However, a 1930 Pittsburgh Press advertisement indicates the term “jimmies” was used to describe chocolate sprinkles long before the Jimmy Fund was founded in 1948.

If you live in the Northeast, you may have heard of sprinkles referred to as jimmies. But why are sprinkles also called ...

Chocolate Jimmies, Rainbow Sprinkles “That’s the way I grew up saying it. It brings me back to my childhood memories when stopping for ice cream, my father would ask, ...

Rumor holds that Jimmies, the chocolate sprinkles used on confections, are so named as a reference to Jim Crow. Barbara Mikkelson Published Sept. 25, 2009 ...

"Jimmies," the New England term for chocolate sprinkles, used to symbolize summertime in Massachusetts for me. That is until a well-meaning friend told 17-year-old me that the term "jimmies" is a ...

Like I said above, certain areas of the country commonly refer to sprinkles bear as "jimmies," but why? Well, one story goes that in the 1920's, an entrepreneur by the name of Samuel Born started ...