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.

Summer is here, which means reviving the contentious debate over whether or not a favorite ice cream topping’s name has racist origins. “I’ve heard them called jimmies … It’s after Jim ...

At The Franklin Fountain ice cream parlor in Old City, a bust of Benjamin Franklin gazes benevolently down on two antique ...

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 ...

Though some refer to all sprinkles as jimmies, many hold that only chocolate sprinkles count as actual jimmies. There is also ...

"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 ...

Cairbre "Bre" Bishop has been behind the wheel of a Mister Softee truck for eight summers now, and he's helping South Jersey ...

Jimmies don’t just come in chocolate, so if the scolder had thought quickly I could have been grilled for the many times I’ve asked for “colored” sprinkles on my vanilla cone.