Tiger's blood
Dessert flavor combining strawberry, watermelon, and coconut
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Tiger's blood or tiger blood is a flavor of shave ice,[1] snow cones,[2] and other products.[3]
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a tiger's blood ice | |
| Alternative names | tiger blood |
|---|---|
| Type | flavor |
| Course | dessert |
| Associated cuisine | American cuisine |
| Main ingredients | strawberry, watermelon, and coconut |
Contrary to the flavor's name, it does not contain blood or anything from tigers.[2][1] The flavor is a combination of strawberry, watermelon, and a smaller amount of coconut,[1][2] though some syrup makers have slightly different recipes and add other flavors like cherry.[4]
Though the flavor is strongly associated with Hawaiʻi, some think it originated in Texas in the 1980s.[4] However, ads from the area at the time make clear the connection to Hawaiʻi,[5] and the flavor was still considered exotic in Texas into the next decade.[6] Also in the mid 1980's tiger blood was appearing in Utah and South Carolina along with imaginative flavors like "rock & roll" and "popeye".[7][8] In 1977 the flavor was in Missouri at a New Orleans-style shave-ice shop.[9]