Want to decorate a finished bake with children? Choose aniseed sprinkles: both whole, coloured sprinkles and crushed varieties are sold for cupcakes, cakes and pastries. Check the packaging of your chosen variety for ingredients, allergens and nutritional information, and leave anything involving the oven or hot chocolate to an adult. If by ‘single bar’ you mean an individual snack bar, that’s a different type of product from the sprinkles described here as decoration.
With supervision, a child can sprinkle aniseed sprinkles over a finished cupcake, cake or decorated biscuit. De Ruijter mentions using them on baked goods and cupcakes; Jumbo also describes dipping a biscuit and then covering it with sprinkles. Leave oven use and handling hot chocolate to an adult.
If a child or guest needs to avoid wheat or gluten, check the ingredients list before considering the colour or how easy the sprinkles are to use. The pink-and-white and blue-and-white De Ruijter sprinkles described by Albert Heijn and Jumbo list wheat or cereals containing gluten. Check the other ingredients in your bake, too.
Pink-and-white, blue-and-white and festive aniseed sprinkles offer different colours for a party treat. Still check the ingredients, allergens and nutritional information for your chosen variety: the colour alone tells you nothing about these.
First decide whether you’re looking for sprinkles to decorate a finished bake or an actual individual bar. If you want aniseed sprinkles, choose a suitable type for decorating, then check the packaging for that variety.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who it matters to |
|---|---|---|
| Getting involved easily | Choose sprinkles that a child can add to a finished bake with supervision. Leave oven tasks and handling hot chocolate to an adult. | I want my child to do the sprinkling without having to use hot equipment. Around 27% of consumers prioritise this simple, supervised way to get involved. |
| Allergens and ingredients | Read the current ingredients and allergen information for the sprinkles and all the other ingredients in your recipe. The pink-and-white and blue-and-white De Ruijter varieties described list wheat or cereals containing gluten. | If someone eating the treat needs to avoid wheat or gluten, I need to know what’s in the whole thing. Ingredients and allergens are the main concern for around 33% of consumers. |
| How much decoration to use | Compare the nutritional information per 100 g and decide how much you want to sprinkle on each treat. Albert Heijn and Jumbo list 79 g of sugars per 100 g for the pink-and-white and blue-and-white varieties described. | I want to use the sprinkles as a small decoration, not as the main ingredient in the treat. Around 20% of consumers prioritise this choice of portion size. |
| Colour and product type | Choose between whole coloured, festive or crushed aniseed sprinkles, and check that the packaging suits your decorating plans. An individual snack bar isn’t the same as these sprinkles. | I’m mainly looking for a particular colour or for crushed aniseed sprinkles for my treat. Around 20% of consumers give presentation or product type the highest priority. |
The pink-and-white and blue-and-white De Ruijter varieties described by Albert Heijn and Jumbo list wheat or cereals containing gluten. This could make a treat unsuitable for someone who needs to avoid these ingredients.
Read the current packaging for the variety you’ve chosen, and check all the other recipe ingredients separately.
A generous layer of sprinkles also changes the amount of sugar in the treat. Albert Heijn and Jumbo list 79 g of sugars per 100 g for the pink-and-white and blue-and-white varieties described; this figure doesn’t automatically apply to every variety.
Decide how much you want to use on each treat beforehand, and check the nutritional information on the packaging you buy.
Ingredients and allergen information can change. Albert Heijn itself advises that the packaging is the source to rely on for allergy information.
Compare varieties online, but read the label on the pack you actually have before using it.
Sprinkling a finished bake is different from using an oven, handling hot chocolate or working with sharp knives. The Netherlands Nutrition Centre highlights heat and sharp objects as things to watch out for when cooking with children.
Let children measure or sprinkle with supervision, and leave anything involving heat or sharp objects to an adult.
De Ruijter offers pink-and-white, blue-and-white, festive and crushed aniseed sprinkles, described for use as a bread topping or decoration.
Albert Heijn publishes product information for De Ruijter aniseed sprinkles, including pink-and-white and festive varieties.
Jumbo describes blue-and-white De Ruijter aniseed sprinkles and gives a recipe example in which they’re sprinkled over dipped biscuits.
PLUS describes De Ruijter crushed aniseed sprinkles in a 270 g pack, for decorating cupcakes, cakes and pastries, among other uses.
Whole coloured and crushed aniseed sprinkles are described as decorations for cupcakes, cakes and pastries. Let children sprinkle them over a finished bake with supervision, and leave oven tasks and handling hot chocolate to an adult.
Don’t assume they are: the pink-and-white and blue-and-white De Ruijter varieties described by Albert Heijn and Jumbo list wheat or cereals containing gluten. Read the current packaging for every product you plan to use, including the other ingredients in the treat.
Decide how much to sprinkle on each treat before you start, and use the nutritional information on the packaging you’ve chosen to assess the sugar content. For the pink-and-white and blue-and-white De Ruijter varieties described, Albert Heijn and Jumbo list 79 g of sugars per 100 g; the Netherlands Nutrition Centre advises keeping treat portions small.
Follow the storage advice and best-before date on the packaging you bought. The product listings described for De Ruijter aniseed sprinkles say to store them in a dry place; check the label for your variety.
