TikTok Recipe: How to Make an Orange Juice Slushie

Co-authored by A.J. Aldana and Hannah Madden

Orange juice is refreshing, but sometimes on a hot day, you’d rather have a frozen slushie to drink. The tangy sweetness of orange juice combined with the icy chill of a slushie can cool you down and satisfy your sweet tooth. With this TikTok hack, you can use a few plastic bags, some ice, and some salt to create a deliciously cold slushie in just 10 minutes! You can even try it with other kinds of juice to make a hot day just a little chillier.

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Prepping the Juice

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Pour about 2 cups (470 mL) of orange juice in a plastic bag. Grab your favorite orange juice and pour about 2 cups (470 mL) of it into a small plastic bag with a seal on top. Seal the top of the bag up tight so that juice can’t spill out of it as you make your slushie.
- The more orange juice your pour, the more slushie you’ll have. If you’re making slushies for multiple people, try adding more orange juice. If it’s just for you, add a little less.
- For an added twist, try combining the orange juice with pineapple or guava juice for a more tropical taste.^{[1]
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- You’re going to need to fit your first bag inside of another one, so choose one that’s about sandwich-sized.
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Place the bag inside of another plastic bag. Open up a gallon-sized plastic bag. Carefully slide your bag full of orange juice into the second bag, being careful not to spill any juice.
- If you do spill some, double-check the seal on the first bag to make sure it’s really closed.
- You can also replace the gallon-sized bag with a Tupperware that can fit the small plastic bag and some additional ice around it.^{[2]
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Fill the second, gallon-sized bag up with ice. Take as much ice as you can and carefully pour it into the second plastic bag. Make sure the ice completely surrounds the bag full of orange juice so it can all get cold.
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Shake a hefty amount of salt into the bag. Pick up a shaker full of rock salt or table salt and shake it for about 5 seconds into the bag. Make sure the salt covers the ice inside the bag to make your orange juice super cold!
- Salt lowers the melting point of the ice so it has to pull in heat from its surroundings, making whatever it touches super cold.

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Creating the Slushie

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Seal up the second bag and make sure it’s airtight. Press in on the seal at the top of the bag and double-check to see that it’s closed. If it isn’t, you could spill your slushie before you even make it, so press down on the seal really hard!
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Wrap the bags in a towel. Pick up the bag and set it in the center of a kitchen towel. Bring the 4 corners of the towel together on top of the bag to cover it up and protect your hands from the cold.
- Alternatively, you can use oven mitts instead of a towel to protect your hands from the cold.^{[3]
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Shake the bags for about 10 minutes. Pick up the bag with both hands and lift it up to chest height. Set a timer on your phone for 10 minutes, then shake the bag back and forth vigorously the entire time. You might be able to hear the orange juice stop sloshing around as it turns into a slushie!
- Try to keep shaking the bag for the full 10 minutes so the orange juice has a chance to fully cool down. If it doesn’t, it could be too liquidy at the end.
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Pour your orange juice slushie into a cup and drink up. Set the bags down and open up the large bag. Take the smaller bag out of it and open up the seal, then pour your slushie into a cup or a mug. Grab a straw or a plastic umbrella to decorate your drink, then enjoy your slushie!
- You can use this hack to make a slushie out of any kind of juice.
- You can pour the ice and salt out in your sink to let it melt down the drain.

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Can I still make this slushie without orange juice?

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Yes, you can replace the OJ with any juice you like! I recommend trying pineapple juice, grape juice, or fruit punch. You can also combine juices if you want to get really creative.
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Which type of salt works best in this recipe?

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Any type of salt should be fine but rock salt is preferred. Make sure to add enough salt!
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Is there a way to shake the towel-plastic bag package without tiring out your arms?

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Take turns with a partner (shake for 5 minutes, they rest, they shake for 5 minutes, you rest etc.).