Description
Make this easy, festive ice cream float perfect for Valentine’s Day celebrations, featuring red and pink colors.
Ingredients
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- 1 cup lemon-lime soda, chilled
- 1/2 cup cherry-flavored soda or ginger ale
- 2 scoops raspberry sherbet or vanilla ice cream
- 1/4 cup grenadine syrup
- Maraschino cherries for garnish
- Optional: Pink or red heart-shaped sprinkles
Instructions
- Chill your serving glasses before starting.
- Pour 1/2 cup of the lemon-lime soda into each glass.
- Add one scoop of raspberry sherbet or vanilla ice cream into each glass.
- Slowly pour the cherry-flavored soda or ginger ale over the sherbet, allowing it to foam slightly.
- Drizzle 2 tablespoons of grenadine syrup over the top of the foam in each glass.
- Top with a maraschino cherry and add heart sprinkles if you are using them.
- Serve immediately with a straw and long spoon.
Notes
- For a deeper red color, substitute the lemon-lime soda with cranberry-lime seltzer.
- You can use vanilla ice cream and add a few drops of red food coloring to the soda for a pink hue.
- This recipe is non-alcoholic; for an adult version, add 1 ounce of white rum or vodka per serving before adding the soda.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Category: Dessert Drink
- Method: Assembly
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 float
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 55
- Sodium: 50
- Fat: 3
- Saturated Fat: 2
- Unsaturated Fat: 1
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 58
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 10