Those small round decorations are officially called silver dragées ― dragée being the general term for a tiny confectionery coated in hard sugar ― and they've been haunting the Food and Drug Administration for over a century.

What are silver dragees made out of?

Dragees are made out of Sugar, Silver, Gum Arabic and Gelatin.

What is dragee candy?

A dragée (/dræˈʒeɪ/ dra-ZHAY; French: [dʁa. ʒe]) – also known as confetto (/kənˈfɛt. oʊ/; Italian: [konˈfet.to]), malbas, or Jordan almond – is a bite-sized form of confectionery with a hard outer shell—which is often used for another purpose (e.g. decorative, symbolic, medicinal, etc.) in addition to consumption.