That’s what they call sprinkles or chocolatey topping bits around the Boston area and other parts of New England: Jimmies.
You can’t count on all Jimmies being GF, I have come across ones that use wheat as an ingredient.
Though I have heard more than a few people say the Jimmies are made of wax, I have [...]
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Last evening, we went to see what a lot o’ folk are raving about playing at the cineplex. We got there real early, plopped down in the plum center seats, started in on the unusual for us, large bag of popcorn and, now this the GF part of the show, opened the “licorice” and watched [...]
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The New England Confectionary Company – NECCO – makes lots of vintage brands of gluten-free sweets that perhaps you too grew up eating: Necco Wafers, Conversation Hearts/Sweet Hearts, Sky Bar and through acquisition Squirrel Nut Zippers…
I happened to work next door to two of their factories, at two different times, from two different eras….
Their original [...]
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