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Brooklyn1

wrote:
>Nancy wrote:
>
>>Judy, are you talking about those
>> 1-dimensional seasonal "sprinkles," like
>> hearts, 4-leaf clovers, etc? The original
>> question was about 3- dimensional
>> figures.
>
>Yes, that's all I've ever seen (or used) on certain cookies, other than
>decorating them (like Jack O' Lanterns at Halloween) with frosting using
>a pastry bag with a tip on the end.
>
>Why would anyone use those larger rock-hard molded sugar decorations on
>tops of cookies?
>
>This was the OP's exact question....
>
> Christopher*M.
>
>>What do you call those molded sugar
>> decorations that people put on cookies,
>> etc.?

And the cullinarilly correct answer is: "Dragée". When you don't know
just say so, or better yet don't respond at all... but don't pretend
to know with wild guesses and alibis... give it up already, IDIOT!