I had completely forgotten about those silver BB's. One year my brother got a BB gun for Christmas, and a box of 50 bb's as well. The fifty bb's lasted less than an hour. My pump pellet gun pellets were not able to fit his gun so we tried the silver cookie bb's. They were too big at first but using a wet paper towel you could remove the exterior slightly and we got a few to "chamber" up. They were not able to take the blast of air and most turned to powder before exciting the gun. But a few, were able to hit their mark.The best Christmas cookies ever were the ones my grandma made. She use lard and they were decorated with red and green sugar and sometimes those silver bb like balls that were probably coated in chrome or lead...