Dragée
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A dragée, is a bite-sized confectionery with a hard outer shell.
A form of dragée: Jordan almonds
Another form of dragée: "Liebesperlen" sweets (love pearls)
Spinner (turbine) used to apply sugar to the candies
A chocolate cake decorated with icing, strawberries, and silver metallic dragées
Sprinkles
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Sprinkles are small pieces of confectionery used as an often colourful decoration or to add texture to desserts such as brownies, cupcakes, doughnuts or ice cream. The tiny candies are produced in a variety of colors and are generally used as a topping or a decorative element. The Dictionary of American Regional English defines them as "tiny balls or rod-shaped bits of candy used as a topping for ice-cream, cakes and other."
Rainbow sprinkles
A pink cupcake with colored sprinkles
Colored sprinkles, chocolate syrup and whipped cream on top of ice cream.
In the Netherlands black chocolate sprinkles (called chocoladehagelslag) are commonly used as a sandwich topping.