This is probably the most important question you’ll answer all month — which slush beverage is superior, Icees or Slurpees? I had this argument with a friend yesterday and we almost ended up in a fist fight. I love Icees. I prefer the texture and flavor of them over Slurpees. In my mind it’s not even close. That said, everyone is entitle to their own opinion (even if it’s completely wrong). What say you?
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Italian Ice, FTW!!!!
Man Riches Slush on the east coast is the only…slusher(?) getting money out here.
Definitely an Icee.
I love the Coke ICEEs. I don't know that I have ever had a Slurpee or even where you would get one…. I googled it and it is apparently a 7-Eleven thing, but we don't have 7-Elevens in our town anymore, the closest one is 30 miles away.
@SlickyFats Your town doesn't need 7-Elevens. It has hamburgers that use grilled cheese as the bread. Ha!
I'm sorry, but here in Memphis you can get a snow cone with out having to drive far from your house. ICEEs and Slushies don't sell well here because of our superior snow cones :P
@Ray
In that case you need to add "drive thru daiquiri shop" to the poll. We have those. They don't put the straw in the lid for you, so it isn't an open container. Neat huh?
Cherry Icee all the way!!!!
@RRODisHere Absolutely!
@smartguy That's brilliant! I'll definitely have to go to one next time I'm in town.
@ Smartguy
Every time we go back to Gretna, We get daiquiri's and a Shrimp Po-boy from Peter's. The food is worth staying by it self.
@Iceman
7-11 are extinct in Memphis along with slushies. I don't think I've ever seen a Slushy. We do have ICEE machines in most of the gas stations, but I don't think I've ever seen or heard of many people actually buying one. (can count on one hand) Why buy an ICEE when you can get a snow cone from a man selling them out of his truck for $1?
@ Tokz;
Yeah, I know. And if we're talking frozen treats, my preference would go towards gelato; a superior form of ice cream with concentrated deliciousness and overall oral orgasmic opulence. Who's that guy in your Gravatar pic, by the way?
@ Sandrock;
I think we have that same guy selling snow cones out of the back of his truck down here, too. Snow cones down here suck. They melt as soon as your tongue gets close to them and you're left with a paper cone-shaped cup of nasty, watered-down, blackened, puddle of cherry syrup reminiscent of what comes out of a woman once a month.
… or so I'm told.
-M
For those of you keeping score; Yes. That was a menstrual AND snow cone reference in the same sentence. Top that, Daniel Tosh!
@Iceman
Ha We don't have to heat the fudge to make chocolate dipped ice-cream in Memphis. If you don't get a brain freeze eating your snow cone, you're not eating it fast enough.
@iceman
good call on gelato! My gravatar is michael phelps.
I swear I must live in a parallel dimension from you people with only the internet linking our two words. I can’t believe that I am the ONLY person on this site that acknowledges the superiority of both marshmallow peeps and Slurpee(ies?). A Slurpee is vastly superior to an Icee, and yes, they have both down here. In fact, I can actually scientifically prove that a Slurpee is superior within my own little microcosm. I present to you the following facts:
Our company oversees over 100 gas stations as well as supplies about 200 other independent service stations. At one point, we had a contract with a local vendor that supplied the Icee machines to a few of our stores in a few different neighborhoods. Within a few months we asked that vendor to come in and remove the machines because they were not turning a profit. For the first two months, we had a promotional price of damn near cost as an incentive to get customers to buy the product. We sold less than 30 units per day… and this was in the hot-as-balls South Florida sun. To quote our Vice President of Marketing: “…forget it. If it isn’t a Slurpee, it won’t sell. 7-11 has that market cornered and that’s the only thing people buy. They think it (Icee) is just a cheap Slurpee knock-off.” And I can attest to that. Icee is almost extinct as the dinosaurs down here while there are dozens of 7-11’s scattered throughout the city, each with an average of five or more flavors.
There you go. Actual market proof that Slurpee is better than Icee (at least down here, where our motto is “Cold as Hell”, because we’re sure hell can’t be any hotter than it already is).
-M
@iceman
I don’t think anyone is knocking which one is better marketing wise or money wise but i think in taste. Every time i go to a movie theater here the Icee machine is not working or it’s blinking. I don’t want an Icee if i see that light blinking no matter what the clerk says. Also, if i had to go with a frozen treat Italian Ices are for me.
Pfft… you are all crazy.
Slush Puppies FTW!
Icee all the way
Me no likey the brain freeze.