'Snow-bama': An ice cream for Obama

US President Barack Obama took his daughters for a Hawaiian ice cream treat on New Year's day, ordering the 'Snow-bama', a combination named after him.

Obama and 20 people took a motorcade on Friday to a shave ice stand and asked for a pile of ice shavings flavoured with lemon-lime, cherry and passion-guava syrups, which the store calls the 'Snow-bama'. (AFP Image)

Obama has shave ice with his daughter Malia Obama (second from right), and other family friends at Island Snow in Kailua, Hawaii. (AP Image)

US President Barack Obama looks over his sunglasses at the menu of shave ice at Island Snow, in Hawaii. The Obamas are in Hawaii for the holidays. (AP Image)

About 100 people packed into a shopping centre car park to catch a glimpse of the vacationing US President and his daughters. (AFP Image)

President Barack Obama laughs as he gets shave ice for his children and family friends at Island Snow in Kailua, Hawaii. (AP Image)

US President Barack Obama reads his order of shave ice from a piece of paper at Island Snow store in Kailua, Hawaii. The First Family is on vacation in Hawaii. (AFP Image)

The store, Island Snow, said on its Facebook page that the first daughters had already visited the store during their holiday. (AP Image)