Homemade Hot Cocoa Snow Cream & Other Snow Recipes

You've heard when life gives you lemons make lemonade. How about when mother nature drops almost a foot of snow on your doorstep grab a bowl and spoon and make snow cream.

Angel here and one of my favorite memories with my momma was the year she taught me to make snow cream. She learned when she was a little girl so she passed it down to me. My brother and I would get super excited at the first sign of heavy snow when we were kids.

Now if you're like Chad you may be thinking is snow safe to eat. The short answer is yes. The long answer is this;

Don't eat yellow snow or any other colored snow for that matter. Try to find snow that is located off the ground.
Snow is just crystalized distilled water. While it is falling from the sky and may pick up dust and dirt. Most likely if the snow has been sitting for a bit the dust and dirt are gone.
A lot of people have a concern with lead poisoning. The main thing you need to know is to stay away from the snow near cars or on the roads. Snow near the exhaust of a car is not safe to eat.

Now to the good stuff. If you have never made snow cream or any snow dessert I found some recipes y'all are gonna love.

Old Fashion Snow Cream

1/2 cup of milk or cream
1/4 cup of sugar or sugar substitute
1 teaspoon of vanilla
4 cups of CLEAN snow

Mix milk, vanilla, and sugar together until dissolved. Pour over clean snow and eat!

Maple Snow Candy

Maple Syrup
Popsicle sticks

Heat Maple Syrup to at least 230 degrees and pour over snow.

It will cool and you can roll up into chewy, taffy-like candy.

Honey Sea Salt Candy

1 cup of honey
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 teaspoon of sea salt

Mix together honey and vanilla and heat on the stove or microwave. Once it is finished you will drop in spoonfuls over the snow and roll into balls.

Hot Cocoa Snow Cream

3 cups snow
2 teaspoons cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups milk or cream
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
half of one of your favorite chocolate candy bars
can of whipped cream

Take the chocolate bar and cut up into small pieces and drop it into a double boiler if you have one or into a pan on low heat. Then add cocoa and sugar and mix. Stir until completely melted and blended. Next, you can add the milk/cream and mix it together. Remove the mixture from the heat and let cool. Lastly, pour over snow and add whipped cream and eat it up!