Hello Scrumptious Sprinkles!

A few weeks ago, I was very lucky to receive a surprise sample of Scrumptious Sprinkles to try out.  I was very excited because I love this brand!  I first came across them when I lived in Ludlow - I was thrilled to find edible mini dinosaurs at the Food Centre and took them home to decorate the Husband's birthday cake (I had some help from a small child!).



Now that I no longer live in Ludlow, it is more difficult to get hold of them (although Lakeland has started stocking them), so I always look out for their stand at the Cake and Bake show, where they normally have a special offer.  On my last visit I got two shimmer powders and some small sprinkles.  They also do cupcake cases in a range of fantastic colors and designs.  I'm due to stock up on these - they are lots of fun and very good quality.  If you look carefully, you might spot some of the polka dot ones in my older posts.   Anyway, through the post, I received a bundle of joy which included:


The golden mini sprinkles are incredibly cute and I already had them in silver.  I have used them alongside mini blue balls on top of pink icing - sounds awful but looks super cute.  I love the idea of the cupcake pods which include enough cupcakes and sprinkles for 12 cupcakes.


My daughter tried these out - it was easy to simply hand them over and wait a bit to see the finished results.  I think they would make good presents for anyone you know that is into baking.  In fact, I wish I'd known about them when we put together a baking hamper for my niece at Christmas.




Anyway, a huge thank you to Scrumptious.  You make my baking a whole lot more fun!

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