We asked readers if they called the rod-shaped topping sprinkles or jimmies. For the 350 readers who responded, the terminology largely depends on the flavor. About 87% of readers said they call ...

A contingent of survey-takers also maintained that jimmies are specifically chocolate, while sprinkles are rainbow. And it’s not just a New England thing: The Philadelphia local news site Billy ...

While the vast majority of the country (and world) refer to the colorful topping as sprinkles, many in New England, the Pittsburgh area, and the Midwest refer to them as jimmies. This begs the ...

"Jimmies," the New England term for chocolate sprinkles, used to symbolize summertime in Massachusetts for me. That is until a well-meaning friend told 17-year-old me that the term "jimmies" is a ...

that it was racist to say jimmies. She explained that because chocolate sprinkles are black, early Bostonian racists referred to them as jimmies — because of the Jim Crow laws. As little sense ...

I mean really, good luck counting them. In certain regions of the U.S., sprinkles are also called "jimmies" and are smattered heavily on pretty much any dessert item. In the Netherlands and ...