Given my love of sprinkles, I am always on the hunt for some new variety. I have used rock candy sugar crystals as sprinkles before, but the colors I can usually find at the candy shops, while pretty, are not always in the color palette that I desire.
So, I decided to customize my own colors. I simply purchased a bunch of clear-colored rock sugar at my local candy shop and then I colored it with my powdered food colorings (the process is identical to the way I custom color my sprinkles). To break up the large candy rocks, I placed them in a sturdy plastic bag and then pounded them with a flat mallet. Once I reached my desired sugar size, I carefully pull out and discarded all the strings.
I love how the sprinkles turned out - so pastel and pretty - like tiny little jewels.
These are destined for the top of some vanilla buttercream cupcakes, but you could use them to decorate almost anything. And don't they look pretty in my glass jar? :-)
XOXO
Jessica
Very pretty! What a sweet idea!
Posted by: Kathie | June 21, 2012 at 10:22 AM
So pretty! Thank you for sharing the idea!
Posted by: Julia | June 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM
What a great idea and so beautiful!
Posted by: Andrea Neusner | June 21, 2012 at 11:04 AM
Jessica,
I love all your pretty, pastel ideas and images! They bring extra joy to my week.
Thank you so much for making our world a bit sweeter!
Posted by: Melin | June 21, 2012 at 11:20 AM
How beautiful. Would make any tea-party table look gorgeously feminine.
Posted by: Vanessa@Luxuria | June 21, 2012 at 12:28 PM
You taught me something new! Very pretty!
Posted by: Karen | June 21, 2012 at 03:05 PM
This is just such a cute idea, I'm going to do this!
Posted by: Emmie | June 21, 2012 at 06:01 PM
So Pretty! Thank you for telling us how to make our own... XoXo
Posted by: Katie | June 22, 2012 at 08:41 AM
Jessica, those rock crystals look to pretty to eat.
Posted by: anne roberts | June 22, 2012 at 11:01 AM
What a great idea! I never thought to do this and I love all the pastel colors. thanks for sharing. Terri
Posted by: Terri Hinojosa | July 01, 2012 at 01:48 PM
This is just such a cute idea, I'm going to do this!
Posted by: celine outlet shop | July 02, 2012 at 04:05 AM
Jessica, I just recently stumbled across your blog and I LOVE it! So much so that I have had to go back and read every posting from the beginning and have enjoyed every word and photograph. You are a girl after my own heart!
Posted by: Laurie Quesenberry | July 03, 2012 at 07:51 AM