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    Home > Cakes, Desserts & Treats

    Snow Cones with Homemade Fruit Syrup

    Published: Jun 29, 2018 · Modified: Jun 26, 2021 by Nicky Corbishley

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    How to make Snow Cones with homemade fruit syrup - you'll be eating these all Summer! Plus a quick tip on making shaved ice!
    Close up of hand holding cherry flavoured snow cone
    The weather in the UK has been AMAZING this last week or so.

    The blazing sunshine means that even I've been wearing strappy tops and sandals!

    The kids have been begging for ice lollies every 15 minutes (Chris too), so to save my whole freezer being taken over by shop-bought popsicles, I've been making snow cones!!

    5 fruit flavoured snow cones on a chequered napkin

    I first made them a couple of years ago for another site, and at the time, I accidentally bought about a thousand snow cone cups.

    The English weather means I've used about 27 of them since then, but this summer we're going to make a real dint in that unintentional Amazon purchase!

    (By the way you can buy the snow cone cups here) <-- affiliate link

    We start off making the fruit syrup, which I've made from cartons of fruit juice.

    Ingredients for fruit snow cones. These are 4 different fruit juice cartons, ice, sugar, food colouring gel

    It's a simple case of boiling and reducing the fruit juice in a pan with some sugar until slightly thickened.

    pan of orange juice on left. Pan of orange juice on right that has been reduced by two thirds.

    I used Orange, Apple, Pineapple and Cherry juice so we have a selection of flavours on tap.

    I also stirred a little food colouring gel into the orange, apple and pineapple ones. This is completely optional, but trust me, a bright green apple snow cone looks far more appetizing than a suspiciously yellow-snow coloured snow cone.

    Pouring green apple syrup onto a cone of shaved ice

    Making the shaved ice is really simple. Just whizz up ice cubes or crushed ice in a food processor (I have this one) in short bursts (you'll need to scrape down the bowl in between each burst) until the ice is soft and fluffy. Then you're good to go!

    hand holding cherry flavoured snow cone

    Cheap, tasty and a real hit with the kids!!

    More Frozen Treats

    If you're looking for other recipes to cool you off this summer, how about my:

    no churn cereal milk ice cream

    prosecco, lemon and ginger granita

    spiked pineapple dole whip

    Pick 'n' mix Popsicles

    Easy Strawberry and rhubarb sorbet

    No Churn Lemon Shortbread Ice Cream

    The Snow Cones with Homemade Fruit Syrup Recipe:

    Square image of hand holding cherry flavoured snow cone

    Snow Cones with Homemade Fruit Syrup

    By: Nicky Corbishley
    How to make Snow Cones with homemade fruit syrup – you’ll be eating these all Summer! Plus a quick tip on making shaved ice!
    4.50 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 50 mins
    Total Time 1 hr
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 40 snow cones (10 of each flavour)
    Calories 56 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 750 ml orange juice - fresh or from concentrate
    • 750 ml pineapple juice - fresh or from concentrate
    • 750 ml cherry juice - fresh or from concentrate
    • 750 ml apple juice - fresh or from concentrate
    • 200 g granulated sugar
    • Shaved ice - place ice cubes or crushed ice in a food processor and pulse until the ice is finely crushed and ‘fluffy’
    • Food colouring gel – green - red and yellow (optional)

    INSTRUCTIONS
     

    • Pour each of the fruit juices into separate saucepans. Add 50g (¼ cup) of sugar to each. Stir and bring to the boil, then simmer on a medium heat until reduced by approximately two-thirds. This takes around 30-50 minutes, depending on the juice.
    • Add a small blob of food colouring gel to the fruit juices if using. Use green for the apple flavour, red for the orange flavour and yellow for the pineapple flavour. Cherry juice shouldn't need any food colouring.
    • Stir in until completely mixed, then leave the syrups to cool. They will thicken slightly when cool*.
    • Spoon the shaved ice into cones, bowls or cups and pour 1-2 tbsp of the syrup of your choice on top of each cone. Serve immediately.

    ✎ Notes

    Making the fruit syrups ahead:

    *Once you've made and cooled the syrups, you can pour them into seal-able containers and refrigerate if you wish. They should keep for at least two weeks.
    .
    Nutritional information is approximate, per snow cone, based on using 1/10 of the each syrup per snow cone (the nutritional calculator pulls in nutritional info for all of the juices, then works out an average - so the nutritional info may not be exact for each flavour). 

    Nutrition

    Calories: 56kcalCarbohydrates: 13gSodium: 2mgPotassium: 112mgSugar: 12gVitamin A: 40IUVitamin C: 11.4mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 0.2mg
    Keywords ice, ice lolly, shaved ice, snow cone, snow cone syrup, summer
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    I first made this recipe for DIYs.

    Some of the links in this post may be affiliate links – which means if you buy the product I get a small commission (at no extra cost to you). If you do buy, then thank you! That’s what helps us to keep Kitchen Sanctuary running. The nutritional information provided is approximate and can vary depending on several factors. For more information please see our Terms & Conditions.

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    1. ackum matharu says

      October 19, 2021 at 5:35 pm

      4 stars
      my favorite is red cherry shave snow cone good nice and cold air

      from ackum matharu

      Reply
    2. Ish says

      August 03, 2021 at 2:36 pm

      Can we make ahead of time? Also does this need to be refrigerated or can we keep outside

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    3. Katy says

      July 02, 2018 at 11:29 am

      5 stars
      These were such a great hit with all the family this weekend, so easy. Thank you.

      Reply

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