Soda Floats: Four Different Ways

Curly-haired-boy and I love to drink root beer floats together. They are delicious, we agree that they are delicious, and we usually keep a couple of beer mugs in the freezer so that the glasses will be nice & frosty when we decide to partake in a couple. Something about adding root beer to a couple scoops of ice cream makes it feel ‘special’.

So for his birthday party last weekend I was trying to decide on something relatively easy and fun to serve 20 odd people for dessert. (I’m not the best baker.) Then I thought ‘soda floats’! We purchased four cartons of ice cream and five kinds of soda, a big stack of mason jars & straws and then let people go to town.

Sodas

  • Grape
  • Creme Soda
  • Orange
  • Jones Fufu Berry
  • Root Beer (naturally)

Ice Creams (We avoided anything with chunks in it)

  • Vanilla Ice Cream (Obviously)
  • Original Tart Fro-yo (Ours is from Menchies, but every fro-yo place I’ve been too has a similar flavor)
  • Peach Fro-yo (Kroger variety, we are big spenders!)
  • Chocolate Ice Cream

Some fan favorites:

  • Grape Soda + Vanilla Ice Cream
  • Jones Soda Fufu Berry + ‘Original Tart’ fro-yo
  • Orange Soda + Peach Fro-yo
  • Creme Soda + Chocolate Ice Cream

Curly-haired-boy & I tried all of these combos and agreed that the orange + peach and the creme soda + chocolate were the best tasting. I’m also big fan of the Fufu berry + Original tart, but Curly-haired-boy isn’t a big fan of either or those things, and the two mixed together didn’t make them taste better.

Other combos I haven’t tried yet but probably will with all the left overs!

  • Grape Soda + Peach & Vanilla ice creams
  • Orange Soda + Chocolate Ice Cream
  • Grape + Original Tart
  • Creme Soda + Vanilla & Chocolate Ice Creams
  • Orange Soda + Original Tart

Warning: Do not attempt to consume four soda floats very quickly in order to taste all the combinations before they melt. An ice cream headache will occur.

  • http://shybiker.blogspot.com/ Shybiker

    How cool! I love how creative you are.

  • http://tinfoilstiaras.blogspot.com/ Tinfoil Tiaras

    This is such a fun idea! I used to love floats as a kid and making ‘swamp water by mixing different pops together! (p.s. on your blogger profile it redirects to perpetual student’s wife blog under ‘my blog’ strange…)

  • http://theblogofworldlydelights.blogspot.com/ laura

    whoa whoa whoa! This is a fabulous idea! I was totes betting that the chocolate creme would be the bestest one. Now I simply MUST TRY IT.

  • http://porcelain-complexion.blogspot.co.nz/ Porcelain Complexion

    Oh no, ice cream headaches are the worst!

    We call them Spider’s here :) (I have no idea why!)

  • http://chroniclesofagingergirl.blogspot.com/ Nikki || The Ginger Diaries

    oooh, brain freezes are so annoying, haha! And I never really had one of these ‘floats’! Now I finally know how to make one, I MUST try this at home! x

  • http://29skirts.blogspot.com Heather Davis

    What a great idea, and the floats look so festive! I really want to try this sometime.

  • http://delayedmissives.com/ Alex Elizabeth

    Mason jars! I love how you served these. The matching straws are genius!

  • Marie_McGrath

    Uuuhh these look delish Loren! Its been YEARS since I have a soda float, but this yummy flavor combos make me wanna try ;)

    http://www.thejoyoffashion.blogspot.com

  • http://iamchiconthecheap.com/ Lyddiegal

    that sounds like such a fun alternative to an ice cream bar, and very unique. I hope all your guests loved it!

  • http://14shadesofgrey.wordpress.com/ Salazar

    Yum! I don’t even drink soda, but I would totally drink these.

  • http://www.takeonlymemories.com Vanessa, Take only Memories

    Wow, these are crazy looking! I quite wanna try them.

  • http://www.othersideofgray.blogspot.com/ Annie

    This is SUCH a cute idea Loren! And they look delish :)

    Annie
    The Other Side of Gray

  • http://www.ofcorgisandcocktails.com/ Katherine McAdoo

    those look delicious! i’m a big fan of pink cows myself – i wanna try red creme soda with the tart froyo!

  • http://justtakeabow.blogspot.com/ Sarah

    Delicious dessert escapades! I’ve tried a few other combinations myself–I tend to go for sorbet over ice cream, usually. I think one of my old staples used to be ginger ale and raspberry or cherry sorbet. (:

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  • http://mythriftycloset.blogspot.com/ my thrifty closet

    This is awesome…great dessert idea for a big group of guests…quick and easy too. The colors look fabulous and i like it that you serve them in jam jars. With matching straws too…how cute! I am sure your guy’s party was a blast…lucky guy to have a creative girl friend

    mongs
    mythriftycloset.blogspot.com

  • http://mythriftycloset.blogspot.com/ my thrifty closet

    Hey Loren is everything ok….miss your blog posts…:-)