jimmies
plural noun
jim·mies
ˈji-mēz 
: tiny rod-shaped bits of usually chocolate-flavored candy often sprinkled on ice cream
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To coat your cookies in color, give the glaze a pink or red tint with paste food coloring, then decorate them with a colorful sprinkle mix that includes sugar pearls, jimmies, and nonpareils.
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Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
To decorate the cookies, combine coarse and fine sanding sugars, with nonpareils, jimmies, dragees and candy pearls all in a single color palette, to give the cookies added depth and texture.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2020
This set includes three bags of melts along with red, white and blue jimmies and silver stars.
—Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 24 June 2020
This bright 4-ounce bestseller includes candy mermaid tails, sugar pearls and beads, jimmies and nonpareils.
—Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 15 June 2020
The crispy pastry tube was overflowing with sweetened, whipped ricotta and dotted with chocolate jimmies.
—Suzanne Loudermilk, baltimoresun.com, 22 Sep. 2017
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Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
To decorate the cookies, combine coarse and fine sanding sugars, with nonpareils, jimmies, dragees and candy pearls all in a single color palette, to give the cookies added depth and texture.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2020
This set includes three bags of melts along with red, white and blue jimmies and silver stars.
—Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 24 June 2020
This bright 4-ounce bestseller includes candy mermaid tails, sugar pearls and beads, jimmies and nonpareils.
—Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 15 June 2020
The crispy pastry tube was overflowing with sweetened, whipped ricotta and dotted with chocolate jimmies.
—Suzanne Loudermilk, baltimoresun.com, 22 Sep. 2017
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“Jimmies.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jimmies. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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