Fire and Ice pickles. Making fire and ice pickles from dill pickles is simple and quick. Make sure to discard the original pickle brine that your pickles come with. It's important to know that the sugar and spices you add will mix with the pickles to form a new liquid.

Fire and Ice Pickles are DELICIOUS and easy to make. They are sweet, spicy, and sour. Now these are NOT your typical sweet pickle. You can cook Fire and Ice pickles using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Fire and Ice pickles

You need 32 oz of whole dill pickles (NOT KOSHER DILL).
It's 2 cup of sugar.
It's 2 tbsp of any hot sauce.
It's 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes.
Prepare 2 clove of garlic.
It's 1 of onion (optional).

My Grandmother would not touch these pickles. She liked her sweet pickles simply sweet. Fire and Ice Pickles are not a true pickling recipe, so no scoffing at me okay y'all? It's just a yummy way to dress up a jar of plain ole, cheapo, boring sour dills into a pickle that has fire and ice flavor, with a combination we southerners seem to be endeared to - sweet and spicy.

Fire and Ice pickles step by step

Drain pickles.
Cut pickles (if not presliced) into 1/4 inch slices.
In a large bowl, mix pickle slices with all other ingredients.
Stir well!.
Cover bowl and let stand for 2 hours.
Stir occasionally.
Pour mixture into jar (can be original jar).
Cover and refrigerate for at least one week before eating for best flavor.

One of my favorite recipes -- Fire and Ice Pickles. These pickles are a great side dish or snack with your favorite sandwich. Put them out for a tail gate. *Fire and Ice Roasted Pickled Beetroot*. These are a delicious mix of sweet, sour and hot. You can control the heat by the amount of chili flakes you add.