Beer Snow Cones

These grown-up snow cones are made from granita-style beer “snow” and a drizzle of fruity simple syrup. This make-ahead treat will be a hit at your next party!

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Prep Time 25 min
Total Time 4 hr 0 min
Servings 14

Ingredients

2: bottles or cans (12 oz each) beer, chilled

: Syrup (choose from recipes below)

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Directions

1 Pour beer into 8- or 9-inch square glass baking dish; freeze 45 minutes. When ice crystals begin to form at edges of dish, stir mixture with fork. Freeze about 3 hours longer, stirring every 45 minutes, until completely frozen. Should be granita texture.
2 To serve, scoop into snow cone papers or lowball cocktail glasses. Drizzle with desired syrup.
Red Raspberry-Lemon Syrup: In 1-quart saucepan, mix 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water. Using vegetable peeler, remove strips of lemon peel (yellow part only) from 1 lemon; add to saucepan. Squeeze juice from lemon; add juice and 1 cup fresh or frozen red raspberries to saucepan. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; set aside 1 hour to cool. Strain syrup into glass jar; discard solids. Cover jar, and refrigerate until needed. About 1 3/4 cups.
Blueberry-Lime Syrup: In 1-quart saucepan, mix 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water. Using vegetable peeler, remove strips of lime peel (green part only) from 2 limes; add to saucepan. Squeeze juice from limes; add lime juice and 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries to saucepan. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; set aside 1 hour to cool. Strain syrup into glass jar; discard solids. Cover jar, and refrigerate until needed. About 1 3/4 cups.
Orange Syrup: To 1-quart saucepan, add 1 cup sugar. Using vegetable peeler, remove strips of orange peel (orange part only) from 1 medium orange; add to saucepan. Squeeze juice from 6 medium oranges (about 1 1/4 cups juice); add juice to saucepan. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; set aside 1 hour to cool. Strain syrup into glass jar; discard solids. Cover jar, and refrigerate until needed. About 1 1/2 cups.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

The beer snow is great made with lager, pilsner or Hefeweizen beer.

For a nonalcoholic option, replace beer with nonalcoholic ginger beer, ginger ale or lemon-lime soda.

Cover and chill any remaining syrups up to 2 weeks. The syrups are great added to iced tea or mixed with sparkling water for a homemade Italian fruit soda.

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