Best Vanilla Cream Soda Recipes

VANILLA CREAM SODA

Steps:

• Combine the sugar with 3/4 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer; stir until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla and lemon juice. Refrigerate until cold.
• Serve the syrup with seltzer over ice (3 to 4 tablespoons per 8 ounces of seltzer.) The syrup keeps refrigerated in an airtight container up to 2 weeks.

VANILLA ITALIAN CREAM SODA

Steps:

• Place ice cubes into a glass; pour club soda over. Pour vanilla syrup on top, followed by half-and-half. Stir and serve.

VANILLA ICE CREAM GRAPE SODA

Steps:

• Place the vanilla ice cream in a tall glass.
• Fill the glasses up with the grape soda.
• Stir if needed.

CHERRY-VANILLA CREAM SODA

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup water and the sugar.
• Add the vanilla bean.
• Boil over medium heat for 2 minutes or until the mixture has reduced to a thin syrup.
• Remove the vanilla bean; rinse in hot water; set aside to air-dry and reserve for another use.
• Allow the syrup to cool.
• Stir in the vanilla and almond extracts and the cherry juice.
• Pour 2 tablespoons of the cherry-vanilla syrup over ice cubes in a tall glass and fill with soda water; stir to combine.
• Serve with a silly straw.

CHERRY-VANILLA CREAM SODA

Steps:

• 1. Read more: http://www.grandparents.com/gp/content/food/recipes/article/cherry-vanilla-cream-soda.
• 2. In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup water and the sugar. Add the vanilla bean. Boil over medium heat for 2 minutes or until the mixture is reduced to a thin syrup. 2. Remove the vanilla bean. Rinse in hot water. Set aside to air-dry and save for another use. 3. Allow the syrup to cool. Stir in the vanilla and almond extracts and the cherry juice. 4. Pour 2 tablespoons of the cherry-vanilla syrup over ice cubes in a tall glass and fill with soda water. Stir to combine. Serve with a silly straw. Yield: Serves 8 **Note: "Look for cherry juice in the natural foods section of the market if it is not in the juice aisle. If you can't find cherry juice in your market, substitute a few drops of grenadine." The cream soda pop bottled on the Mississippi Gulf Coast was a bright ruby red, writes Martha Hall Foose in her book, Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook (Clarkson Potter, 2008). This dazzling drink came in bottles that were faceted on the sides like cut gems, with blue and white painted script that glowed when the bottles were turned upside down and their contents gulped down in the sunshine. A shot of cherry juice adds the bright color to this rendition of that Mississippi summertime childhood favorite.

VANILLA BEAN CREAM SODA

Steps:

• Combine 1 cup of water with the sugar in a medium saucepan. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean and add . Boil over medium-high heat, until the sugar dissolves. Let syrup cool before stirring in the vanilla extract. In a large pitcher or bowl, combine with soda water, stirring gently to combine.
• *Cherry-Cream Soda: Add 1 packet of cherry kool-aid and 1/2 teaspoons almond extract for a beautiful, bright red soda/.