Snow much fun!

Snow cones seem to be a sudden interest around my house lately. We used to have an ice shaver that was hardly ever used, and is likely packed in a tote way up in the rafters of the garage. 

Goodwill is my sanctuary of crap-I-don't-need. I love that place. Some of the stuff people give away baffles me. Some of it is junk and some stuff is still in the original packaging. Like the snow cone maker I got the other day. 

I have searched high and low for the bottles of snow cone syrup that was stacked to the ceiling earlier in the season to no avail. Not a single one at Walmart or at Giant, our local grocery store.  

Alright then. I'll make it myself. Somehow. I think. Well, I will try. Basically snow cone syrup is sugar, water and flavoring. I tried 2 cups of sugar to one cup of water but that was way tooo sugary. I could taste the diabetes. So, I reversed it, 1 cup sugar to 2 cups sugar and I was pretty sure that was going to work. 

Now for flavoring. I tried adding drops of candy making extracts and it works but was clear. You can taste the syrup after each drop until you get the desired strength. About 3 drops of extract to the sugar water was good. Adding food coloring to the mix gave it some pizzazz. I mean, who wants a plain colored snow cone??  

I tried adding a small packet of koolaid mix to the sugar water and it was perfect!    Color and flavoring in one and at 20 cents per packet you can't beat the price!  So, I finalized my recipe as follows:

 

-1 Cup WHITE real sugar

-2 Cups water

-Mix water and sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil and cool until sugar is completely dissolved. 

-Add 1 SMALL pouch of UNSWEETENED koolaid powder to the sugar water and stir until dissolved. 

-Pour into mason jars to cool completely, and store in the fridge until you are ready to use. 

-Drizzle over shaved ice for a wonderful treat!  

-Recipe makes about 2 cups of syrup. 

*Make several flavors and drizzle over the shaved ice for multi flavor snow cones!