"sprinkles" news and stories

Strawberry Cake Batter Ice Cream. Photo: erincooks, Flickr.

We dare you to look at this playful picture from Flickr user erincooks and not think good thoughts. Impossible, right?

A pink twist on beloved cake-batter ice cream, this homemade version is strawberry flavored. When topped off with jumbo pastel sprinkles (our affinity for sprinkles has already been well documented), it's like a smile in a cup.

Who knew happiness was best served ice cold?

[Via Flickr]

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Chocolate cupcake. Photo: The Feisty Foodie.

Whoever conceived the idea to bake individual cakes in muffin tins is a culinary genius -- not only for giving the world the perfect sugary serving size, but also for allowing bakers at every level to mix and match flavors, colors and the most fun part of any sweet treat, sprinkles.

This chocolate-frosted chocolate cupcake was one of a delightfully diverse dozen captured by The Feisty Foodie after she received a box from New York City's Billy's Bakery. Just looking at the chocolate triple whammy -- chocolate frosting on a chocolate cupcake with chocolate sprinkles on top -- is enough to get us through a midweek slump (though a taste would be even better).

[Via The Feisty Foodie]

Sprinkles. Photo: Mighty Sweet

Few things in life make our eyes light up like good old-fashioned sprinkles.

Maybe it's a lingering six-year-old mentality, but whether on cupcakes, cookies or a Mister Softee cone, like this one that Jason from Mighty Sweet/Me So Hungry captured, we can't help but feel happy when we look at the tiny rainbow-colored candies. They're like culinary fairy dust. And we're more than willing to be taken under their spell, especially when a cherry-dipped vanilla cone is involved.

[Via Mighty Sweet/Me So Hungry]

Ah, Friday. At long last. This calls for a celebration, and, of course, a celebration isn't a celebration without a cake. Preferably one that looks like this one, which was baked, frosted, sprinkled with lovely colors and then photographed by rachel is coconut&lime. Plucked from the Flickr Slashfood pool, it's the kind of cake that makes you feel like throwing a birthday party, even if your birthday isn't until next May. It's got that luscious, thick chocolate icing that's synonymous with the optimism of childhood, while the sprinkles could make even a full ashtray look appealing. It's a cake that could inspire even a non-baker to bake (or at least open a box of cake mix). It's a cake that could cure seasonal affects disorder. It's a cake, in other words, that's worthy of a celebration of its own, regardless of the day of the week.

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When I start to run low on inspiration for this post, or the choices become overwhelming in their deliciousness, I nearly always default to featuring a picture of a dessert. I don't know why exactly that it, although I do know that when all other fail to tempt my appetite, I can always be stirred by the presence of a nice piece of cake or a perfectly baked cookie.

These particular cookies called out to me in all their imprecise, frosted and sprinkled glory. I can imagine that eating one of these would never fail to brighten your spirits, if even just a little. Thanks to Caryn74 for adding them to our Flickr Pool.

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