Hagelslag sandwiches!

[JeanneCake]

I was browsing online and came across this article: Dutch Sandwich about what I know as "sprinkles" (or the more colloquial Boston-speak: jimmies) and personally I don't find this at all unusual.  I myself would go for chocolate!  I've been known to eat bittersweet chocolate with a french baguette....

 

So if you grew up with this delight, tell us more about it:  what kind of bread is traditional or your preference?  Salted or unsalted butter  (if that's an option)?  Is it always open faced?

[gfweb]

@JeanneCake Jimmies in Philadelphia as well. Sprinkles in the suburbs.

[curls]

2 hours ago, JeanneCake said:

I was browsing online and came across this article: Dutch Sandwich about what I know as "sprinkles" (or the more colloquial Boston-speak: jimmies) and personally I don't find this at all unusual.  I myself would go for chocolate!  I've been known to eat bittersweet chocolate with a french baguette....

 

So if you grew up with this delight, tell us more about it:  what kind of bread is traditional or your preference?  Salted or unsalted butter  (if that's an option)?  Is it always open faced?

I grew up with this. It was always open-faced and eaten with a knife & fork, Dutch brown bread, salted butter. Also had to have an open-faced cheese or meat sandwich first. Also, the sprinkles are good quality chocolate. 
 

This is a good brand from a Dutch importer in the US https://thedutchstore.com/webstore/productinfo.aspx?itemno=12203&code=145&list=104A145&type=ITEMCATEGORY

Edited yesterday at 03:08 AM by curls (log)

[rotuts]

I was in Holland as a kid .  10 y.o. 

 

this was served at breakfast , along with an open faced ham and open faced cheese sandwich.

 

I wanted to move there.

 

 

[ElsieD]

I was born in Holland and we moved to Canada when I was 7.  We ate hagelslag on buttered white bread for breakfast/lunch a lot, but we also ate the colored stuff.  Hagelslag was also often eaten on rusks.  As @rotuts mentioned, open faced sandwiches topped with ham or cheese are also popular.  I still eat hagelslag, not on bread but sprinkled on whipped cream, especially good when both sit atop local, fresh strawberries.