How do you make snow cones without a machine?!
You'll need:
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup water
1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid, any flavor
Place the sugar and water in a medium pan and bring to a full boil. Remove from heat and stir in the Kool-Aid. Cool to room temperature, then place in the refrigerator until chilled. Pour over crushed iced.
Another easy syrup:
1 4 ounces of sweetened flavored drink mix powder
3/4 cup hot water
Mix the water and the drink mix. Cool and drizzle over crushed ice.
By the way, there are all kinds of tidbits out there on the first "snow cones". It appears Chinese Emperors may have flavored snow with fruit and honey. Also Native Americans may have sweetened snow with maple syrup. Though the rich and famous create sophisticated fruited ices such as sorbet, I have a feeling our kids wouldn't be interested. Hand them a snow cone and they are happy!
Answers: Snow Cone Syrup
You'll need:
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup water
1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid, any flavor
Place the sugar and water in a medium pan and bring to a full boil. Remove from heat and stir in the Kool-Aid. Cool to room temperature, then place in the refrigerator until chilled. Pour over crushed iced.
Another easy syrup:
1 4 ounces of sweetened flavored drink mix powder
3/4 cup hot water
Mix the water and the drink mix. Cool and drizzle over crushed ice.
By the way, there are all kinds of tidbits out there on the first "snow cones". It appears Chinese Emperors may have flavored snow with fruit and honey. Also Native Americans may have sweetened snow with maple syrup. Though the rich and famous create sophisticated fruited ices such as sorbet, I have a feeling our kids wouldn't be interested. Hand them a snow cone and they are happy!
Many vendors have a cream dressing they put on the snow cones that makes them taste delicious. Adding evaporated milk to a flavor gives the shaved ice a creamy taste.
Kool-Aid Snow Cones
1 cup sugar
1 envelope KOOL-AID Unsweetened Soft Drink Mix, any flavor
1/2 cup cold water
Place sugar and soft drink mix in small plastic or glass bowl. Add water; stir to dissolve.
Pour about 1 Tablespoon soft drink mixture over 1 cup crushed ice.
Variations:
Prepare as directed, substituting 3/4 cup KOOL-AID Sugar sweetened Soft Drink mix, any flavor, for unsweetened soft drink mix. Omit sugar.
Syrup for Shaved Ice
Bring 2 cups sugar and 3/4 cup water to a rolling boil. Remove from heat, add 1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid. Chill and pour over fresh snow (or shaved ice) serve right away.
Snow Cone Syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
Bring to a boil for 1 min. Add your favorite extract and suitable food color. You can get the concentrated extract oils at a cake decorating supply store.
Put some ice cubes in a food processor, then add something like kool aid to it?
We used a blender for years; now we use the Bullet.
Wal-Mart sells the packages/bottles of flavoring.