When it’s 95 degrees in the shade, we’ve got our ways to cool down. We sip lots of iced tea, and we head to the snowball stand! These seasonal pop-ups appear in neighborhoods all across the Gulf South every spring and summer, serving up fluffy snowballs (aka sno-balls) drizzled with delicious flavored syrups. Our version of this iconic frosty treat is made with frozen cubes of Luzianne Tea – just toss them in a blender to make “shaved” ice and top with one of our easy-to-make syrups (store-bought is fine, too).
Ingredients:
4 cups cold water
4 Luzianne Family Size tea bags
Blueberry Lime Syrup (recipe follows)
Directions:
Ingredients:
1 cup simple syrup (equal parts sugar to water)
2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
½ teaspoon lime zest
Directions:
Snowballs were born in the Crescent City in the 1930s, when Ernest Hansen invented an electric ice-shaving machine and opened Hansen’s Sno-Bliz on Tchoupitoulas Street. Unlike a crunchy snow cone, a New Orleans snowball is made with ultra-fine, fluffy ice that soaks up sweet syrup like a sponge and melts on your tongue. Fast-forward to now, and the good news is you can make nice and fluffy snowballs with your blender!