Icee Identification

Icee or Slurpee?

Icees are not Slurpees. Slurpees are not Icees. Don't be led astray; use these useful tips to be sure you're gettting the real thing.

• Patronize Kmart stores, where only geniune Icees are sold. Icees are most fully enjoyed while one is racing to blue light specials anyway.
• Shun 7-11 stores. Those frozen-poseurs in 7-11 cups? Those are Slurpees. Yes, they come in more flavors and yes, you get to make your own, but your integrity is far more valuable than the fleeting thrill of dispensing your own frozen beverage. Isn't it?
• Look for the Icee Bear. This is the most important rule to remember. The Icee Bear has been helping Icee lovers identify their favorite frozen beverage since time immemorial. He appears on the cup of every genuine Icee. If you have any doubts about what you're drinking, think of this useful poem, which was found lovingly embroidered on a sampler circa 1820: Take a page from my book: ere you drink, take a look
  For a bear on the cup that you've bought.
  If the bear isn't there, it's unfair to declare
  That you're drinking an Icee; you're not!