struffoli recipe

Readers with Italian backgrounds – maybe you can help us out. Of course we have encountered the awesomeness of the honey-puff before and all its doughnut-like delights. But do people in Australia decorate them with 100s and 1000s, sugared almonds and those little silver balls you can eat? Is this an American thing or have we been living under a rock marked 'Do not feed with exotic Mediterranean-style pudding'? Either way, we are ready to embrace both the yumminess and cuteness of this struffoli recipe. It's meant to be for special occasions ... but sugar cravings are special occasions, aren't they?