FAQs
Jazzies - chocolate flavour candy buttons covered on one side with sprinkles (or hundreds and thousands as they used to be known). Sometimes known as Jazzles or Brown Gems - and occasionally as Rainbow Drops (but we know those as the coloured rice krispie style sweets, don't you?)
What is the old name for jazzies? ›
Jazzies were originally called 'chocolate nonpareils' and weren't as colourful as they are today. Instead, they had a chocolate base and pearly white sprinkles, called 'love pearls'.
What is the nutritional information for jazzies? ›
Nutritional Information Per 100g
Energy 2080kJ / 496kcal - Fat 22.4g - of which saturates 19g - Carbohydrates 71.1g - of which sugars 56.1g - Fibre 0.6g - Protein 2.8g - Salt 0.28g.
What are jazzies sweets? ›
Jazzies: Plastic Free Sweets
Milk chocolate flavoured, candy disc, peppered with colourful hundreds and thousands. Melty chocolate flavour with a crunchy candy-sprinkle topping. If you like these then how about trying Snowies, its white chocolate flavour cousin?
What is another name for jazzies sweets? ›
Nonpareils are also sold in the United Kingdom as "Jazzies", "Jazzles," "Jazz drops," and "Snowies" (the latter being of the white chocolate variety).
Who makes Jazzies? ›
Hannah's Jazzies are an all time favourite pick and mix sweet. Milk chocolate flavoured discs covered with brightly coloured candy sprinkles. Hannah's Jazzies are an all time favourite pick and mix sweet. Milk chocolate flavoured discs covered with brightly coloured candy sprinkles.
What are chocolate buttons with sprinkles called? ›
Product description. If you are looking for a chocolate treat that will brighten up your day, look no further than Hannah's Jazzles chocolate buttons. These are chocolate buttons with a twist: they are covered with colourful sprinkles that add a crunchy texture and a festive look.
Why are nonpareils called that? ›
Trace nonpareil back to its Middle French origins and you'll find that it comes from a term meaning "not equal." Pareil itself comes from a Latin par, which means "equal," and non- is a common prefix meaning "not." In addition to its adjectival use, nonpareil also functions as a noun describing an individual of ...
Who created chocolate buttons? ›
Cadbury Buttons are flat, circular, button-shaped chocolate pieces in small packs that were first sold by Cadbury in the United Kingdom in 1960. They are sold in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland and the UK. They are available in Cadbury's Dairy Milk and white chocolate.
Are chocolate sprinkles healthy? ›
Nutrition facts
Although they're typically eaten in small amounts, sprinkles are relatively high in sugar, carbs, and calories. They also contain a small amount of micronutrients like copper, magnesium, and iron. Just 2 tablespoons (21 grams) of chocolate-flavored sprinkles contains ( 4 ): Calories: 107.
Ingredients: Sugar, palm oil, whey powder (from milk), wheat flour (with added calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), wheat starch, fat reduced cocoa powder, emulsifier: soya lecithin; glucose syrup, natural flavourings, natural colours: carotenes, betanin, anthocyanins, chlorophyllin; glazing agent: beeswax.
What did Jazzles used to be called? ›
The sprinkles we now term 'hundreds and thousands' were originally referred to as 'Nonpareils'. The French word for without equal, nonpareils literally means an unrivalled or matchless person or thing.
What are the white spots on chocolate sprinkles? ›
Those white spots on chocolate are the result of either fat or sugar bloom.
Are chocolate sprinkles real chocolate? ›
Back then, all chocolate sprinkles were made with real cocoa and sugar, extruded and cut to size. But today, some chocolate-sprinkle manufacturers forgo the cocoa, or use only trace amounts, to save money, which is why crappy sprinkles taste like nothing more than wax-coated sugar.
What is Jazzles? ›
HUGE jazzles are milk chocolate round sweets with rainbow sprinkles on top, the daddy of the Jazzie.
Are nonpareils French? ›
Nonpareil wears its French heritage in its spelling, but, strangely enough, a French person probably wouldn't understand you if you tried to use it in conversation today. In the more than 500 years since it began to be used in English, the meanings we know have dropped out of common use in French.