{"id":709755,"date":"2018-06-20T15:55:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T15:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=709755"},"modified":"2023-07-03T05:50:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T10:50:31","slug":"sonic-pickle-juice-slush-taste-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/sonic-pickle-juice-slush-taste-test\/","title":{"rendered":"We Ordered the Pickle Juice Slush from Sonic. Here’s What Happened."},"content":{"rendered":"There's just something<\/em> about pickles... I've been crunching them obsessively ever since I was five! That's when my parents took me to Eppes Essen<\/a>, a deli in Livingston, New Jersey, where the deeply green sour pickles were served in briny bottomless metal bowls studded with coriander seeds and peppercorns. (Psst: <\/em>You might be able to recreate the flavor with classic pickle recipes like Grandma used to make<\/a>.)\r\n\r\nSo I was thrilled when pickle-flavored potato chips landed on grocery shelves and was \"pickled\" pink when pickle ice cream became a thing<\/a>. Now Sonic is on the pickle bandwagon with its brand new Snow Cone Slush flavor, Pickle Juice. I had<\/em> to have one!\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n

Finding the Pickle Juice<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nIt's hard to find a Sonic when you live in New York. (Thank goodness for Sonic copycat recipes!<\/a>) But I was lucky enough to be in Chicago for the weekend, where there were two Sonic locations to choose from, and one was only a 7-minute drive from the airport. I could tell the nice man at the register seemed really pleased when I ordered my Pickle Juice slush, so I asked him if I was the first all day. He laughed and said, \"No, ma'am! But you're the first who didn't ask for an add-in.\" (By \"add-in,\" he meant lemon, strawberry, lime or pineapple flavoring, as well as candy add-ins like Popping Candy and Nerds.)\r\n\r\nNope, I'm a pickle purist, I told him, and he promptly went to get my pure Pickle Juice slush order.\r\n

How It Tasted<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nI was surprised that the color wasn't the audacious electric green I was expecting. (To be honest, I was kind of relieved about that, actually.) It was more like the color of a homemade margarita<\/a>. I was also surprised by the scent: pickles! But of course! Why should I have been surprised? I just didn't think it was possible to capture that scent in a slush. But what was most surprising was how the flavor evolved as I drank it.\r\n