Combine 2 cups sugar, hibiscus flowers, 1 cup water, 2 teaspoons peppercorns, and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high.

The difference between the variations of icy treats is more than the names, writes Nadia Roden in “Granita Magic,” a guide for home cooks. For snow cones, syrup is poured over crushed ice. For ...

The giant snow cone will be held in a 10-foot-high, high-density polyethylene bulk storage tank “cup”; will contain 16,080 pounds of snow and 14,160 pounds of birthday cake–flavored syrup; and will be ...

Some claim Texan Samuel “King Sammie” Bert debuted the Snow Cone at the 1919 Texas State Fair. Others point to 1850s Baltimore, when kids begged traveling ice wagons to shave off a little ...

Snow cone syrup. Making the syrup is just as easy. Do you have water, sugar and flavored drink mix (such as Kool-Aid) at home? That’s all you need.

To the editor — A special thank you to Dan, owner of O’Hana Shaved Ice for helping make our July 4 very special. I contacted Dan when I noticed he sold sugar-free snow-cone syrup at the stand ...