Root Beer Float
Quick answer
- Total time
- 15 min
- Level
- Easy
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Ingredients
- 2
About this dish
Vanilla ice cream dropped into cold root beer makes the foam rise fast, then settles into a creamy top layer over still-fizzy soda for a few minutes.
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Ginger beer or regular beer will not taste the same as root beer, and the bottle should be labelled nonalcoholic. Without ice, nothing waters the drink down. A spoon and a straw let you eat the cream and sip the soda separately.
Ingredients
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Instructions
- 1
Chill two mugs of at least 600 ml in the freezer for 10 minutes.
Open the cold soda without shaking it.
- 2
Slowly pour 250 ml root beer down the side of each mug and briefly let the first foam settle.
- 3
Lower 60 g ice cream into each mug from just above the surface.
Let the foam rise without adding more liquid, and serve immediately with a spoon and straw.
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- Root Beer Float at Home
A and W Restaurants · Checked: 2026-09-26
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