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Root Beer Float Recipe

Name: Hideaway Pizzas Root Beer Float Recipe
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 4 scoops vanilla ice cream; 12 fl oz root beer (chilled); 2 tbs whipped cream (optional); 2 each maraschino cherry (optional); 2 tsp bar spoon chocolate syrup or caramel (optional); 2 each tall chilled glass or soda fountain glass; 2 each long spoon or straw; 1 each scoop or ice cream scoop

Inspired by Hideaway Pizza

Time15m

Serves2

Scoops of vanilla ice cream, filled to the top with root beer.

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Ingredients

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Float assembly

4 scoops vanilla ice cream12 fl oz root beer (chilled)2 tbs whipped cream (optional)2 each maraschino cherry (optional)2 tsp bar spoon chocolate syrup or caramel (optional)

Equipment

2 each tall chilled glass or soda fountain glass2 each long spoon or straw1 each scoop or ice cream scoop

Method

Float assembly

Chill glass (optional)

Place the serving glasses in the freezer for 10–15 minutes before assembly to keep the float colder longer and reduce foam overflow.

Remove the glasses from the freezer. If using, drizzle about 1 teaspoon of chocolate syrup or caramel inside each glass, swirling it up the sides for a decorative stripe.

Place 2 rounded scoops of vanilla ice cream into each chilled glass. Pack gently so the scoops sit just above the rim without compacting.

Hold the glass at a slight angle and slowly pour 6 fl oz (about 3/4 cup) of very cold root beer down the inside of the glass so it runs onto the ice cream. This reduces foaming. Pour in two additions if foam rises: pause, let foam settle (10–20 seconds), then continue until you reach the top.

If the foam starts to overflow, wait for it to subside before topping up. Add more root beer to fill the glass to the rim — total about 12 fl oz per glass including the initial pour — leaving a small head of foam.

Top each float with 1 tablespoon of whipped cream if desired, and finish with a maraschino cherry on top.

Serve immediately with a long spoon and straw so the ice cream can be scooped and sipped together.

Equipment care

Rinse glasses and utensils soon after serving to prevent sticky residue from the root beer and ice cream.