TRINI SNOW CONE

 

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Trinidad is known for a lot of street food. However, they are also known for Sweet treats like homemade coconut ice-cream and of course Snow Cone. Snow-cone is served all over the country and is refreshing in the Caribbean Climate. Here is a simple way of making it.

INGREDIENTS:
Cherry Kool-Aid packet
Pineapple Kool-Aid packet
Blue-Berry Kool Aid packet
Lime Kool Aid packet
Condense Milk
Cinnamon stick
Kola Essence
4 cups of sugar for each packet.
4 cups of water for each packet
Shaved ice
melon baller

METHOD:
Boil in a big pot 4 cups of water with the cinnamon stick.
Once the water is bubbling remove the cinnamon stick and add the 4 cups of sugar.
Stir until liquid and sugar melts and gets slightly thick but still runny.
Coats the back of a spoon.
Separate in four bowls, add each packet of the Kool-aid in the separate bowls
add 1 teaspoon of kola essence in each.
Stir until Kool aid dissolves.
Place each flavour in separate squeeze bottle.

SERVING:
Full 1/4 of the cup with shaved ice, throw in some syrup
Then add more ice, on top put two scoops of ice with the melon baller.
Put syrup on top, spread the various colours to get a rainbow effect.
Top with condense milk if desired.
Serve with a straw and spoon.

TIP:
If the syrup gets to thick add some hot water and stir.
At the point of adding the Kool-Aid the mixture has to be hot, therefore this step has to be completed
quickly.


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