sprinkles

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very small pieces of coloured sugar or chocolate used as a decoration on the top of cakes, etc.:

Scatter sprinkles over the top of the cake and press on them gently so that they stick to the chocolate.

All the children were given ice cream with sprinkles.

We decorated the cake with chocolate chips and sprinkles.

Do you want sprinkles on your hot chocolate?

We bought doughnuts with pink icing and sprinkles.