There's a new truck in town! And they serve.... Snowballs?
WTF are snowballs?
Sorry, I'm an east coast girl and I've never heard that term before. But from what I gather (based on the two snowballs we ordered), they are pretty much snow cones with a cuter name. Maybe I'm wrong.
Anyway, they were parked outside of Bass Pro on a painfully hot Saturday. Lured by the promise of a frozen treat I made a beeline straight for the truck and met an incredibly friendly owner. I went with the recommendation of the root beer float flavor (one I was already considering) and added a scoop of ice cream for an extra $1. I was leery of the idea of ice cream, but what fun is life if you don't take any risks? Risks that involve ice cream?
I have to say that the ice cream made it for me. As odd as it sounds it turned out to be a delicious frozen root beer float with sweet vanilla ice cream, chunks of ice, and root beer. Trust me, it works.
My only complaint is that I wish the ice was shaved finer. It's pretty coarse in texture and has a lot of crunch. But maybe that's the way snowballs are supposed to be?
My husband ordered some special that was named after Spiderman (the nerd couldn't resist- he didn't even look at the ingredients in it). It had a flavor similar to a snow cone you would get from the ice cream man when you were little, except this one has some chocolate too. I didn't care for the chocolate in it, but my husband did it and that's all that mattered.
An inexpensive way to cool off in this terrible, awful heat plus it's owned by some really sweet people. Make a stop if you see their truck!