How to Make Slushie

Slushie is a cold drink that gives a refreshing feeling on a hot day. The ingredients needed to make slushie include ice, sugar, flavors and food coloring. The fastest way to make slushie is to use a blender, but if you have an ice cream maker, the slushie will be smoother. You can also make slushie using the freezer.

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Ingredient

Make slushie with a blender

1 cup sugar
2 cups of water
2 cups of ice
1.5 teaspoons flavor essence
5 to 10 drops of food coloring

Make slushie with an ice cream machine

1 cup sugar
4 cups cold water
1.5 teaspoons flavor essence
5 to 10 drops of food coloring

Make slushie using the freezer

1 cup sugar
4 cups cold water
1.5 teaspoons flavor essence
5 to 10 drops of food coloring

Use a blender

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Dissolve 1 cup of sugar with 2 cups of water. Dissolving the sugar before starting will help prevent the drink from becoming mushy. Pour the water and sugar into the bowl and stir until no more sugar particles are visible.

Add flavor and color. For a traditional slushie, you add 1.5 teaspoons of your favorite flavor essence (like raspberry, strawberry, lemon, coconut or vanilla) and add 5 drops or more of food coloring. Use a long-handled spoon to stir the ingredients. You can also add a little flavor essence or food coloring to taste. ^{[1] X Research Source}

Do you like carbonated soft drink slushie? Try making ice cubes with your favorite carbonated soft drink. With this dish, you replace water and ice with cold carbonated soft drinks and ice cubes made from carbonated soft drinks, no need to add sugar.
If you don’t have time to buy flavor essence, use a packet of Kop-Aid powder instead of flavors and food coloring.

Blend the sugar water with 2 cups of ice. You pour the sugar water into the blender and add 2 cups of ice cubes. This method works when your blender has enough power to shred ice cubes, creating a traditional slushie texture.

You should test grind a few ice cubes to make sure the blender can handle it; if not, you switch to another method.
If you prefer a thinner slushie, add 1/2 cup of water. If you want a thicker, more iced drink, reduce the water by 1/2 cup.

Blend the mixture at high speed. Depending on the blender capacity, you only need to run the blender for a few rounds or a few minutes to get the slushie mixture. Let the blender run until the ice is pureed and the mixture has the right texture.

Also, occasionally stirring the mixture with a long-handled spoon will help disperse the ice evenly.
If the blender is not powerful enough, transfer the mixture to a blender and process small portions.

Taste the slushie. If you’re happy with the flavor, texture, and sweetness of the mix, the slushie is done. You can add sugar, flavors or food coloring for a finished product. After adding the ingredients, remember to stir the slushie well. ^{[2] X Research Source}

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Enjoy slushie. Pour the mixture into cups and use a straw to enjoy your slushie in style. With this amount of ingredients you will get two large cups or four small cups of slushie.

Use an ice cream maker

Dissolve 1 cup of sugar with 2 cups of water. You pour the sugar and water into the bowl and stir until no more sugar particles are visible. This will improve the texture of the slushie.

Stir in flavor essence and food coloring. Take 1.5 teaspoons of your favorite flavor essence and add 5 to 10 drops of appropriate food coloring. The following color and flavor combinations will help you create delicious, eye-catching slushie:

Raspberry flavor essence and blue food color
The combination of cherry essence with vanilla and red food color
Essence of yellow lemon and green lemon combined with yellow and green food coloring
Orange essence with orange food coloring

Use the freezer

Dissolve 1 cup of sugar with 4 cups of water. Pour the sugar and water into the bowl and stir the mixture until the sugar has dissolved. That way, your slushie won’t get lumpy after freezing.

To replace the sugar and water mixture, you can use 4 cups of your favorite drink. Try making slushies using carbonated soft drinks, juices, chocolate milk and even coffee! ^{[4] X Research Sources}

Stir in flavor essence and food coloring. You need 1.5 teaspoons of flavor essence and 5 to 10 drops of food coloring. Taste the mixture and add or reduce ingredients according to your taste.

If you want a rich slushie, stir in 1 or 2 tablespoons of cream. Orange or vanilla essence would be the perfect match for this dish.
For a more unique drink, try adding 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice and 1 teaspoon of lemon zest.

Pour the mixture into a shallow baking tray with the sides a few inches high so that the solution does not run out.

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Cover the tray with cling film. You can also use the cover that came with the tray.

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Freeze the mixture for about 2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes. Each time you stir, you will break the ice that has just formed. After a while, the mix will have a traditional slushie texture. You get the finished product after about 3 hours.

Advice

Always taste to make sure the mixture is sweet and flavorful before freezing.
Another concoction is to use your favorite drink; Freeze the drink for about 2 hours, then you take the drink out of the freezer slowly and use moderate force to knock on the side of the cup. If it’s a bottled drink, simply tilt the bottle up and down for about 5 seconds to get your slushie right!
If you don’t have a blender and don’t want to wait 2 hours for the mixture to solidify in the freezer, you can use a hand blender because the effect is the same. However, the texture of the drink may be slightly different.

Warning

Do not add too much ice or the blender will not spin. You can handle small portions of ingredients when making slushie.
Do not use a hand blender unless absolutely necessary because the speed of the blender can cause ice to melt into water.