Slush Puppie

Slush Puppie is a slush beverage marketed by Slush Puppie, which is currently a division of The ICEE Company, and through its Slush Puppie Distributors in the U.S. Slush Puppie was acquired by ICEE on May 30, 2006. A Slush Puppie has two major components; the base and the flavoring. The base is made from a special syrup that is mixed with water and then frozen. This creates a mixture resulting in pellets of ice in a sweet liquid. The taste is simply that of the flavored syrup.

Varieties

Flavors include Grape, Cherry, Watermelon, Lemon-Lime, Strawberry, Strawberry-Kiwi, Strawberry-Banana, Blue Raspberry, Piña Colada, Bubble Gum, Shocker (a sour flavor), Tropical Bahama Mama, Cherry Cola, Blue Vanilla, Apple, Cola 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 that overlooks the city of Cincinnati. The business has been under the ownership of Will Radcliff, Cadbury Schweppes and currently, The ICEE Company.

See also

• Snow cone
• Kakigori

References

• "Frozen in time: Slush Puppie still hot after 27 years, Cincinnati Enquirer, January 18, 1998.
• "With marketing, new flavors, Slush Puppies do hot business", Associated Press in The Vindicator, January 26, 1998.
• "Cadbury Buys Slush Puppie", BBC News, 21 December 2000.
• "Drink Mogul Soaks Up Rural Life ; A Conservation Deal Lets Will Radcliff Of Slush Puppie Fame Stay On His Beloved Fly'n R Ranch." Orlando Sentinel, December 6, 2004 (pay wall).

External links

• Official USA site
• Official UK site
• Official Canadian site
• Official Australian site
• Official site The Netherlands
• Official Swiss site
• Official French site (France)