Copycat Snap E Tom Recipe

Snap E Tom was a delicious tomato and chile juice drink that you can’t get anymore. Which is a bummer because it’s the key ingredient to may favorite tortilla soup recipe!

But I figured out how to create a copycat, homemade Snap E Tom recipe that makes my soup taste just like it’s supposed to! But it also makes a great cocktail mixer. YUM!

Snap E Tom (said “snappy) is a tomato juice drink, similar to V8. It had a kick of chiles making it flavorful but not super spicy.

And I can’t find where to buy it anymore. Well, I did find an alternative brand but I’ve never tasted it and I can’t vouch for it.

For a long time, you could only find it at a few stores and my mom and I would stock up on it so that we could make this soup all winter long.

But, alas, it’s finally gone. I can’t find it anywhere. And all my back stock is expired.

Which meant I had to figure out how to get a similar flavor. Because I’m not going to stop making the soup.

There are a handful of recipes on the internet for making a substitute.

But I came up with a trick that is easy and doesn’t make you create one whole recipe before even starting the soup.

How to make homemade Snap E Tom

Scroll down to the end of the post for a printable recipe card with full measurements and more detailed instructions.

Ingredients

• V8
• Diced green chiles

Since the base of Snap E Tom is tomato juice, it made sense to start there.

While I am not a huge fan of tomato juice, I knew that V8 is popular and would be similar.

I know they make a bunch of varieties but I think the basic is best.

To get that chile flavor, I decided to use the juice and some chiles from a can of diced green chiles.

I don’t have a can of Snap E Tom to do a side by side comparison, but it absolutely works to get the taste I want.

Instructions

To a small bowl or jar, add the V8 juice.

V8 comes in different sizes so get whatever size is available to get to about 11 ounces or 1 1/2 cups.

I used 2 (5.5 ounce) V8 cans.

Open a can of diced green chile and save the lid. I get the mild version since my family doesn’t love spicy.

They are also fire-roasted which adds to the flavor and makes it the perfect hack.

Squeeze the juice from the 4 ounce can into the tomato juice.

You don’t have to get crazy and get every last drop. Just get what you can.

Add a spoonful of the diced chiles to the jar/bowl.

Because there is another green chile salsa in the soup recipe that I use this Snap E Tom subtitute in, I’m not worried about the chunks form these chiles.

If you like your soups extra smooth, you could absolutely run this through a blender quickly.

Give it a quick stir.

And that’s it!

It’s quick and easy and tastes as close to Snap E Tom as you can get.

It’s a quick way to make my favorite Tortilla Soup taste amazing for very little effort.

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