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Homemade Sprinkles

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A fun and rewarding project to keep yourself busy on a slow day, these sprinkles taste and look great paired with any baked good!
Prep Time 2 hours
Resting Time 5 hours
Servings 1 cup of sprinkles (approx)

Equipment

  • Piping equipment

Ingredients

  • 4 cups icing sugar
  • 5 tbsp water
  • 4 tbsp corn syrup light
  • 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
  • food colouring to personal preference

Instructions

Make the Sprinkles

  • Sift the icing sugar into a medium mixing bowl. Add the water, corn syrup and vanilla extract.
  • Separate the mixture into however many colours you want to make. I made eight colours so I separated my mixture into eight separate bowls. Add your desired food colouring to each bowl.

Form the Sprinkles

  • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, tin foil or plastic wrap. Pour one colour of the sprinkles mixture into a piping bag fitted with a wilton #4 tip or anything similar (such as a ziploc bag with a hole cut from one corner).
  • Pipe the mixture onto the cookie sheet in thin lines until all the mixture is used up. Repeat with the other colours.
  • After all of your colours have been piped into lines, set aside your cookie sheets in a cool, dry place to rest for 5 hours or overnight.
  • Once your sprinkles have finished resting, use a sharp knife to chop up the piped lines into your desired sprinkles length.
  • Store your sprinkles in an airtight container for several months and use them as a garnish or an ingredient in funfetti recipes!