Cooking With Kids: Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Sodas

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Make Cooking Fun And Educational: Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Sodas

Fun Facts

Soda jerk (or soda jerker) is an American term used to refer to a person — typically a young man — who would operate the soda fountain in a drugstore, serving soda drinks and ice cream sodas.

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In this video, we create an old fashioned ice cream soda at home. We talk about how they used to serve these at the local lunch counters and drugstores! Encourage learning while creating yum.

Enjoy this delicious treat together!

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Soda Ingredients

• 2 -scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
• 2-tablespoons chocolate syrup (or to taste)
• 1cup carbonated water
• 1-Cherry
• Whip Cream in a can, optional

Root Beer Float Ingredients

• 2 -scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
• Root Beer- slowly pour root beer into the glass, allowing the foam to rise and recede before adding more root beer.
• 1-Cherry
• Whip Cream in a can, optional

KK’s Chocolate Coke Soda

• 2 -scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
• 2-tablespoons chocolate syrup ( or to taste)
• Coke- slowly pour Coke a Cola into the glass, allowing the foam to rise and recede before adding more Coke a Cola.
• 1-Cherry
• Whip Cream in a can, optional