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A top-view image of four colorful slushies in round cups on a wooden surface. The slushies are various shades of red and pink, and each cup has a striped straw in it. The cups are purple, yellow, blue, and pink. A hand is holding the blue cup at the bottom.

5-Minute Slushie Recipe

Make slushies at home! No blender needed. All you need are 3 simple ingredients and 5-minutes.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings: 1
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 6 cups ice cubes (or enough to fill about half a gallon-sized bag)
  • 1-2 tablespoons Ice cream salt (Kosher salt or table salt work great too)
  • 1 cup juice or soda (not diet)

Method
 

  1. Step 1: Place ice cubes and salt in a quart-sized Ziploc bag.
    A top-down view of a pink and white bowl covered with plastic wrap containing translucent, ice-like contents. The bowl is placed on a white wooden surface, and part of another transparent lid is visible in the upper left corner of the image.
  2. Step 2: Place juice in a sandwich-sized Ziploc bag, press out all the air and seal tightly. If it isn't sealed tightly enough, salt will get in and it won't taste good.
    A hand is holding a clear ziplock bag filled with red liquid, with a bottle of red Tampico juice partially visible in the background on a wooden surface.
  3. Step 3: Place the small bag of juice IN the larger bag of ice and seal. The larger bag will be holding the ice, salt, and the baggie of juice. *PLEASE NOTE: You will have two separate bags – a quart bag with ice and salt, and a sandwich bag with juice.
    A sealed plastic bag filled with a red liquid and pieces of ice sits on a white wooden surface. The bag has a pink and purple zipper at the top.
  4. Step 4: Shake for about 3-5 minutes or until juice gets slushy. If your hands get too cold, wrap a dish cloth around the bag or use gloves and continue shaking.
    A hand with pale blue nail polish holding a clear plastic zip-lock bag filled with red liquid and ice cubes. The background includes another similar bag containing blue liquid, placed on a light-colored surface.
  5. Step 5: If your slushy isn't getting slushified. Add more ice and salt to the outer bag and keep shaking.
    A plastic zipper bag filled with red liquid is being poured into another plastic bag. A pink cup sits on the left, and a blue liquid container is partially visible on the right. The background has a white wooden surface.
  6. Step 6: Pour slush into a cup and serve immediately.
    A hand holding a blue spoon scoops red slushie from a clear plastic ziplock bag. The bag contains a frozen mixture, and nearby there's a pink cup on a white wooden surface.