MAM'S House of Ice Snoballs

Paige and I first tried Mam's Snoballs about a month ago. I personally had heard of Mam's Snoballs before, but had never made any effort to go out of my way from the center of Houston to the Height's area which MAM's is typically parked. For those who don't know, Mam's works like a food truck, but is really just a small kitchen in the shape of a small cottage that is attached to a larger vehicle in order to be transported around.

The transportation of MAM'S really isn't the most important aspect though. What is important, are the SNOBALLS!!!! Our school's field hockey team somehow convinced MAM'S to park in the lot next to one of their games as an attempt to garner a larger crowd and more support. Well.... it convinced me to go, and I convinced Paige to come along with me!

When Paige and I first approached the "House of Ice," we were both incredibly overwhelmed with all of the choices that MAM'S provided. Below is their menu that they have online and as you can see there are TONS of options!

MAM'S House of Ice's Menu

One thing that is not included on the online menu, is their natural flavor. As the name shows, this particular syrup is all-natural and doesn't include any chemicals or toxins, which I think is AWESOME. The natural flavor changes day by day and usually depends on what is in season.

My Snoball mixture of Tiger's Blood and Natural Flavors and Paige's mixture of Natural Flavors and Grape.

So, of course, Paige and I both went with the natural flavor. My order consisted of a Large Snoball with half natural flavor and half Tiger's Blood. I'm honestly not sure what the mixture was that made up Tiger's Blood, but I believe it was a mixture of Cherry and Strawberry? I'm not a reliable source for saying what the Tiger's Blood really is, but what I do know is that it was GOOOOD.

Most of the criticism I've heard about MAM'S are arguments over paying so much money for ice and syrup, when you can make your own snow cones at home or buy them for much less somewhere else. What people don't know is that these particular snow cones are not like the carnival "snow cones" that we are so used to. These snow cones are "New Orleans Style" shaved ice and this process creates a much lighter and fluffier, and SNOW LIKE kind of ice. Because the ice is much lighter and fluffier, it is able to actually soak up the syrup, rather than having the syrup fall to the bottom of the cup immediately.

All in all, the MAM'S experience was in my opinion fantastic, and since then I have continued to have cravings for more snoballs!! Unfortunately, Mam's is closed until March of 2013 as they don't make enough profit during the winter to continue their business. However, as soon as they come back, I suggest everyone go to try Mam's! Something I just recently learned is that they actually do home deliveries if you order 24 hours in advance, live in the Houston area, and buy at least one large 16 oz snow cone.

If you want to find more information about Mam's check out their website at http://www.mamshouseofice.com/

One last thing... I really don't suggest the condensed milk! It tastes weird with the ice and just isn't worth the extra cash spent! Unless you are a huge fan of condensed milk... just don't do it. And I'm hoping there really aren't major condensed milk fans out there....

Anyway, I highly suggest Mam's to everyone, especially on the hot and humid Houston days! It's a perfect cooling treat that also does not have that many calories, and helps hydrate you!!!!!

Hope this first blog post is helpful! Keep checking back for another one.

Until then,

Brigid