Crushed ice

While having a blender is a great aid in the kitchen, sometimes they break down or don’t do as good a job as you wanted, especially when it comes to crushing ice. Crushed ice cools drinks more quickly, may be part of a cocktail or you may need it for keeping a buffet platter cool.

Left: large cubes of soft ice; right: large cubes of hard ice.

Here's a way to get perfectly crushed ice for cocktails every time.

Tiny pockets of air make for fluffier ice

You finally found a delicious recipe to make your most favorite bar cocktail at home, but checking you see it’s served with crushed ice.

We chugged chilled beverages to bring you our favorite coolers for every situation.

Amanda shows us a little bit of toughness to make crushed ice for your cocktails.

Did you know you can buy a bag of Sonic Ice? When you order just request a bag of Ice and for 2.19 (prices could vary) they'll hand you a bag full of the amazing crushed ice. Perfect for parties or the freezer without a working icemaker :)

Sonic's crushed ice ........<3............could chomp the whole bag!!!

They just are.