Hula Cowgirl Shaved Ice

I had to take a break from blogging, but I'm back! On September 30th, Seven and Nine (yep, we survived birthday season!) had a school fundraiser to Hula Cowgirl Shaved Ice. We decided it was a hot enough day to go support the shaved ice school fundraiser! Supporting the school and eating are two of my favorite activities!

Seven and Nine enjoying Seven's ice cream, my strawberry daiquiri with cream shaved ice, and Nine's coconut shaved ice.

The storefront is tucked away from the road by San Gabriel River, across Austin Ave. from Hat Creek Burger Company, near the Georgetown, Texas town square. I'll have a throwback blog for Hat Creek soon.

Hula Cowgirl is a small shop. It has a contemporary-country feel with a bubble chandelier, a striped accent wall, and wooden and teal metal picnic tables.

The girls were not impressed when I tried to sneak a picture of them and the chandelier.

There is a massive chalkboard with all the flavors listed. On the counter is a "secret list" of flavors that are only published there. In all, there are probably 55 flavors of shaved ice. Part of the counter houses the ice cream. There are 12 flavors of ice cream to choose from, lots of normal flavors, but a few seasonal treats like peach were included in their ice cream offerings.

The massive chalkboard with all the options.

The shaved ice sizes are enormous. My strawberry daiquiri was a small and that was the perfect size for me. Just big enough to get a manageable brain freeze! Nine tried to convince me we should get the large and share as a family. Maybe we'll do that again sometime, but I like the option of different flavors. The bases for the shaved ice cups are small, so we were provided with PVC pipes covered in cute duct tape to help stabilize our frozen treats. I should point out there is a kid size not shown.

More guests pondering their options and helping the school fundraiser.

The lady is nice, but she was the only one working. She was fast, efficient, and patiently explained how to order. I believe most of us coming in that afternoon were first time customers who wanted to help support the school fundraiser.

What sets this place apart from other snow-cone places is that the ice is shaved very fine. It melts in your mouth without any ice chunks. We had the option of adding cream or even ice cream to our shaved ice. I've never had that option before, so I went with the cream. It helped tame the super sweetness; however,the cream didn't reach all the way to the bottom of the cup. There was minimal pooling of extra syrup in the bottom of the cup, but not so much to make me want to pucker up and toss the rest.

Hula Cowgirl Shaved Ice is perfect for a hot summer day! We will be back, especially since autumn didn't get the memo that it should get cooler in October in Texas.