Tutorial: Easy Ways to Dress up Party Desserts with Sprinkles

I’m always looking for ways to party a liiiitle less expensively. So I got all sprinkled inspired and then ran through the grocery store, looking for easy-to-sprinkle party treats.

What I love about this idea is that you can customize store-bought treats to your party with color and it takes almost no skills, very little time and it saves you a ton of money on custom treats. Here’s how to add sprinkles to party desserts.

Sprinkle Dessert Supplies

• Sprinkles of your choice – find a mix or make your own
• Candy melts – I used white Wilton vanilla flavored melts
• Cookie icing – I used white Wilton frosting
• Treats – I picked up mini donuts, sugar cookies, peanut butter pretzel nuggets, cupcakes and Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies
• Milk bottles – I couldn’t resist sprinkling the rim; this is an old party trick, but a goody

Instructions – Sprinkled Mini Donuts

1 – Melt candy melts according to package directions in a microwave safe bowl.

2 – Dip the tops of the donuts evenly in the candy melt and let some drip off to create a smooth surface.

3 – Dip the donuts in the sprinkles. Pat any loose sprinkles into place. Place face up on your party platter or store in an airtight container.

Instructions – Sprinkled Sugar Cookies

1 – Microwave and knead the icing bottle according to package directions.

2 – Squeeze a circle of icing onto the center of your sugar cookie.

3 – Dip the cookie onto a flat plate of sprinkles. Pat any loose sprinkles into place. Place face up on your party platter or store in an airtight container.

Instructions – sprinkled Peanut Butter Pretzel Nuggets

1 – Melt candy melts according to package directions in a microwave safe bowl.

2 – Using a fork, dip a nugget into the candy melts. Allow excess candy melt to drip off. Too much candy melt on your nugget will take longer to firm up after you add sprinkles. (Alternative: dip just one side of the nugget into the candy melt.)

3 – Transfer the nugget to the sprinkles. Turn over to coat. Or, use a spoon to pour sprinkles over the nugget. Pat sprinkles into place. Lay each nugget on waxed paper and allow a few minutes for the candy melt to set up.

Instructions – Sprinkled Cupcakes

1 – Place sprinkles in a bowl wide and deep enough to accommodate your cupcake frosting.

2 – Hold the cupcake by the liner and rotate the frosting in the sprinkles, turning to coat evenly.

Instructions – Sprinkled Milano Cookies

1 – Melt candy melts according to package directions in a microwave safe bowl.

2 – Dip cookies into candy melt, coating evenly on two sides. Wipe off any excess candy melt on the side the bowl.

3 – Dip cookies into sprinkles. Or, just lay each side of the cookies down into the sprinkles. Lay each cookie on waxed paper and allow a few minutes for the candy melt to set up.

Instructions – Sprinkled Milk Bottles

1 – Melt candy melts according to package directions in a microwave safe bowl.

2 – Dip the rim of the milk bottle into the candy melt. (This works with plastic or glass milk bottles.) Try to coat the inside and outside of the rim.

3 – Dip the bottle into the sprinkles, rotating as needed to evenly coat the rim in sprinkles. Pat any loose sprinkles into place.

Have you tried sprinkling treats before? Let me know in comments what treats worked well for you!