Hagelslag

Magical sprinkles I keep in my pantry at all times. Excellent on toast, but I will also recklessly sprinkle them on cakes, and, in a pinch, swap them in for chocolate chips when making cookies.

Hagel slag was a huge part of my childhood.

"NOT FOR ICE CREAM" is how my dad's box of sprinkles was always labeled in the pantry. Toast your favorite white bread (I like something kind of rustic but not too many holes or the sprinkles will fall off), butter it up, and add hagelslag - sprinkles. A staple breakfast in any Dutch household and something I genuinely love and crave. People act like this is a crazy idea, but it's basically the same idea as Nutella on toast or the French afternoon chocolate sandwich except better because it's sp...