Muisjes () are a traditional Dutch open-faced sandwich topping, similar to nonpareils. While customary on bread, their most typical use is on beschuit, or rusk. Muisjes are made of aniseed sprinkles with a sugared and colored outer layer. Muisjes, meaning "little mice" in Dutch, are named thusly because the anise seed sprinkles are shaped like little mice, with the stem of the anise seed resembling a tail. They are made by one company only, De Ruijter. Beschuit met muisjes In the Netherlands, it is a custom at the birth of a baby to eat muisjes on top of rusk--beschuit met muisjes; th...