Homemade Snow Cone Syrup Recipe In Custom Bottles

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Did you know you can make your own homemade sno cone syrup in your favorite flavor? Get the easy snow cone syrup recipe — just three ingredients — plus learn how to decorate the bottles. Kids will love making their own sno-cones this summer, and you’ll save lots of money making the syrup instead of buying it.

Wednesdays are my son’s favorite days at camp because that’s when the sno-cone truck comes! With this three-ingredient snow cone syrup recipe, made with sugar and water and Kool-Aid, he can have the icy treats any day of the week!

Planning a backyard beach party? You have to serve sno-cones!

And is it sno-cone or snow cone? While I normally have an opinion on such things, in this case, I say to spell it however you like!

You can skip ahead to the end of this post for the snow cone syrup recipe. But then you’ll miss the video tutorial for how you can make these cute customized labels for your sno-cone syrup bottles.

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It’s all part of this month’s Crafty Hangouts series of live crafting videos, sponsored by OnlineLabels.com.

If you think office supplies and parties don’t go hand-in-hand, then you need to check out all the amazing labels available from Online Labels. You’ll find all kinds of shapes, sizes and colors of labels for shipping, printing, packaging, branding and crafting. Even labels for sno-cone syrup bottles!

Our group of crafty bloggers has come up with 20 different ideas for how to use labels at parties. You can find all the tutorials on this YouTube playlist.

Online Labels has a free tool that you can use to design and print your labels. But for my project, I decided to break out some of my rubber stamps and ink.

See how I did it here:

 

I used these cigar band-style soap labels in a white glossy finish for my sno-cone bottles.

Other supplies I used to make the snow cone syrup labels:

• Plastic squeeze bottles  (You can find them at Walmart, grocery stores or Amazon)
• Brush markers (You could also use Copic markers) or an ink pad
• Stampin’ Up Tart & Tangy stamp set (This set is retired, but I found other options here and here)
• Assorted washi tape (This fruit washi would be adorable on the snow cone syrup bottles!)

How to Make Homemade Snow Cone Syrup

We made up several batches of sno-cone syrup: Tropical Punch, Strawberry, Cherry, Orange and Green Apple.

To make this sno-cone syrup you’ll need:

• water
• sugar
• Kool-Aid or another powdered, unsweetened drink mix

To make the syrup, boil the water and sugar in a large saucepan until it thickens. Then remove it from the heat and stir in the powdered drink mix until it has dissolved.

Once the syrup has cooled, pour it until squeeze bottles and refrigerate until cold. Squirt the chilled syrup over crushed ice to make a snow cone.

How Much Syrup Should I Use on a Sno-Cone?

This particular recipe calls for about 1.5 ounces of syrup per sno-cone. But the amount you use really depends on personal taste and preference.

If you’re like most kids I know, the more syrup the better! And why limit yourself to just one flavor of syrup when you can mix them all together and make a rainbow sno-cone?

Can I Make Sugar-Free Snow Cone Syrup

You can make sugar-free sno-cone syrup although it may not be as syrup-y as the version made with sugar.

To make sugar-free snow cone syrup, dissolve 1 cup of Splenda into 1 cup of boiling water, then add the Kool-Aid mix. You can experiment with other no-calorie sweeteners as well.

Is Homemade Snow-Cone Syrup Gluten Free?

This DIY snow cone syrup should be gluten free. But it’s always a good idea to check the label on the Kool-Aid or powdered drink mix package to confirm there aren’t any ingredients that could cause any issues if you have gluten intolerance or other food sensitivities or allergies.

We went a birthday party over the weekend, and we we gave Jackson’s little friend his own sno-cone maker, some straws and sno-cone cups, plus an assortment of homemade syrups.

We love coming up with creative birthday gifts for kids, and I’d say this definitely qualifies!

My guy certainly loves his homemade sno-cone!

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