Jimmies (1954); American Chop Suey (1938, 1939)

[Dave Wilton]

> You'd think it odd then, wouldn't you - that growing up in Brooklyn
> in the 50s I only heard/used/ate sprinkles - if a Brooklyn company
> supposedly coined/trademarked/manufactured "jimmies."

Yes, I'm skeptical of their claim as to coinage and trademarking, but the
claim exists and hasn't been definitively refuted. There is no doubt that
the Just Born Co. manufactured "jimmies" though.