{"id":1006,"date":"2020-12-10T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usedvending.com\/blog\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2021-06-16T03:59:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T08:59:33","slug":"best-snowball-trucks-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usedvending.com\/blog\/best-snowball-trucks-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Snowball Trucks in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever spent summer in Louisiana, Maryland, or Mississippi? If you do, you might have tried a unique summer treat. They are called snowballs. Snowballs are made of shaved ice and syrup flavors. They are typically sold during the summer months &#8211; from March to October. Today, snowball trucks roam all over America. Most entrepreneurs love snowball trucks. It\u2019s because they have a high-profit margin. Let\u2019s take a look at the 5 best snowball trucks in America.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 3px solid; padding: 10px; width: 100%; border-radius: 25px; border-color: #F4A70F; color: #007bff;\">\n<p style=\"color: #007bff;\">What&#8217;s Inside<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#snowball\">What is Snowball?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#history\">A Brief History of Snowball in America<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#best\"> 5 Best Snowball Trucks in America<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#best1\"> Bee Cool Snowballs (Houma, LA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#best2\"> Go Melvo Sno-balls (Baltimore, MD)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#best3\"> Sno Caf\u00e9 (Nashville, TN)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#best4\"> Sno-good Sno-balls (Atlanta, GA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#best5\"> Sweet Caroline&#8217;s Snow Shack (Austin, TX)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"snowball\"><b>What is Snowball?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A snowball is a fluffy shaved-ice treat that can be flavored with different sweet syrups. The syrups include standard fruity flavors, such as raspberry and strawberry. Creamy syrups include gummy bears, ice cream, and milk. There are also unique flavors like banana, king cake, and pecan. Snowballs are also termed shaved ice or sno-balls. It differs from a snow cone because it uses crushed ice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most popular snowball flavors are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egg custard, which is shaved ice with egg, sugar, and vanilla flavoring<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skylite, which is shaved ice with blue syrup flavoring<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiger\u2019s Blood, which is shaved ice in strawberry or watermelon fruity flavoring\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"history\"><b>A Brief History of Snowball in America<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the 1800s, kids in Baltimore have already enjoyed shaved ice treats. They would ask for shavings from ice wagons. When they get home, their mothers will flavor them with egg custard, sugar, and vanilla. Soon, some businesses sold snowball as intermission treats in theaters. It&#8217;s a perfect way to cool since theaters don&#8217;t have air conditions during that time. King Sammie (Samuel Bert from East Dallas) began selling icy treats at the Texas State Fair of 1919. He patented the first ice-crusher. His treat is what is known to be snow cones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the Great Depression, snowballs were served as penny sundaes. They\u2019re an affordable treat to the masses. In the 1930s, two New Orleans native invented the first ice-shavers. They were Ernest Hansen and George Ortolano. These ice-shavers were invented separately. Yet, they simultaneously heightened the popularity of snowballs. There was even a time in Baltimore where some residents complained because of too many stands of a snowball in the area. Since then, snowballs have evolved in different flavors. They have also become a marketable concept and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usedvending.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/11\/most-profitable-food-truck-items\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">profitable menu item<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among food trucks.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"uv-lst\" data-category=\"42\" data-count=\"6\" data-type=\"new\"> <\/div>\n<h2 id=\"best\"><b>5 Best Snowball Trucks in America<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"best1\">Bee Cool Snowballs (Houma, LA)<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brenda Leroux Babin or popularly called \u201cDr. Bee\u201d founded the Bee Cool Snowballs truck in Houma, Louisiana. The truck provides one of the healthiest snowballs in America. It uses non-genetically modified (GMO) sugar, natural colors, and natural flavorings. Bee Cool offers 50 snowball flavors, 16 of which are all-natural. These are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Banana<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cherry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chocolate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coconut<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coffee<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grape<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ice Cream<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orange<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peach<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pina Colada<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pineapple<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pink Lemonade<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raspberry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strawberry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiger&#8217;s Blood<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watermelon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"best2\">Go Melvo Sno-balls (Baltimore, MD)<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 1994, Go Melvo Sno-balls has been serving the Baltimore, Maryland area. This snowball truck was founded by Melvin McMahon. He was inspired to convert an old postal truck into the said business after hearing a springtime hit telling kids that it&#8217;s snowball time. The truck started its journey in South Bethany beach. Go Melvo Sno-balls offers 18 snowball variants:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Banana<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bubble Gum<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cherry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chocolate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egg Custard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grape<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ice Cream<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lemon<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lime<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orange<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pina Colada<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raspberry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rootbeer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spearmint<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strawberry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skylite<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watermelon<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wine Cooler<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fun part: You can also create your preferred mix if you like!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"best3\">Sno Caf\u00e9 (Nashville, TN)<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denise Beintker started the Sno Caf\u00e9 truck together with Sarah and Stacey. When they moved to Nashville, Tennessee, Sarah discovered her obsession for snowballs. And that&#8217;s how the family business began. What&#8217;s good about the Sno Caf\u00e9 snowball truck? You can mix 3, 4 or 5 of these mouthwatering flavors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chai latte<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chocolatey mint<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creamy vanilla orchid<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgia sunset<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ice cream + cake<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Margarita<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orange creamsicle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rainbow<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sour cherry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strawberry lemonade<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toasted coconut<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tres melons<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"best4\">Sno-good Sno-balls (Atlanta, GA)<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spouses, Brad and Leah Smith, both grew up in New Orleans where snowball is a part of its culture. When they moved to Atlanta, they found a scarce market for snowballs in the area. So, they decided to open up the Sno-good Sno-balls in 2015. They initially started in a tent and eventually bought a food truck. This snowballs truck offers 33 regular sno-ball flavors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahama Mama<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blue Bubblegum<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blue Raspberry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bob Marley<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cherry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cotton Candy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dreamsicle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egg Custard<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Famous Pink Lady<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgia Peach<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grape<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Key Lime Pie<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kiwi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mango<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mardi Gras<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pina Colada<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pineapple<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pink Lemonade<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rainbow<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red velvet<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sangria<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sour Apple<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spider-Man<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strawberry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sugar-free Blue Raspberry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sugar-free Strawberry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summer swirl<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiger Blood<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wedding Cake<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are also 3 specialty flavors offered by Sno-good Sno-ball. These are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strawberry Cheesecake<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caramel Apple<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tropical Paradise<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"best5\">Sweet Caroline&#8217;s Snow Shack (Austin, TX)<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spouses, Jeremy and Tara Leo, took over Sweet Caroline\u2019s Snow Shack in 2013. Jeremy single-handedly manages this snowball truck after Tara passed away in 2015. Sweet Caroline&#8217;s Snow Shack was a favorite frozen treat in Austin, Texas. The truck offers more than 50 flavors of New Orlean style snowballs. Among their signature snowballs are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazing Grace\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beary Delicious<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cactus Juice<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eskimo Kiss<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Dance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hawaiian Wedding<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incredible Hulk<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep Austin Weird<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ninja Turtle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pretty in Pink<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Velvet Cupcake<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweet Caroline<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas Two-Step<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wild Weston<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking for the best <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usedvending.com\/used-mobile-food-trucks\/snowball-truck\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">snowball truck<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to start your own business? <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/usedvending.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UsedVending<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers shaved ice and snowball trucks in different sizes. Most are newly refurbished and available at very low prices. Start your colorful snowball business and fascinate the crowd with refreshing icy treats!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discover other mobile food business ideas by checking out our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usedvending.com\/used-mobile-food-trucks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">food trucks for sale here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever spent summer in Louisiana, Maryland, or Mississippi? If you do, you might have tried a unique summer treat. They are called snowballs. Snowballs are made of shaved ice and syrup flavors. They are typically sold during the summer months &#8211; from March to October. 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