Who Doesn't Love Snocones?
- stlsnocone
- Apr 27, 2015
- 2 min read
What is up St. Louis?? I want to start by saying that I hope all of you enjoy snocones as much as I do. Not only are they delicious, a great way to cool off, and a great alternative to ice cream, they are cheap as all get out! Can't afford Ted Drewes for you and your girlfriend? It's fine, dig out the spare change under your car seat and you can probably afford an armful of snocones.
I have spent a good portion of my summers eating snocones and after watching my friend create the Stl Donut blog (please go check her blog out too, it's awesome) I realized snocones don't get the credit they deserve, and why the hell is there not a blog on this yet? So here I am. Not sure who else really cares about the quality of a snocone, but I like to believe more than just me. I've decided to start a kind of rating scale for the snocone places we will be visiting.
1) Quality of shaved ice- I like my ice thinly shaved and plenty of it. If I wanted chunky ice I would make my own in a blender!
2) Amount of juice- The more, the better. But, not too much. There has to be the perfect ice to juice ratio.
3) Selection- Sometimes less is a good thing, but some places have a vast array of snocones and I don't want to leave them out.
4) Flavor- It's weird how one places strawberry daiquiri is the bomb.com but the next taste like straight bonnebelle chapstick.
5) Toppings- Pop Rocks... YES! Whipped Cream! Nerds! These people understand snocone lovers.
6) Seating- Now I know that part of the greatness of getting a snocone is eating it on the hood of a car, but it is nice to have a seating area to soak in the summer sun.
7) Friendliness- I don't know, sometimes those crabby ladies are pretty cute.
8) Packaging- Some places really step outside the average styrafoam cup for this one. I want to give them some credit for splurging a bit.
9) Location- Who used the parking lot/corner to its full potential?
10) Price- I honestly don't think I've ever spent more than two dollars on a snocone. So if it's a pricey place I will rip on them hard.
I think that's all I've got right now for the ratings, I will do out of ten stars since I have ten different things. But I reserve the right to add and subtract stars for random things that I deem worthy. Like alcoholic slushies for example. They get extra stars for being everything anyone could ever want.
I hope you enjoy this blog, and please feel free to comment with suggestions, with love, or to join us in our next snocone excursion. Can't wait to go to the first stand of the season!
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