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Yoda Margarita Recipe

What better way to celebrate Star Wars Day than with a Yoda Margarita? The Yoda Margarita is best made with Jell-Craft Lemon-Lime Margarita Concentrate, and can be enjoyed with or without alcohol! 

Check out this recipe below!

Ingredients:

• 5 oz of Jell-Craft Lemon-Lime Margarita Mix
• 6 oz of tequila
• 28 oz of Triple Sec 
• Ice – up to the 48 oz mark
• 2 blueberries for the eyes
• 1 toothpick for the blueberries 
• 2 lime wedges for the ears 
• brown cloth for the cape to go around the bottom of the glass 
• sword toothpick for the lightsaber 

Instructions: 

• Pour margarita mix, tequila, and triple sec in a blender, and add ice until you reach the 48 oz mark in the blender. 
• Blend the margarita mix, tequila, triple sec, and ice well. 
• Next, pour the frozen margarita into 4 glasses, and stick one lime wedge on each side of the glass for Yoda’s ears.
• Add blueberries spaced out on a toothpick for Yoda’s eyes.
• Lastly, add a brown cloth for his cape and the toothpick sword for his lightsaber!
•  Check out Pinterest for all the different ways you can dress up your Yoda Margarita! 

Share with us on social media if you make the Yoda Margarita! Make sure to tag us on Instagram using @sonbeverageco or on Facebook using @Jell-Caft! 

Three Delicious Fall Kid-Friendly Drinks

There are a lot of pumpkin spice coffee lovers out there, but what about the fun Fall kid-friendly drinks? We put together a list of our top 3 favorite fall kid-friendly drinks using Jell-Craft Products of course! All of these drinks can be turned into an adult-friendly drink as well!

1. Warm Autumn Punch, also known as a Warm Wassail – this is super easy to make and delightful to sip on. While cooking on the stovetop or in a crock pot you are gifted with the aroma of fall in your house. The beauty of this drink is you can drink it all throughout the cooler temperatures. This beverage highlights our PicNic punch concentrate which was the very first beverage product to start the Jell-Craft line.

 

2. Jell-Craft Halloween Punch – This is a fun Halloween punch! Make itfor Halloween or all throughout the fall and rename it after that Holiday such as Thankful punch for Thanksgiving. Kids absolutely love this punch as they get a tasty beverage with a dollop of ice cream! This beverage highlights our Mango Sno-Cone syrup and shows one of the many ways that Jell-Craft’s sno-cone syrups can be used beyond just on top of ice! Try it with other sno-cone syrups too such as lime to turn it green or cherry to make it red for a Christmas punch! Even coconut would be good too for a blue color! The possibilities are endless!

          

3. Tiger’s Blood Punch – Purchase Tiger’s Blood sno-cone syrup and turn it into sparkling punch using this recipe. This is a fun name for a Halloween drink! 

 

Top 4 Summer Sno-Cone Recipes

Did you know you can enjoy Jell-Craft Sno-Cone Syrups in other ways than just pouring it over shaved ice? On Jell-Craft’s website, there is a tab called “Recipes” on the top right-hand side with several different ways you can use Jell-Craft products punch, lemonade, margarita concentrates and sno-cone syrups, but this post is focusing in on the four top summer recipes using Jell-Craft’s sno-cone syrups.

1. Sno-Cone Blue Water (Sonic’s® Copycat Ocean® Water)

Ingredients:
-12 oz of Sprite
– 2 oz of Jell-Craft Blue Coconut Sno-Cone Syrup
*Need to buy Jell-Craft Snow Cone Syrup? Go Here!

Instructions:
1. Pour 12oz of Sprite soda in a cup
2. Add 2 oz of a Jell-Craft Blue Coconut Sno-Cone Syrup
3. Stick a straw in and enjoy!
*These ratios can be modified according to likin

2. Sno-Cone Popsicles

Ingredients:– 1 part Jell-Craft Sno-Cone Syrup
– 3 parts Water
– Popsicle Mold
*Need to buy Jell-Craft Snow Cone Syrup? Go Here!

Instructions:
1. Mix 1 part snow cone syrup to 3 parts water
2. Pour into popsicle mold and place into the freezer until frozen
3. Once frozen, enjoy a sweet treat, and be ready to dance because it’s so tasty! Just like this sweet girl in the video below!

3. Sno-Cone Ice Cream Float  

Here’s a fun backstory to this recipe. The current owner’s grandson came up with this recipe! He had the idea when drinking an ice cream float and tried it out! It is delicious!

Ingredients:
– 1 scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream
– 8oz of your favorite Soda
– 1 oz of Sno-Cone Syrup that would pair well with Ice Cream and your Soda
(Our Snow Cone Syrup recommendations: Cherry, Strawberry, Grape, Root Beer, Lime, Coconut, Vanilla or Wedding Cake)
*Need to buy Jell-Craft Snow Cone Syrup? Go Here!

Instructions:
1. Pour 8 oz. of soda in a cup
2. Add 1 oz. of a delicious Jell-Craft Sno-Cone Syrup
3. Place a scoop of ice cream in a cup
4. Stick a straw in and enjoy!
*These ratios can be modified according to liking

4. Ice Cream Topper

Ingredients:
– Grab your favorite Jell-Craft sno-cone flavor that would pair well with ice cream
– Ice cream of your choice
*Need to buy Jell-Craft Snow Cone Syrup? Go Here!

Instructions:
1. Scoop your ice cream into a bowl
2. Pour 2-4 tablespoons or 2-4 squirts if using on of Jell-Craft’s quart bottles of sno-cone syrup over the ice cream
4. Now you have a delicious treat! Feel free to add whipped cream or any other delicious ice cream toppings!

Let us know below which recipe you plan to try first!

8 Ideas to Use Snow Cone Syrup

Recipes using Snow Cone Syrups!

By: Francheska Rios | Ace Mart

Summer’s here! And with it longer daylight hours, higher temperatures, and more outdoor activities. These are perfect scenarios to introduce flavorful and refreshing drinks and sweet treats using snow cone syrups. Our friends from Jell-Craft shared some ideas to expand your menu and increase your profits without breaking the bank. Widen your use of snow cone syrups with these recipes, whether you have a concession stand, restaurant, bistro, or are just having fun at home.

1. Ice Cream Topper

1. 1. • 2-4 tablespoons of your favorite syrup flavor.

2. Aguas Frescas

1. 1. • 3 parts water
      • 1 part syrup – choose you favorite flavor
      • Add fresh fruit and mix in an Aguas Frescas jug

*If using the bottle of syrup, this yields 4 gallons

3. Ice Cream Float

1. 1. • 1 scoop of ice cream
      • 8 oz. of your favorite soda
      • 1 oz. of your favorite snow cone syrup flavor

Jell-Craft suggests flavors like Cherry, Strawberry, Grape, Root Beer, Lime, Coconut, or Wedding Cake. These ratios can be modified according to your taste.

4. Slush Mix

1. 1. • 3 parts water
      • 1 part syrup – choose you favorite flavor
      • Freeze in a frozen drink machine
      • Yields 4 gallons

5. Blue Water (Sonic’s® Ocean Water® Copycat)

• 12 oz. of Sprite
• 2 oz. of blue coconut snow cone syrup
• Mix and serve

6. Shirley Temple

• 12 oz. of Sprite
• 2 oz. of cherry snow cone syrup
• Mix and serve

7. Strawberry Lemonade

• Mix lemonade concentrate according to directions
• 1-3 squirts of strawberry snow cone syrup according to your taste preference and how much lemonade you made
• Mix and serve

8. Popsicles

• 3 parts of water
• 1 part of your favorite snow cone syrup flavor
• Pour in popsicle mold and place in freezer for a few hours until frozen

Want more flavor ideas? Click here to download our quick reference handout to expand your flavors menu.

Jell-Craft is a family-owned manufacturer local to San Antonio, Texas. And these recipes are budget-friendly for both businesses and families to enjoy. Adding some sweet menu items can quickly become customer favorites and drive more sales. While families at home can power through the dog days of summer with easy to make sweet treats.

You can shop our wide variety of snow cone syrups and accessories at acemart.com. You can also walk into one of our many Texas store locations, where our friendly staff will help you find the perfect flavors.