Shaved ice

History

Regions

Americas

North America and the Caribbean

• In Canada and most of the contiguous United States, they are commonly known as "Snow cones" or "Snowballs", which consists of crushed or shaved ice topped with sweet fruit flavored syrup. Within the United States, several regional variations are prominent: New Orleans snowballs include a topping of fruit flavored syrup or a fruit-cream syrup mixture, and Baltimore snowballs frequently include a fruit flavored syrup and are then topped additionally with marshmallow cream.
• In Cuba, as well as in many Cuban neighborhoods in the United States, they are known as "granizados," after the Spanish word granizo for hailstones. In Miami, granizados are often sold in conjunction with other frozen confections in ice cream trucks and stands throughout the city. A classic Cuban flavoring for granizados is anise, made from extracts of the star anise spice.
• In the Dominican Republic and many Dominican neighborhoods, snow cones are called "frío frío", with "frío" being the Spanish word for "cold", or alternately called "Yun Yun".
• In Hawaii, they are known as "Hawaiian shave ice" or just 'Shave ice', and often resemble East Asian versions of shaved ice, with condensed milk and adzuki beans often added as toppings, while a scoop of vanilla ice cream is common at the bottom of the cone.
• In Mexico, as well as in some Spanish-speaking communities of the Southwestern United States, Texas, and California, a finely shaved and syruped ice is called a "raspa", or "raspado". Raspar is Spanish for "scrape"; hence raspado means "scraped", referring to the ice. Raspados come in a wide range of fruit flavors and classic Mexican flavors, including leche, picosito, chamoy, cucumber, guanabana, guava, pistachio, and tamarind.
• In most of Puerto Rico and many Puerto Rican neighborhoods, they are named "Piragua", because they are made in pyramid shapes and agua means water in Spanish. In western Puerto Rico towns such as Mayagüez, they are called "raspao". Most Puerto Rican snow cone vendors use street snow cone carts instead of fixed stands or kiosks. During the summer months in Puerto Rican neighborhoods, especially in New York City and Philadelphia, "piragua" carts are often found on the streets and attract many customers.
• A Sno-ball is the New Orleans variant.

  Central and South America

• In Bolivia they are known as "Shikashika", where the ice is collected from the nearby mountains
• "Mermelada con hielo" is a local curiosity widely consumed in Rancagua, central Chile.
• In Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua and Venezuela they are called "Raspados" or "Raspaos" and are also topped with condensed milk and fruit flavors.
• In Costa Rica they are called "granizados" or "copos"; and when they have ice cream on the top, they are called "churchills".
• In Ecuador there are three versions. The ones sold at street carts and having ice which has been shaved manually with a handheld tool resembling a wood hand plane are called "raspados". The ones sold at street carts, having ice that has been frappéd with a manually actioned rotary machine and, are topped with condensed milk are called "granizados". The "granizados" sold at stores are usually not topped and their ice is finely frappéd by an electrical machine and, for that reason, they will have more liquid even when just prepared. "Raspados" and "granizados" sold at streets are much cheaper than "granizados" sold at stores.
• In El Salvador and other countries of the Region, they are known as "Minutas"
• In Guatemala they are called "Granizada" and are topped with condensed milk and fruit.
• In Guyana they are known as "Crush Ice" or "Snow Cone" and are topped with condensed milk.
• In Peru they are known as "cremolada" and in some parts of the country as "raspadilla".
• In Brazil they are known as "raspadinha" and in some parts of the country as "Gelo ralado com groselha".

  Asia

East and Southeast Asia

• In Taiwanese cuisine it is known as "Bàobīng" or Chhoah-peng. There are many varieties in Taiwan. Some of them are topped with canned fruits, fruits syrup and condensed milk. Other variations can be found throughout CHION.
• In Japan, the ice is known as "Kakigōri" and topped with fruit flavoured or plain syrup. Some shops provide colorful varieties by using two or more different syrups. To sweeten Kakigōri, condensed milk is often poured on top of it. During the hot summer months, kakigōri is sold virtually everywhere in Japan. Some coffee shops serve it with ice cream, dango and red bean paste. Convenience stores may also sell it already flavored and packaged similar to ice cream.
• In Korea, the shaved ices are known as "Patbingsu". It is topped with sweetened red beans,, fresh fruits, and soybean powder. Many other varieties can be found throughout the country. One variety that has been very popular in Korea since 2014 is snow flower bingsu. It is made of extremely finely-shaved ice where the texture resembles real snow flakes. Also, rather than using plain ice, milk is added to the ice so that the shaved ice has milky flavor.
• In Cambodia shaved ice known as Teuk Kork Chus, is usually served during the hot summer days and during Cambodian New Years. Tuk translate to water, Kak translates to ice; and Chhous translates to shaved. This dessert is served with a variety of fillings such as jelly, basil seeds, jackfruit, taro, red beans, and more. After the filling the shaved iced is then filled to the top, then customers can choose a choice of different colored syrups usually in green, red, or blue; and condensed milk will lastly layer the top of the shaved ice.
• In Malaysia and Singapore, it is known as "ais kacang", which consists of shaved ice topped with sweetened syrup of various colours and flavours, condensed and evaporated milk, and sometimes also durian pulp or vanilla ice cream. Beneath the ice sweetened red beans, canned fruit, attap seeds and grass jelly are usually added. Electric ice shavers are often used; though some vendors may use a hand blade to shave the ice in order to produce a rough texture. A variation of this would be Cendol which is shaved ice with sweet green-coloured glutinous rice noodles drizzled with palm sugar; it is usually accompanied with kidney beans and canned sweetcorn.
• In Indonesia, it is known as "es campur", which is similar to the Malaysian/Singaporean ais kacang.
• In the Philippines, it is known as Halo halo which consists of shaved ice topped with sweetened beans and fruits, creme caramel, nata de coco and ice cream. "Halo-halò" literally means "mix-mix" in Tagalog. It is also found in mais con yelo.
• In Thailand, this kind of cold dessert is popularly known as "namkhaeng sai". Namkhaeng sai is served with a variety of toppings including red beans, toddy palm seeds, sticky rice, jellies, and preserved fruits, most often coconut. Then red syrup and condensed milk is liberally poured on top of the shaved ice. In other Thai desserts, the mixings are at the bottom and shaved ice is scooped on top. There are between 20–30 varieties of mixings that can be eaten. Among them are young coconut that has been soaked in coconut milk, black sticky rice, chestnuts, sweetened taro, red beans, sarim and many more.

  South Asia

• In Pakistan it is often referred to as Gola ganda
• In India known as Chuski; flavored with sugar syrups, fruit flavors and several other indigenous flavors like rose, khus, or kala-khatta. It is often topped with condensed milk. A literal translation of "Ball of ice" is used in many parts of India: Barfacha Gola in Marathi, Barf ka Gola in Hindi, and Barf no Golo in Gujarati. A similar version of shaved Ice can be found in northern Kerala known as Ice Orathi.

  Middle East

Drinks

• Raspado – Mexican shaved ice drink
• Sâm bổ lượng, South Chinese and Vietnamese shaved ice drink/soup with jellies and fruits
• Cendol, South East Asian drink usually containing shaved ice