Nonpareils

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Nonpareils

Multicolor nonpareil balls coating the top of a chocolate nonpareil
Alternative names	Sprinkles (US and Canada) Jazzies (UK) Hundreds and thousands (UK, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand) Freckles (UK, Australia and New Zealand)
Type	Confectionery
Main ingredients	Sugar, starch, food coloring
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Nonpareils are a decorative confections of tiny balls made with sugar and starch, traditionally an opaque white but now available in many colors. They are also known as hundreds and thousands in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa,^[1] and the United Kingdom. In the United States, the same confectionery topping would generally be referred to among the general public as "sprinkles" regardless of their composition.

The term nonpareil also may refer to a specific confection, made using nonpareils – namely, discs of chocolate coated with nonpareils, which also are known as chocolate nonpareils, freckles, or jazzies.