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Mr. Sprinkles, why do you make me so sad?

Mr. Sprinkles

If you’re not familiar with this brand, these are the sprinkles I used for the pink cupcake pops when I was on the Martha Stewart Show. And as seen here…

Cupcake Pops

I love them. The colors are pretty and their petite size is perfect for my pops. Not to mention, they come in the super cutest container ever!

Just one problem. Right after the show, they changed the formula. Now, Mr. Sprinkles uses no-artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives. BUMMER! Yeah, I said bummer. Because now they may be better, but they just aren’t as cute. Going all-natural caused the colors to go from lovely to shall I say a little drab. See…

Mr. Sprinkles

Okay, okay! I know, I’m the only one that will care about the color change. So, for everyone else, these are great. Anytime you can make a product better, it’s a good thing. Look for them in the ice cream condiment section of your grocery store or you can buy a whole bunch of Rainbow Mr. Sprinkles from Amazon. (These may be the original kind though. The picture doesn’t have the All-Natural Green label.)

And, If you care, I hear Mr. Sprinkles is looking in to ways to make the all-natural formula colors more fun. YAY! But, in the meantime I’m saving my last “regular” bottle of Mr. Sprinkles for a special occasion.

Keep scrolling to see what happens when sprinkles attack and how you can WIN your own set of All-Natural Mr. Sprinkles .

And the battle begins…

Mr. Sprinkles

It’s a fight to the finish.

Mr. Sprinkles

And the green corner wins in a sprinkles smackdown!

Mr. Sprinkles

Now for the good news…
It’s a super sprinkles giveaway!

Mr. Sprinkles sent me some samples for using their product on the Martha Stewart show and I can’t possibly make my way through them all, so I thought I would share them with you. I have three sets of All-Natural Rainbow and Chocolate Sprinkles to give away. Don’t worry I’m keeping some for myself.

Super Sprinkles Giveaway

Here’s how you can enter:

  1. Leave a comment. (Easy, huh!)
  2. Make sure you leave it in a way that I can contact you. (Either link back to your blog or leave your email address.)
  3. And if you want, let me know if you like your sprinkles good or good (for you).

Sprinkles, side by side

Three winners will be picked at random using random.org integer generator. (Thanks, Mandy for turning me on to this site during the last giveaway. Sure makes things easier.)

The cutoff is Friday, July 25th at midnight. Winners will be announced sometime Saturday. Thanks for playing.

The giveaway is over. Here are the winners.

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924 comments on “Mr. Sprinkles, why do you make me so sad?”

  1. I prefer the good ones coz , well we dont eat sprinkles by the pound ! So theres not much harm plus my immune system is way strong ( after many experiments :P)

  2. it’s a shame that they arent as colorful anymore. Ive never had these before and id love to try them. but id much rather have the real rainbow sprinkles

  3. Hi bakerella, im only 12 years old and i live in nz and have recently discorved this goldmine of talent of yours and i would use these sprinkles on loads of things but i would use them first on hi hat cupcakes i’ m making them for our family friends wedding but i would also use them on my choc brownie cake pops yum my family&friends favourite!!!!!!

    lots of love and good luck jess from new zealand

  4. I found you by searching for dye-free sprinkles to “good for you” would be my choice!

    Valerie
    valerier@shaw.ca

  5. “I want both, can I please”! The more sprinkles I can get my hands on the more sprinkalicious will my cake pops be :)) Love u Bakerella!!!

  6. I have to agree with you on the sprinkles. I was bummed too.

  7. I would have to say the GOOD!!!!!!!

  8. I think all sprinkles are good for me!

  9. It’s too bad I just learned about this site. I would like to get some of those for my cupcake inventions. I’m really young but my passion for baking is just as great as any adults. I enjoy reading your blog and seeing what wonderful creations you have made. It’s fun to see your work, as its better than many many peoples. You could probably become a proffesional pastry chef or something. Cupcakes rule!

  10. Those look fun, I haven’t seen them. I think my kids would love the bottle and the treat! I like the colors of the “Good for you”, looks like a good color combo for fall! Plus then I will know if good for you is worth “purchasing” ;o)

  11. I think sprinkles have to be good! They usually go on something that isn’t good for you so why cheap out on the good stuff at the very end!!!

  12. I think the “good” is always the better choice when baking. Thanks for all the great idea’s.

    http://www.federicofamily.typepad.com/

  13. any sprinkle is a good sprinkle. I never descriminate: )

  14. I like the good for you sprinkles…just change the color of your cupcakes to make it work better

  15. I love the cute sprinkles used on the Martha pops! I love reading your blog and getting yummy recipes!

    cobragirl66@yahoo.com

  16. I would love to be the winner of these yummy sprinkles. redsnickers07@yahoo.com

  17. Good all the way the Good for you is sooooo boring.

    Wendy

  18. I actually prefer Good for you – not quite as popular, but it’s true…

  19. I choose the good, sprinkles should be a treat anyway so if you only eat them once in awhile, what’s the harm in some artificial-ness??
    They are good on ice cream, cupcakes, cookies and toast w/ honey…yes I am a little weird…
    ;)
    micas0208@msn.com

  20. I am a fan of the Good – bright colors for me.

  21. I like them “good for me”, as long as the confection they’re decorating is GOOD!

  22. I wonder how many of the good sprinkles you would have to eat for it to actually be bad for you? My guess is a lot!
    I’m all for anything natural and good for you, but I’m not so picky that I won’t buy “bad” for you sprinkles!
    Any sprinkle is a friend of mine!

  23. I like good sprinkles– if you are going to eat something naughty go for it all the way!

    michellehinkson@yahoo.com

  24. sign me up! rainbow sprinkles make the world go ’round. misterpeach at gmail

  25. Hey Bakerella,
    I love your blog. This is the first and only blog that I follow (for the last 2 months). I have read every month that you have posted, what great ideas and yummy treats. I can’t wait to make your cupcake pops, and would love some good tasting and looking sprinkles. They would be just in time for one of my 4 daughters birthday. Thanks for everything. -Michelle

  26. I don’t have a sprinkles preference–I would just love some!

  27. Sprinkles!

  28. I love that sprinkle container! How fun it would be to save it. My daughter would love it b/c we are currently in a “painting our face like a clown each day” phase. I love the brightly colored ones, but would feel so lucky to get either one. Keeping my fingers crossed…..Jen Muir
    jenrdh29@yahoo.com

  29. I would choose the GOOD. I mean, after eating the dessert, does it really matter if the sprinkles are good for you? Thanks, Jennifer

  30. Love your blog. So many fun ideas. I would choose the fun bright colors probably!

    kashton@cableone.net

  31. I would looooooooove sprinkles :)
    aaw0068@unt.edu

  32. If I’m going to eat something sweet I matter as well go for it all, so I’m going for the original Mr. Sprinkles but when it come to my children I’d probably going for the all natural.

    Really I just want that really cute little bottle, good or bad!

    Thanks for hosting another contest!
    Ingrid

  33. I would choose good.

    Elisa
    mssparkle88@yahoo.com

  34. Unless the sprinkles that are bad for you are adding to global warming then those are the ones I would go for! :)

  35. Since the sprinkles are going on something that’s not good for you anyways, why care about the 15 extra sprinkles…I’d go for good color–kendyldaly@hotmail.com

  36. Oh, those little cupcakes with the sprinkles are so cute! I think I prefer the brighter ones that aren’t so good for you, because the colors are wonderful!
    momofthree@blueglow.net

  37. PLEASE COUNT ME IN ON THIS AWESOME GIVEAWAY :)

  38. I have used both and love both very much. I do enjoy the brighter colors better.

  39. I’ve never seen Mr. Sprinkles!

    Hmm.. he is pretty darn cute and I would love to take him home!

    Dolores
    sexxygirl66@aol.com

  40. OoooO Sprinkles…. yummy!

    no preference really, they will go on various versions of fatty baked or frozen goodness…

    I guess the good for you is kind of a oxymoron though.

    hmm… too much thinking… i want sprinkles!!!!

    eddie@ serranoloans@gmail.com

  41. I love the wonderful and now good for you sprinkles..the container is completely adorable as well.

    justalittlescribble.blogspot.com
    zagorianosg@yahoo.com

  42. These are so fun! I’d love to win!
    dananddanell@blogspot.com

  43. Just found your blog! what fun – I’d like the good sprinkles if I should by any chance win!?!?!

    http://www.createwithjulia.blogspot.com

  44. Love, Love, LOVE IT!!! I like the smackdown approach, showing us the “good for you” winning. Cracking up right now!
    And since my children and I are Sprinkles FANATICS I thought I should enter your clever contest.
    Thanks for the entertainment as I sit in my freezing cold office waiting for Friday to end! :) And though I am a fan of natural foods, desserts are a guilty pleasure and would not have anything but the ‘best’ junk on it!

  45. i like GOOD sprinkles! with the pretty colors :)

  46. I want it all! Good and good for you. Very cool that they have the right idea, too bad it’s not so cute!

  47. I want good for me. Dyes are so bad for us and the environment. I have been looking for dye free sprinkles, I hope I win!!

  48. I’ve never seen these kind of sprinkles! Might have something to do with the fact that I live in small town ND.
    As far as GOOD FOR YOU verses GOOD AS IN YUMMY…I think I’d go for the GOOD AS IN YUMMY because that’s what sweets are all about…YUMMY.

  49. I posted a comment, but then I couldn’t find it.
    I think the new “all natural” sprinkles are fun! I hope i win!

  50. My kids love your site and got so excited when they saw the sprinkles. We of course would love the non good for you sprinkles. Robin Collins @gcrc21@comcast.net

    By the way it is my Birthday!!!

  51. I love good for me things so I will go with that. You are right though the colors are cuter in the “good” bottle:)

  52. Sprinkles —?? I like them GOOD. Who would’ve ever thought they wouldn’t be good for you in the first place? Something so colorful?

  53. I’ll have to pick good for you! I have a child with a food allergy and we tend to stay away from all the preservatives, dye and so on!!

  54. I love it:) What a cute give-away. I would like the good-for-you kind. While the color palette is more pastel-ish and the green is just right in the good-ones, I think I’d feel better about myself in the long run. plus my kids are super sensitive to dye.

    FUN!!

  55. I’m a new fan and am so glad one of my friends sent me your blog address. Either one will work for me. Thanks! :)

  56. It’s okay for some companies to go green….but not this one! Give me death or give me shiny GOOD sprinkles!

  57. I use sprinkles on everything. They are so fun.

  58. I definitely would like some awesome sprinkles!! And also, sprinkles should be GOOD, not good for you. That’s why they’re sprinkles! That’s kind of the whole point!!!

  59. I’ve never seen these…totally fun! I’m inclined to say good for you, but really, if you’re eating sweets, what’s the difference?

  60. I personally like the unnatural sprinkles. The colors for the all natural, good for you, are so ugly. They have to vibrance, or wow to them. Infact they are kind of drab. And for something so little and used sparingly the good for you isn’t even to really make a difference!!!

    Michelle
    slaterfamily_7@yahoo.com

  61. ooo, i never buy sprinkles so i would really love this. and i rather have the sprinkles that are good, since i don’t eat them that often

  62. Such a fun post! Love the cupcake pops!

    dbstout[at]juno[dot]com

  63. Here is the dilemma. . . cute cupcakes that have a smidgen of coloring sprinkles or having not as bad for you (again it is sugar slathered pastries)sprinkles that only look like they should be on fall cupcakes or Halloween pastries. Hummm I guess I would have to choose COLORFUL! They are on cupcakes by the teaspoon full not the hand full. If you ate them and had a little cake on the side there could be a problem.
    BTW I just found you blog and I must say that I really love it!
    brilliantblossomz.blogspot.com

  64. I love your Mr. Sprinkles battle! Very funny. Thanks for a chance to win some.

  65. I just stumbled onto your blog, and I hope I’m not too late for the giveaway! I’m all about the plain good sprinkles!

    My blog is linked on my profile.

  66. Okay I’m totally going good for you, anyway to rationalize something not so good, is good in my book!

  67. Oh man, it’s too difficult to choose. Can I just say everything would be better if it was covered in sprinkles? Also, think how great fall/thanksgiving/halloween treats will be with the new colours.

  68. i just love sprinkles, not only do they taste good but they make things look fun to eat, so count me in!

  69. I like the Bright pretty ones, I have lots sweet baking for them to decorate. I would love to have them at my house.

  70. I like the Good ones…thanks so much.

  71. If I’m going to have something so fun it just has to be good because good for you is no fun.

  72. Not Mr. Sprinkles!! These were the best and now they are probably ruined.

    I’m all for healthy, but we need a little treat now and then too ya know? The new colors maked them look unappetizing……

    I vote for GOOD!

  73. your blog is so cute! :)
    i like my sprinkles good~ if i wanted something “good for me” then i wouldn’t be having sprinkles in the first place! :D

  74. i love sprinkles. sometimes i eat sprinkles with caramel for dessert.
    delicious

  75. Definitely good – they say you eat with your eyes first!

  76. I would love them! I am in charge of doing my sisters refreshments for her wedding (200+ guests) and I’m making the pops – in exactly the colors you have, pink and brown.. these would go lovely on the top!

    scribbleit@msn.com

  77. I would have to say Good, but then Good for you for the color! How about that…knobbyknee at hotmail dot com.

  78. Good for Me Please… Love your Blog… I am making spider cupcakes right now for my little one’s 3rd b-day party tonight!!
    http://www.thecrookstoncrew.blogspot.com

  79. WOW!! See what happens when my computer gets a virus and I miss your blog for a few days … I want the good sprinkles but seeing how I am post 858 I don’t think there is a clowns chance I will win … those new colors are bad! They are sprinkles for gosh sake, who cares if they are natural, it isn’t like I am a sprinkle addict and going through bottles of them daily … JEEZ step away and leave the clown alone!!!

    Loved the fight :)

  80. I think I would choose the good instead of good for you . The good ones are good colors.
    I just love your blog and just bought the Hello cupcake! book at your recommendation . Thanks for the inspiration !
    nwedlake@shaw.ca

  81. OMGosh, your [ice cream]bar fight made me laugh! Would love the sprinkles to make cupcake pops for my daughter’s bday party favors!

  82. i love sprinkles!

  83. Ah, a moral dilema. Do we embrace the “all natural” and “natural” solution… or do we demand our brightly colored not-so-good-for-ya alternative??? Tough call. Either way, they are cute. I want some! *jenndcov@hotmail.com*

  84. Definitely good. I mean really, are sprinkles supposed to be good for you???

  85. Good and good for you alike! As long as they are sprinkles! how fun!!

  86. I think the Good are much cuter. They get my vote.

  87. The Good are pretty but I think the Good for me could grow on me, the colors are kind of pretty. Just not as many or quite as vibrant. So I think it’s Good for me, but only by a hair ;)

  88. Love the sprinkles. The ones that are GOOD. Who cares if they are good for you?! Most likely what you are eating (that they are on top of) are not!!

    brownell98@msn.com

  89. I would probally go with the one that is cheaper , just my honest opinion , but then when you really think about it , the what;s good for you would be best!!!

  90. one can never have enough sprinkles so i’d love to win the famous sprinkles from your cupcake pops.
    and i choose the good because as a general rule of thumb, when i’m baking sweets, i’m usually looking for the yum and cute factor vs. the good for me factor. :)

    lovebabyaustin@yahoo.com

  91. Those cupcake pops just wouldn’t be as cute with the good (for you) sprinkles! I’d definitely have to choose the good ones. ;-)

  92. Sounds like a “GOOD” giveaway.
    Count me in. mjcesa1@excite.com

  93. haha on making sprinkles good for you! That takes some of the fun out of eating them!! As long as they taste yummy I guess it doesn’t matter, healthy and indulgent-that’s for me!

  94. I actually think the “Good, for you” sprinkles could be really cute. BUT….definitely not as cute as the original!

  95. I actually like the good for you colors on the sprinkles, but do they taste different?

  96. Good For You! I haven’t eaten anything with sprinkles in over 20 years, but now that I’ve gotten to be a decent gluten free baker, that may soon change!

  97. Those are some sad looking colors, I really like the bright ones, though the purple in the good for you mix is kinda nice.

  98. I like my sprinkles GOOD! It’s what we grew up with, so they’re much more nostalgic and fun! They’re like little bursts of colored happiness! =)

    Keep up the awesome work Bakerella!
    ~!*Courtney*!~
    (caevans@bokf.com)

  99. GOOD of course. I would love to put them on my chocolate cupcakes.

  100. I like my sprinkles GOOD. The color is soooo important!

  101. i’d love the good because too much of a good thing is a GOOD thing :)!

  102. I would love either! That packaging is so adorable. I have always been a clown lover :-)

  103. Live a little! and when I say a little I mean sprinkle a little color into your life. Its not like we eat the entire bottle of sprinkles in one sitting!

  104. I would probably choose the “Good” because you are right, the “Good for you” looks really drab. And (I don’t know what this says about my mothering) but the “Good for you” sprinkles have the same colors as something that came out of my son’s diaper this morning…

  105. You were great on Martha! And I love your blog. I like my sprinkles GOOD please!

    (mawmayo@yahoo.com)

  106. When I saw the chocolate ones I realized it´s what we (Dutch) call: hagelslag!
    It´s a pity that the colors aren´t as fancy as they were, but they still look good!

  107. Oh I LOVE those sprinkles!! And the bottle is adorable! I’ve never seen those before! And while the bright colors are fun, I think I like the natural ones better :D

  108. I can’t even buy Mr. Sprinkles here in Hawaii! I think I need Mr. Sprinkles the most because I can’t drive to the store and buy them, and I don’t think my car would make it too far once it hit the ocean…. Show some Aloha and send Mr. Sprinkles on a vacation to Hawaii. Mahalo nui loa~

    I like the “GOOD” sprinkles. They’re prettier :o) Besides, it always tastes better if it’s not good FOR you! JUST LIKE THE MINI CUPCAKES!

  109. Give me sprinkles!!Sprinkles=fun+happness=good

  110. Original is so much better.

    erskbo@gmail.com

  111. I like my sprinkles “good for me”. Anything to be a little bit healthier.

  112. It’s so sad that natural isnt as bright and cheery as artifical! i would love some anyway!

    bradfordnatalie@gmail.com

  113. I love good sprinkles. I love good quality, and vibrant colors. I can’t get Mr. Sprinkles in my country. I’m sad. I would love to win!

    fanfare23@yahoo.com

  114. I have to go with good… I don’t need my cupcakes good for me, that’s not the reason to have a cupcake…

  115. Where as I think the original sprinkles have more pizzaz, I must say I love the purple color in the au naturel. I’m a bit of a purple freak. But for my kids sake I’d have to say the original colors look funner.

  116. I have never seen Mr. Sprinkles in all of my 29 years. it is the cutest lil’ compartment though. it doesn’t matter to me if sprinkles are good for you, i don’t think you could eat enough to harm your insides.;)

  117. Ok this might just be a “duh” answer, but if you’re putting sprinkles on something isn’t it already bad for you? I mean, the difference between “good” and “bad” sprinkles isn’t really going to change the fact that you’re eating dessert! So I say – BRING IT ON! I would love the good stuff on mine!!! :o) (Ok, so I have a sweet tooth!!!)

  118. I LOVE Your blog. My daughter and I had so much fun looking at all the “YUMS”. Thank you! Contact me on my blog if I win. http://www.thisthatotherstuff.blogspot.com

  119. I would love the ‘good’ sprinkles. You don’t use tons of them so a little bit of preservatives, etc. won’t hurt! Right!

  120. Now that I know people who are allergic to certain artifical colors and preservatives, I’d have to say “good for you.”

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