At The Franklin Fountain ice cream parlor in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood, a bust of Benjamin Franklin gazes ...

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

New Englanders often say “jimmies,” but the name's origins are unclear. There are quite a few theories as to how the term came about.

And there is the ever-present geographic divider: sprinkles or jimmies? According to Wikipedia, jimmies were brought to the U.S by a Russian immigrant who named them after an employee who ran the ...

Everybody loves a good debate. One of the funniest I’ve heard since I've been in this region is the great debate about sprinkles or jimmies. Most of the country refers to them as rainbow sprinkles and ...

One idea was a "gun" that shot "jimmies" or "sprinkles." The sprinkles tended to bounce off the ice cream cone.

Jimmy Bartholomew, Just Born or Jimmy Fund, whichever is responsible for jimmies, I and many others thank you. There is no question that jimmies are good and the way I see it there is a whole lot ...