100s and 1000s

You know those tiny colored balls of sugar that you put on cookies and ice cream?  I think they're called sprinkles...?  Yes!  Sprinkles!  Here, they have a totally different name:  100s and 1000s!  What?  I don't think I have ever in my whole life heard them referred to as anything other than sprinkles, and there are even lots of different types of sprinkles within that classification.  Here in NZ, I bought 100s and 1000s to top my sugar cookies that my mom sent me the mix for, to gift to our cookie-challenged comrades here in NZ. 

As you can see, the label mentions that not only are 100s and 1000s perfect for biscuits (cookies) and ice cream, just like their uses in the U.S., it also says sandwiches!  Indeed, kiwis make sandwiches by spreading margarine on bread and sprinkling 100s and 1000s on top and a little sugar for extra sweetness.  Oh my goodness, I am learning so much!