Slurpee

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**Slurpee flavors by brand name**
Brand name	Flavors
Current Flavors
Barq's	Crème, Root Beer
Bawls	SnoBawls
Coca-Cola	Cherry Coke, Coca-Cola Classic, Vanilla Coke
Crystal Light	Lemonade, Lemon Lime, Orange Pineapple Ice, Peach Mango, Raspberry Ice, Strawberry Kiwi, Strawberry Banana, Passionfruit
Dr Pepper	Dr Pepper, Dr Pepper Vanilla
Fanta	Banana, Birch Beer, Blue Cherry, Blue Raspberry, Ginger Ale, Grape, Green Lemon Lime, Green Melon, Kiwi Strawberry, Orange, Orange Cream, Pineapple, Purple Berry Cherry, Mandarine Tangerine, Red Licorice, Super Sour Apple, Super Sour Cherry, Super Sour Watermelon, Vanilla, Watermelon, White Cherry, Wild Cherry, Wild Cherry-Reduced Calorie
Hawaiian Punch	Regular, Green Berry Rush
Master Chill	Bruisin Berry, Sour Green
Mello Yello	Mello Yello
Minute Maid	Blue Cherry, Blue Raspberry, Blueberry, Cherry, Grape, Lemonade, Orange, Passionfruit Orange, Peach, Pineapple, Raspberry Lemonade, Strawberry
Mountain Dew	Mountain Dew, Code Red, Livewire (Orange), Pitch Black (grape), Kryptonite Ice (lime-ish)
Pepsi	Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Blue
Sierra Mist	Sierra Mist, Shrekalicious
Sprite Remix	Tropical
Twizzler	Twizzler
Tropicana	Blue Raspberry Rush
Other flavors	Piña Colada, Grapermelon, Frawg, Honeycomb,Blue Meanie (Australia). Arctic Burst, Gully Washer

In 1967 7-Eleven licensed the frozen carbonated beverage from the ICEE Company, and began selling the product as the Slurpee. 7-Eleven stores, once only found in the United States, are now a worldwide franchise and Slurpees are offered in many, but not all covered countries. Slurpee is a registered trademark of the 7-Eleven corporation.

7-11 currently sources their FCB equipment from supplier FBD and previously from suppliers IMI Cornelius and the Taylor Company.

The Slurpee machine has a dispenser knob for each flavour at the front of the tumbler/freezer, where generally the patron pours their own Slurpee. Common flavors are frozen Coke and cherry, but new flavors are introduced regularly. Slurpees are particularly popular on hot days; July 11, or 7-11 on a calendar is notable as in most locations customers are offered one free 7.11 fl oz (210 mL in the USA, 200 mL in Canada) slurpee. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada holds the record for annual Slurpee consumption, followed by Calgary, Alberta and Detroit, Michigan

In the summer of 2006 7-eleven redesigned their cups to appeal more to young adults and teenagers to compete with the rising energy drink market. New signs and translite banners supported the change with lines such as "Mountain Dew Livewire; Shocking, like your report card"

1 Similar drinks
2 Cultural references
3 Dietary information
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Similar drinks

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma metropolitan area 7-Elevens are operated independent of the international franchise, and do not sell a Slurpee. Instead, they carry a similar product called the Icy Drink[1].

Similar drinks are sold under different names in other countries.

Slush Puppie: Australia, Canada, the UK, USA and The Netherlands
Froster: Canada at Mac's stores and at US CircleK stores
Sloche: Québec
Granizado: Spanish-speaking countries.

Additionally, similar products are marketed by competitors such as the "Arctic Rush" (formerly "Mister Misty") sold by Dairy Queen since 1961.

A Slush Puppie is a non-carbonated mixture of tiny (though bigger than that found in a Slurpee) spherical bits of ice and water which gets concentrated flavored syrups added to the product when it is in its cup.

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The 7-Eleven Slurpee Maker is a battery-operated childrens toy that freezes carbonated drinks around a core chilled by salt and ice. A spinning dasher keeps the consistency slushy, which turns out a passable Slurpee analog.

[edit] Cultural references

Slurpees are sometimes referred to in pop culture references. For example, in The Simpsons television series, Apu sells Squishees which have been the basis for many sub-plots.

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Hip hop DJs DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist collaborated on an turntablism album, Brainfreeze, which incorporated a 7-inch record promoting the Slurpee (entitled "Doin' the Slurp") originally distributed by 7-Eleven stores. Its usage eventually attracted the attention of 7-Eleven, resulting in legal intervention and the set's discontinuance. Its rarity has made it a highly-sought bootleg recording. [2]

In the comic series Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez, the main character Johnny C. enjoys purchasing cherry Brainfreezies (as well as chips and Frooty Pops) from the nearby 24/7.

7-Eleven once had a Pineapple flavored Slurpee to tie in with The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

In the Veggietales video release Josh and the Big Wall, the Jericho pea soldiers throw blue raspberry slurpees in cups, through hoses, and through a cement mixer on the marching Israelites from the walltops.

In November 2006 A Special Edition "Strawberrwii Banana" Slurpee was sold at participating stores with a contest to win a Wii console [3]

[edit] Dietary information

Slurpees are mostly water ice and heavily infused with air; there is less food energy in a Slurpee than in the same volume of a soda of the same name.

They are also generally considered kosher parve, as well as halal. The Diet Pepsi flavor uses sodium caseinate as an anti-freezing agent (sugar is a natural anti-freeze in other flavors) which only gives it the status of kosher dairy. The Piña Colada flavor, however, is not kosher.