Even though there is only 3 ingredients used to make Fairy Bread, there’s great debate over what is right, wrong, or downright weird. We don’t judge here at Fairy Bread Day, but we do stick to what we feel is the most traditional, because that’s what mum made!

Due to dietary concerns and medical reasons though, many people still want to enjoy Fairy Bread Day and use a lot of variations. Everyone should be able to enjoy Fairy Bread in whatever way they choose, so who are we to tell them any different? Unknown to a lot of people is that there are natural, healthy and safe ingredients to cater for pretty much the entire population, so you can still get your Fairy Bread Day fix!

Bread

Tradition dictates that Fairy Bread is made on fresh white bread. Over the years though Fairy Bread has been made with wholemeal, multi-grain, gluten-free and even on toast and muffins.

Butter

Although we say butter because it is the better choice, many kids have grown up with margarine being used instead. In fact, since Fairy Bread Day has been running, we’ve seen everything. People use any number of spreads which include butter, margarine, honey, condensed milk, lemon spread and lately more and more people are opting for Nutella.

Sprinkles

We here at Fairy Bread Day in Australia pretty much only use 100’s & 1000’s from Dollar Sweets available at most supermarkets, but in New Zealand we grab some Carrol Industries products. Every year when celebrating though, many people swear by the use of the long sprinkles. There is so much variation these days with nonpareils and sprinkles available in all sorts of combinations.