There is one thing my children love more than breadsticks when they eat at Italian restaurants, the Italian Cream Sodas. I have plenty of Spaghetti Factory glasses to prove it. The novelty might finally be wearing off now that I have created Homemade Italian Cream Sodas and can make them any day of the week. Homemade Italian Cream Sodas are treats you can wow any child with as long as you have flavored syrups, half and half, and some soda water.
It really is a sin that a drink so fancy sounding and looking is so easy to make. It is sinful.
Homemade Italian Cream Sodas Ingredients
Listen folks you need three simple things for this fancy kiddie cocktail. Three.
- Flavored Syrup or Grenadine - The flavors of the Italian Sodas come from the syrup. It can be simple vanilla or grenadine or you can buy flavored syrups similar to snow-cone syrups. It can also be a creation of flavor combinations with syrups.
- Half and Half - To make a cream soda, you need cream. Half and Half is perfect for this.
- Soda Water - Carbonated water or club soda is ideal since there is sugar in the syrups. But in a pinch you could use lemon-lime soda.
In terms of syrups, there are a bunch of fruit flavored syrup options on Amazon. I also found that snow cone syrups work just as well in these homemade Italian Cream Sodas as they do on snow cones. My kids like the vanilla syrup I have for my coffee and the regular old grenadine most.
How to Make Italian Cream Sodas
Start by filling a tall, thin glass with ice. Pour syrup over top of the ice till a third full. Follow the syrup with club soda and fill leaving room for the cream. About an inch from the top of the glass. Finally, pour the cream over top. If you want to take it up a notch, add some whipped cream to the top.
Put in some bendy straws and call the drinks ready to be sucked down. Trust me, just make two per kid.
Kiddie Cocktails and Mocktails
Homemade Italian Cream Sodas
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Flavored Drink Syrup of your choice
- 1 cup soda water
- 1-2 tablespoons of half and half
- Whipped Cream Optional
Instructions
- Fill a tall, thin glass with ice.
- Pour flavored drink syrup over ice.
- Follow the syrup with the club soda water. Make sure you leave about an inch in the glass for half and half and whipped cream.
- Add the whipped Cream and squirt with whipped cream.
- Stick a straw in it and go wow your kids.
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Holli
do you stir it when you are done or leave the syrup at the bottom? Thank you for your response
Leah Beyer
My kids always stir it with their straws.
Kim Dorr
Do you have any suggestions on how to make in either a pitcher or in a punch bowl? My family is having a Italian themed Christmas lunch. I would prefer that its self serve.
Leah Beyer
I would mix the syrup and club soda together and then let people pour their own cream into the glass. Have a great lunch!
Chris
This works with fireball, Cointreau, or other liquor as the flavoring
Si
I've never had an Italian cream soda so I didn't know what to expect. I just made this using the vanilla syrup I use in my coffee, and OMG were my taste buds delighted. I'm looking forward to trying different flavors.