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June 20 is National Ice Cream Soda Day, so we thought we would celebrate by coming up with a few recipes and combinations that are delicious. Our drinks were actually a mix between ice cream sodas and Italian sodas.
You really don’t have to add both the cream and the ice cream, but we liked the way the cream blended with the rest of the drink and the scoop of ice cream acted as more of a topping. We love using ice cream to keep these drinks cold instead of ice, because ice tends to melt and make the drinks watery. The cream also has more of a tendency to curdle with the addition of ice.
Baker’s Note: If you want to make your ice cream sodas more like a root beer float, just follow our recipes but assemble them differently. Instead of the way we put them together, fill each cup with ice cream, and then add the liquids around the scoops.
If none of the flavors listed below strike your fancy, try some of the other flavors that we offer. Celebrate on June 20th with these great drinks!
Pomegranate Lime Ice Cream Italian Soda
Makes One Drink
4 Tablespoons Torani Pomegranate Syrup
1 teaspoon lime juice
1 Tablespoon cream
8oz lemon-lime soda (or sparkling water if you like a tart drink)
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
1.For each drink, pour the pomegranate syrup, the lime juice and the cream into the bottom of a cup. Stir until mixed thoroughly.
2.Add in the sparkling water and stir again.
3.Top with a scoop of ice cream.
Baker’s Note: This particular drink tends to be more tart than the rest of them. To balance that out we used lemon-lime soda. However, if you prefer a tart taste use sparkling water.
Peach Ice Cream Italian Soda
Makes One Drink
2 Tablespoons Torani Peach Syrup
1 Tablespoon cream
8oz sparkling water
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
1.For each drink, add the peach syrup and the cream in the bottom of a cup. Stir until mixed thoroughly.
2.Add in the sparkling water and stir again.
3.Top with a scoop of ice cream.
Strawberry Coconut Ice Cream Italian Soda (Tiger’s Blood)
Makes One Drink
2 Tablespoons Torani Strawberry Syrup
1 Tablespoons Torani Coconut Syrup
1 Tablespoon cream
10oz sparkling water
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
1.For each drink, add the strawberry syrup, coconut syrup and the cream in the bottom of a cup. Stir until mixed thoroughly.
2.Add in the sparkling water and stir again.
3.Top with a scoop of ice cream.
Orange Cream Ice Cream Floats
Makes One Drink
1 cup orange juice (no pulp)
8oz sparkling water
3 scoops softened ice cream (or more, to taste)
1. Fill each glass with the ice cream.
2. Pour the orange juice and the sparkling water over the ice cream.
Baker’s Note: It is important that the ice cream is softened for this particular drink. That way, the ice cream can sweeten the orange juice mixture and bring out that orange creamsicle flavor.
Huckleberry Ice Cream Italian Soda
Makes One Drink
2 Tablespoons Torani Huckleberry Syrup
1 Tablespoon cream
8oz sparkling water
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
1.For each drink, add the huckleberry syrup and the cream in the bottom of a cup. Stir until mixed thoroughly.
2.Add in the sparkling water and stir again. Top with a scoop of ice cream.
Author Biography
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<hr class=’system-pagebreak’ />0001pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;”>Casey is a journalist who has experience working in the newspaper industry. She was trained in English and journalism at Brigham Young University-Idaho. She has works in marketing and loves writing about cooking and baking at The Prepared Pantry. Cooking has been a hobby of Casey’s since she was a little girl. She also enjoys cooking for her husband and trying new recipes.
She enjoys food photography and graphic design as she works as the editor of the “Country Home Kitchen“ magazine at The Prepared Pantry.
Casey lives in Rigby, Idaho with her husband, David. Not to mention an energetic but adorable chocolate lab, Copper.
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Dennis lives in Rigby, Idaho, with his wife, Merri Ann. They have five wonderful children.
