Root Beer Float Jello Recipe • Pint Sized Baker (2024)

FAQs

What ice cream is best for root beer float? ›

Try it with chocolate ice cream, Neapolitan, or some scoops of root beer ice cream. You could also make the float with gelato or vanilla custard.

Tips for Making the Best Root Beer Float:

Pour the root beer in slowly at an angle to reduce fizz and risk of overflow. Use a quality vanilla ice cream, always start with two scoops, but you can do more if you prefer to enjoy your floats with a spoon instead of a straw. Top with whipped cream and a cherry.

Editor's Tip: There's a lot of debate around what goes in the mug first: the root beer or the ice cream. Well, in order to prevent overflowing and get the perfect creamy texture, add the ice cream and then pour over the fizzy root beer.

Also known as a "black cow" or "brown cow", the root beer float is traditionally made with vanilla ice cream and root beer, but it can also be made with other ice cream flavors.

Go for ginger ale, cola or cream soda for an old-school feel or try fizzy lemonade, orangeade or even Irn Bru. Anything goes as long as it's carbonated (you could even try Prosecco or a mix of Champagne and orange juice for a Mimosa style float).

This Root Beer Float recipe is made with root beer and vanilla frozen yogurt. A classic American Summer dessert that's easy to make and creates an amazing mix of flavors!

There are 2 cups in a pint or 4 scoops of ice cream. There are 4 cups/2 pints in a quart so 8 scoops of ice cream. There are 6 cups/3 pints or 12 scoops in 1.5 quarts of ice cream.

It's either (or both!) root beer with chocolate ice cream or coca cola with vanilla ice cream, sometimes with a shot of chocolate syrup.

A pint of ice cream contains four servings, presumably meant to be eaten by four different people or on four separate occasions.

The Boozy Root Beer Float takes everything you love about the original—namely the ice cream and root beer—and upgrades it with a pour of rum. The result is a perfect antidote to a hot summer day.

Does ice cream go first in a root beer float? ›

Try making your root beer floats by first filling clear plastic cold cups a little more than half with soda. Then scooping in your desired amount of ice cream and topping it with a lid. Finish by adding the last little bit of soda to fill the cup.

Crush Orange and French Vanilla. Or creme soda and French Vanilla! Malta & vanilla or chocolate ice cream is the superior float.

Pro tip: If you prefer your Root Beer Float with less foam, slightly tilt your glass while slowly pouring in your root beer. Just like beer, this will prevent a "head" full of bubbles from forming at the top of your glass.

The root beer helps to free air bubbles trapped in the ice cream. The fat in the ice cream coats the bubbles, protecting them and allowing them to expand to create the foam you see on root beer floats.”

It's either (or both!) root beer with chocolate ice cream or coca cola with vanilla ice cream, sometimes with a shot of chocolate syrup.

this is good ice cream, although any vanilla ice cream will do.

Something about the fizziness of the soda combined with the creaminess of the ice cream, all wrapped up in the rich vanilla and the distinct flavor of the root beer, just makes for such a tasty drink.

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