Snow cone

A snow cone (or snow kone, sno kone, sno-kone, sno cone, or sno-cone) is a ground-up ice dessert commonly served in paper cones or foam cups. This is not to be confused with shaved ice which shaves a thin layer of ice off an ice block instead of grinding or crushing ice. The dessert consists of ice grounds that are topped with flavored sugar syrup.

Depending on the region of North America, the terms snowball, ice cone and snow cone may refer to different things. Where the distinction is made, snowball refers to a dessert made of finely ground ice ("like soft fresh snow"), while a snow cone contains ground-up ice that is coarser and more granular ("crunchy").