How to Make Homemade Snow Cones
Beat the heat and make your own homemade snow cones! In just a few easy steps, you can have the perfect cool-down treat for any summertime gathering.
Welcome to the world of homemade snow cones, the perfect summertime treat to beat the heat. Not only are they refreshing and delicious, but there’s a certain joy that comes with making your own from scratch. Sure, you could go out and buy a pricey snow cone machine, but why bother when all you need is ice and some flavored syrup? That’s right—creating your own homemade snow cone is surprisingly simple. In just a few easy steps, you can have the perfect cool-down treat for any summertime gathering. So grab your ice, and favorite flavors, and get ready to chill out in style!
How to Make Homemade Snow Cone Syrup
Step 1: The recipe for Homemade Snow Cone Syrup is very straightforward – it is basically simple syrup and Kool-aid powder. Pour the sugar and water into a medium saucepan and bring it to a boil, stirring occasionally to get the sugar dissolved in the water.
Step 2: Turn down the heat and let the simple syrup mixture simmer for 3 minutes.
Step 3: Add a package of Unsweetened Kool-Aid and stir until well mixed.
Step 4: Let the syrup cool and then store it in the refrigerator.
Step 5: We poured our Homemade Snow Cone Syrup into plastic squeeze bottles that we found on Amazon and stored them in the refrigerator.
How to Make Snow Cone Ice in a Blender
Step 6: We crushed our ice in a blender and it turned out great. This blender had a “Crush Ice” setting so we used that.
Step 7: We pre-crushed the ice a few days before the party and stored it in the freezer in plastic ziplock bags. During the party, and right before we served the homemade snow cones we quickly ran the crushed ice through the blender a second time to fluff and freshen it up. The consistency was perfect. We didn’t need a special snow cone machine after all.
Step 8: For the party, we placed all the crushed ice in a punch bowl with ice cream scoops so that everyone could make their own snow cone!
Put the crushed ice out with some paper ice cream bowls and the homemade syrup and you are ready to go. At our summertime parties, there are always a lot of “unique” flavor combinations! 🙂 But this is why Homemade Snow Cones are such a great (and easy to prepare) idea for any party on a hot summer day!
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How to Make Homemade Snow Cones
Beat the heat and make your own homemade snow cones! In just a few easy steps, you can have the perfect cool-down treat for any summertime gathering.Â
Ingredients
Homemade Snow Cone Syrup
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 3/4 cup Water
- 1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid (any flavor)
Snow Cones
- Blender
- Ice
- Squeeze bottles
- Paper Ice Cream Cups
Instructions
- The recipe for Homemade Snow Cone Syrup is very straightforward - it is basically simple syrup and Kool-aid powder. Pour the sugar and water into a medium saucepan and bring it to a boil, stirring occasionally to get the sugar dissolved in the water.
- Turn down the heat and let the simple syrup mixture simmer for 3 minutes.
- Add a package of Unsweetened Kool-Aid and stir until well mixed.
- Let the syrup cool and then store it in the refrigerator.
- We poured our Homemade Snow Cone Syrup into plastic squeeze bottles that we found on Amazon and stored them in the refrigerator.
- We crushed our ice in a blender and it turned out great. This blender had a "Crush Ice" setting so we used that.
- We pre-crushed the ice a few days before the party and stored it in the freezer in plastic ziplock bags. During the party, and right before we served the homemade snow cones we quickly ran the crushed ice through the blender a second time to fluff and freshen it up. The consistency was perfect. We didn't need a special snow cone machine after all.
- For the party, we placed all the crushed ice in a punch bowl with ice cream scoops so that everyone could make their own snow cone!
- Put the crushed ice out with some paper ice cream bowls and the homemade syrup and you are ready to go. At our summertime parties, there are always a lot of "unique" flavor combinations! But this is why Homemade Snow Cones are such a great (and easy to prepare) idea for any party on a hot summer day!
Did you Make this Recipe? Leave a review below, then snap a picture and tag @twosisterscrafting on Instagram so we can see it!
I like how you mentioned pre-crushing the ice and putting them in a ziplock bag. I’m thinking about making snow cones for my son’s birthday next month. It’s probably a good idea to look for a snow cone machine to make things easier and more efficient.
Cool and attractive which are very useful, Thanks for sharing this article. Keep going on..
Hoping to do snow cones for my daughter’s 5th snow themed pool party! Love the idea of doing the ice ourselves beforehand. We’ll be doing it at a pool, so I am thinking a big cooler for the ice kept in the shade. I’m trying to figure out how much ice and syrup I will need – how much did you use & how many snow cones did they make? I’m loving your snowflake labels as well – definitely using that idea too!!
Did you end up doing this Ashley? How many snow cones did you end up getting out of a bag of ice?
anyone have a jello snow cone syrup reciepe I can get. thanks gram
How did you keep the ice frozen during the party?
Hi Kathleen! We kept the bowl of crushed ice in the freezer and then we brought it out about a hour into the party for everyone to enjoy. It was a hot summer day but the ice was fine for at least 30 minutes. By then, everyone who wanted a snow cone had had one.