The best recipe for sangria granita snow cones, served in mini snow cone cups to add extra charm! The recipe is made with orange juice, pomegranate juice, sugar, water, wine and fall spices to give it the most delicious fall flavor!
If you all remember my Black Sangria last year, this is another recipe using Apothic Dark. Technically it’s frozen sangria. However, I really like snow cones and snow cone cups too, so we gave this recipe a fun twist.
In addition to loving it myself, I had several people test this recipe and everyone gave it a big thumbs up and requested more!
In other words, it’s super easy to make ahead of time and uses fall ingredients like pomegranate juice, cinnamon, orange and blackberries.
What is Granita?
A semi frozen Italian dessert made with sugar, water and different flavors. It originated from Sicily and now is served in different forms and textures.
Granita can also be called shaved ice.
What is Sangria?
Sangria is a cocktail made with wine and chopped fruit. There are several versions and flavors to use when making sangria. Its traditionally made in Spain. However, it’s popular in many parts of the world now.
How to Make Sangria Granita
Ingredients
- Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
- Pomegranate Juice
- Sugar
- Fresh Blackberries
- Cinnamon Sticks
- Full Bodied Wine – We used Apothic Dark.
- Water
Directions
- Melt sugar and water in a large pot.
- Add in the juices, blackberries and cinnamon sticks and bring it to a light simmer to let the ingredients infuse.
- Next, remove the blackberries, pour in the wine and simmer again.
- Remove the cinnamon sticks.
- Pour into a deep container, such as a metal loaf pan.
- Freeze overnight.
- Use a fork to shave the sangria and serve in mini snow cone cups.
Granita Flavor Variations
Granita is an easy Italian dessert that can be made in so many different flavors! Here are a few of our favorites:
- Strawberry Granita
- Coffee Granita
- Watermelon Granita
- Almond Granita
- Lemon Granita
- Grapefruit Granita (we have a great recipe for this!)
- Cherry Granita
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Sangria Granita Snow Cones
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
- 1/2 cup pomegranate juice
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 10 fresh blackberries
- 2 cinnamon sticks , more for garnishing
- 2 cups full bodied red wine, Apothic Dark is what we used for this recipe
Instructions
- In a large pot, combine the sugar and water and heat on low until melted.
- Add in the pomegranate juice, orange juice blackberries and cinnamon sticks. Bring to a slight boil, then simmer on low for 15 mins. Let all of the ingredients infuse together until the blackberries lose their color.
- Remove the blackberries, pour in the wine and simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Remove the cinnamon sticks.
- Pour into a deep container, such as a metal loaf pan.
- Freeze overnight.
- Use a fork to shave the sangria.
Nutrition
Serve the snow cones in a snow cone paper cup! Buy them here and add in a cinnamon stick to garnish!
Well isn’t that the most elegant dessert ever ever. I just bought a snow machine from http://www.realhawaiianice.com and I thought I’d impress my friends with some slushy lemon drops or something but ohhhh noooo I’m making this. Way classier!
Haha! Thanks Nadia!! A slushy lemon drop sounds PERFECT!! Wonderful idea!!!
What are the actual directions for this recipe?
Ah! Thank you for letting us know! Fixed now, they didn’t go through with the new site design. Sorry about that!