small tip.

if they are sprinkles...i've never seen any like them.

Looks like Royal Icing to me. I did something like that on my Christmas cookies.

Looks like RI to me as well!

To me they look like they are silver dragees. Here is a link to a place that sells them.
http://www.kitchenkrafts.com/product.asp?pn=IN0285-GLD&sid=Overture&tid=OV9120042

you know, i think you're right. i just looked at her website and it does seem that they are sprinkles, not royal when you look closely. maybe you can get white jimmies and crush them and see if that gives you the same effect. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cakecarousel.com/cakecarousel/images/product/1164040433_White%2520Jimmies%2520CK78-530W.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cakecarousel.com/cakecarousel/cakecarousel.html%3Faction%3Dshowitems%26id%3D9&usg=__JNLUCki04rN-1pFXYNCwHdGoRM0=&h=75&w=75&sz=12&hl=en&start=13&um=1&tbnid=OSJ0TpBu-_Mn8M:&tbnh=71&tbnw=71&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwhite%2Bjimmies%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS309%26sa%3DN

Looks like "Pearl Sugar" to me.

It is definately royal icing. You should use a very small tip and make a bunch of small dots clustered together.

thanks for your help guys

i think its pearl sugar after finding this pic of it:

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/detail.jsp?id=1410&pv=1155319534573

what do you guys think? i read that its used to decorate bakery items aswell. anyone happen to know where i could get some in sydney, australia?

Yes, tujy is right. It is from King Arthur flour. I have it. It is great for winter/christmas time because it looks like snow. I think used it on my stocking cookie (in my pics one of the last cookies - in a group of xmas cookies). Anyway, that's what it is.

Yes looks like pearl sugar. I bought it at Ikea. I have it covering a cake in my photos.

It's definitely pearl sugar. King Arthur Flour. $5.95 for a 1-lb bag. Love that stuff!

It's definitely pearl sugar. King Arthur Flour. $5.95 for a 1-lb bag. Love that stuff!

This is her blog with instructions. http://feeds.feedburner.com/cathysdesignercookies