Flavors include: Grape, Cherry, Watermelon, Lemon-Lime, Strawberry, Strawberry-Kiwi, Strawberry-Banana, Blue Raspberry, Pia Colada, Cotton Candy, Bubble Gum, Shocker (a sour flavor), Tropical Bahama Mama, Cherry Cola, Blue Vanilla and Orange Frenzy.
Three new flavors have been recently added: Mixed Berry, Sour Apple, and Sour Lemon. Many other flavors are often made by mixing two or more different flavors. A "suicide" slush puppie is a mixture of every flavor,[citation needed] while a "ghost" slush puppie has no flavoring at all.[citation needed] At some locations, "shockers" can be added to give extra sour flavour.
Most of these flavors are also available as flavored bases. Instead of requiring the "base" commonly referred to as neutral base (no flavor), these bases require only water to be frozen and made into a slushie.
Availability
Slush Puppies are usually available at gas stations, corner stores, little league snack bars, City Recreation Centers (Pools, Ice Rinks, Stadiums) and cinemas. Machines can also be bought for home use.[citation needed]
Slush Puppie and Slurpee are often used as synonymous terms. However, they are two separate products each with differing characteristics.
Origin
The original owners, Will Radcliff and his sister Phyllis, came up with the name while sitting on their front porch in Cincinnati, Ohio. The unique spelling of PUPPIE was added to bring attention to both the name and the product. The business started from a home address in Cincinnati and progressed to a single door small warehouse, to a manufacturing plant/warehouse, to a candy & tobacco distributor to finally a showplace building over looking the city of Cincinnati. The business has been under the owner ship of Will Radcliff, Cadbury Schweppes and currently, The ICEE Company
See also
Snow cone
Kakigori
References
^ Contact Slush at SlushPuppie.com
External links
Official USA site
Official UK site
Official Canadian site
Official Australian site
Official site The Netherlands
Official Swiss site
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