grape snow cone
Jennifer Iserloh, The Skinny ChefFood is becoming fashion, with all its trends, styles, and what's hot and what's not. The year of the "whoppie pie" is coming to a close and now it seems that "gourmet" snow cones are the latest in cool.

My adult memories of snow cones are less glamorous, but as a kid I'm sure that I felt like the ice queen with my Snoopy snow cone maker. I was surprised to see that they still produce it, an ice shaver in the shape of a dog house that comes with the syrup dispenser shaped like a hat resting on Snoopy's head. You shave the ice by hand with the crank in the dog house roof and then pour on neon-bright colored syrups to color the ice with super sweet syrup.

The healthier home-made version that I made today is still just as sweet and you can still use your old childhood maker to grind it up for Snoopy's approval. Only it's world's above a store-bought snow cone:

In place of syrup I used a combo of antioxidant rich blueberries and concord grape concentrate, no artificial colors or high-fructose corn syrup. Just the pure, sweet chilliness of real frozen fruit that's lighter in calories too.

Get the Skinny Chef's Concord Grape Blueberry Snow Cone recipe.

Nutritional Stats Per serving (1/4 cup):
43 calories, 0 g protein, 10 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat (0 g saturated), 0 mg cholesterol, 0 g fiber, 5 mg sodium