This machine
has been getting a workout…
because we have been eating tons of these!
To make your own homemade syrup for snow cones you only need sugar, water and this
Snow Cone Syrup Recipe
Snow Cone Syrup Recipe2 cups sugar
1 cup water
1 .22 ounce unsweetened powder drink mix
Mix all ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and then immediately remove from heat. Don’t allow it to boil or you will make hard candy! Allow to cool. We used a funnel to put syrup into a recycled bottle.
Pour syrup over shaved ice (our machine makes great soft shaved ice) and enjoy!
I know I know, this is not healthy and I am one of those moms that won’t buy sugared cereal—- sorry I am a bit of a hypocrite (especially since I feed my kids this too)! Snow cones are definitely a treat, one we love! Making the snow cone syrup yourself is so much cheaper than buying the flavored syrup from the store and it tastes better.
Those Kool Aid packets are actually quite versatile! Did you know they can be used to make hair dye? Learn how to dye your hair with Kool Aid. It would be another fun kids activity.
our daycare makes a similar version but with a lot less sugar. I use 1pkg. kool-aid 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar or splenda for a sugar free variety. just heat water and sugar to boiling. stir until sugar is dissolved. turn heat down to med/high and continue to boil and stir for 5 additional min. to thicken. remove from heat. in sealable containers add 1 pkg kool aid powder. then use a funnel to add 1 cup of cooked clear syrup to each flavor container. cool all the way and cap tightly for storage. if using plastic containers, let the mixture cool 30 min. in the pan. glass containers can be mixed immediatley. use caution when touching the glass, they are extremely hot.
tip: if using splenda use 1 cup and 1 1/2 cups splenda. bring water to a boil stir in splenda remove from heat immediatley. stir until dissolved.
Got an awesome Snow cone maker from Amazon and it is wonderful. 50% off of the regular price. I’m so excited,
I’m 13 and my friends and I sell these when it is warmer. The store bought ones cost almost $3 and I’m tired of having to use my share of the cash to buy. This year I think I will try this instead because last year it was getting expensive.
I am excited to find your recipe! I found by google “make snow cone syrup” . We are giving my son a snow cone maker for his 5th birthday and now have a use for the Kool-Aid packettes that I got free from my grocery store with purchase. This will save alot of money with four boys that love snow cones!
to answer everyone’s question about storage; I just make sure my bottles lid is screwed on tight! and store on the shelf in kitchen cabinets. there is nothing in the ingred. that will go bad anytime soon. I have made a gallon size and it will be its 3rd summer in a few months. and the flavor is still great!. you just need to make sure all is clean to prevent ants and other sugar eating bugs.
I LIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND BOUGHT A ICE SHAVE MACHINE ( IMPORTED IT FROM THE US) NO SYRUPS AVAILBLE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND UNABLE TO IMPORT IT FROM THE US OR ANYWARE ELS. I WILL TRY YOUR RECIPES. HOW LONG CAN I STORE IT AND ARE THE ANY OTHER WAYS TO MAKE MORE FLAVOURS WITH BRIGHT COLOURS
Thank you! I am going to try this. I will be using stevia instead of sugar. I really enjoy your page. I come to it often when I am googling things. Thank you again!
I just want to say THANK YOU! I am a sno cone vendor and I just broke a gallon jug and needed it immed!! I did this with cherry real quick,,and I will be switching to doing my own syrups!I got RAVE reviews about its flavor–total cost to make a gallon-3.20 total savings of 7.75 per gallon!! AND MUCH MORE FLAVORS TO MAKE!!! THANK YOU!!
Thanxx for saving me mega-dollars in shipping and handling. That’s about half the cost of the product. I was going to spend $37 in product and the S&H was $27. I’m happy I found this site.
we are going to try it
Thanks for the recipe (found via Google); I just made it to use with our new shaved ice machine and it looks AWESOME! Sad that I have to wait until it’s no longer boiling hot to use….
How do you store any that is left over? I googled for a recipe for making the syrup after eating one we bought at a snow cone hut. Your webpage came up. I have enjoyed reading it all. Thank you very much.
omg i have the same exact snow cone maker. i got mine at kmart 06-25-2012 just today and i came across this site wow talk about luck.
Sounds awesome haven’t tried it just yet but sounds delicious! Thanks for the recipe, will definitley try. thanks again
We love making snow cones as a summer treat too, but I’ve had a difficult time finding syrup at the stores, so my husband suggest googling how to make it with Kool-Aid. Thanks for the recipe! Once again, I’ll be linking to your blog for my summer bucket list.