Best piping nozzles for piping bags

Piping bag nozzles are tools that make it easier to decorate pastry products. With each of the types of piping nozzles for piping bags, you can put into practice endless ideas, designs that seek to capture the attention of your customers and awaken their desire to eat your creations.

Take a look at the types of piping bag nozzles that every business should have, accessories to make them easier to use and some design ideas for you to put into practice.

Types of piping nozzles

There are different types of nozzles, distinguished by the shapes and openings they have. Each of them has specific functions in baking, in the decoration of each product.

Round

Round nozzles are those that you can buy in shops between the numbers 1 and 12. As the number increases, the diameter of the circle grows. With these piping bag nozzles you can make dots, garlands, lines, teardrops or writings.

There are other round nozzles identified by the numbers 1A and 2A, which are for filling or decorating cupcakes and cakes . There is also the piping bag nozzle 230 which is used for filling sweets.

Leaf

In the case of the leaf nozzles, they are the ones from number 65 to 70, the 352 and the 366. They have two shapes, one in the shape of a V and the other is an inverted V. Both are used to design leaves. Both are used to design blades of different sizes and shapes.

Open star

The open star-shaped nozzles for piping bags are classified between number 13 and 22 . You can also find other models such as the 1M, 4B or 6B.

This type of star-shaped nozzle is ideal for decorating star shapes, flowers, spirals, making borders, shells or filling pastry products.

Closed star

Another basic nozzle for decorating is the closed star-shaped nozzle . You can find them between the numbers 24 and 31. You can also find other variants such as 33, 35, 133 and 2D. They are used to make shells, stars or to decorate cupcakes.

Basket

The basket piping bag nozzles range from number 44 to 48. You can also find them as 2B or 789. They are useful to create a basket weave design or a line pattern.

Petal

Petal piping bag nozzles are available in numbers 104 and 150. This type of nozzle is used to make petals for flowers, such as roses or daisies

They can also be used to decorate with drapes, garlands or ruffles.

Special

Finally, there are the special nozzles. They are classified under the numbers 42, 233, 250 and 252. These piping bag nozzles are a good choice for making lawns, rows, hair or stars.

Accessories to pamper your piping nozzles

To make the pastry chef’s and confectioners’ work with the piping bag easier, several accessories have been created.

These accessories are a great help in cleaning the nozzles, preventing the contents from spilling out of the piping bag and keeping the work table organised.

Organiser

As the name suggests, this is a tool in which you can place each of the nozzles in your business. In these organisers you can place your nozzles according to their type of shape and the number they correspond to.

Couplers

Couplers or adapters are a great tool for changing nozzles without having to use another piping bag.

There are different sizes of couplers so that there is no inconvenience when using large or small piping nozzles. Another option is to buy adapters where you can use two nozzles at the same time.

Caps

You can’t do without pastry bag nozzle lids on your workbench. With these piping bags you prevent air from getting into the piping bag, its contents from escaping or from hardening.

Brushes

You can also find brushes for cleaning nozzles in baking shops. These brushes allow you to remove any residue of the material you have used to decorate, without any inconvenience.

Types of decorating with piping bag nozzles

In baking, there are many different types of decorations with piping nozzles.

Here are seven decoration styles, six made with the basic star-shaped decorating nozzle and one with the basket nozzle.

Rosette

The rosette is a simple technique for decorating cakes and pastries . To do this, you place the tip of the piping bag where you want the rosette to be. Turn the piping bag clockwise until you get a half circle.

Teardrop

To make the teardrops or shells, place the piping bag where the decoration will begin and squeeze the piping bag a little and move the nozzle from the centre to the left to form a small line.

Once placed on the left, move the nozzle to the right covering the small line you made and cut quickly so that the end is thin, simulating a teardrop. You can use them individually or in a sequence on the cake.

Comma

When making a comma you have to keep in mind the process for making a rosette. The difference is that when making the comma you design the half circle, but the end of the circle is elongated so that it is shaped like a comma.

Backwards comma

The backwards comma is the same procedure as the traditional comma, but it is important to change the direction. The traditional comma is done in a clockwise direction and the backwards comma in a counterclockwise direction.

Combo

This technique combines the comma with the back wards comma. Take the piping bag and make a comma, then make an upside down comma and follow the procedure until the cake decoration is complete.

S technique

For the S technique you need the piping bag with the star nozzle and the product you are going to decorate.

Just make several S’s with the piping bag. To make the decoration more eye-catching, combine the S’s with a few rosettes in between.

Weaving

To give the appearance of weaving, you should change the star nozzle for the basket nozzle.

Start with a vertical line and several horizontal lines that serve as a guide to make a basket-like lattice, interspersing the horizontal and vertical lines.

Piping bag for all types of nozzles

Every nozzle needs a good piping bag to be used.

That is why at Monouso, our online shop, we offer you a disposable pastry bag. Its dimensions are 50 x 25 centimetres, for an easy grip when decorating cakes, pies, cupcakes and other pastry products. They are made of polyethylene plastic, which allows a better flow of the ingredient you use to make the designs.