Italian Soda is a refreshing and fun drink, that is great for parties because it can be customized with a variety of flavors.
Italian Sodas are so easy to make with only 3 ingredients (plus ice!) and so fun to make at home because you can make them into whatever flavor combinations you like.
How to Make Italian Soda:
All you need to make these is flavored syrups, club soda or soda water, half and half and ice. You will fill your cup first with your choice of syrup, then ice, fill it all the way to the top with club soda, and a dash of half and half. They are best when topped with whipped cream too 😉
You can find the flavored syrups near the alcoholic drink mixer section, or near the coffee in your local grocery store, or you can order them online too.
I had never had an Italian Soda before till a couple years ago at a family reunion. We had over 60 people there and my dad’s brother and his wife organized all the food, they bought the food and let every one else take turns cooking. One of the things that we had for a fun evening treat was Italian Sodas. Can you believe I had never had an Italian Soda before? I had no idea how easy they are to make and such a fun and tasty treat!
If you’ve been to any Italian restaurants (at least in the USA) many of them serve Italian sodas as a delicious specialty drink. They aren’t cheap, but a delicious fun treat that is so fun to get with dinner – but they are so easy and so much cheaper to make at home!
Some of my favorite flavor combinations for Italian cream sodas are:
- strawberry and coconut (tiger’s blood)
- orange and vanilla (creamsicle)
- strawberry and vanilla (strawberries and cream)
- pineapple and coconut (pina colada)
- raspberry and peach
- strawberry and lemon (strawberry lemonade)
- cherry and lime
My favorite flavored syrups are made by Torani. They have a variety of flavors to make any drinks you’d want. Many can be found in the grocery store near alcoholic drink mixers, or you can order them online.
**These italian sodas were originally made in partnership with Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone.
Italian Sodas
Ingredients
- 2 TBS flavored syrups
- Crushed Ice (to fill the glass almost to the top)
- 12 oz club soda
- 1 TBS half and half
Optional Toppings:
- whipped cream
- maraschino cherries
Instructions
- Select your flavored syrups and pour 2 TBS into the bottom of your glass.
- Put crushed ice in your glass and fill the glass almost to the top.
- Pour your club soda over the top of your ice.
- Pour a splash of half and half on top.
- Enjoy!
Claire | Sprinkles and Sprouts says
March 6, 2018 at 6:13 PMOh these sound fabulous!!!
I have never had one! Rather taken with the idea of cherry and lime.
Although the coconut and pineapple sounds good too 😀
Jessica says
March 6, 2018 at 6:05 PMRaspberry and peach would be my flavor combo pick! I think I’ll have a cream soda bar at my next book club meeting.
georgia garry says
February 26, 2016 at 10:09 PMWhere do you get the syrup
Ellen Garrett says
March 8, 2016 at 4:02 PMI know you can purchase the flavored syrups from Amazon but you probably can find them in your local grocery store too.
Sarah says
November 5, 2014 at 6:00 PMAaron LOVES Italian sodas, so we made these tonight (raspberry and vanilla mixed) soooooo good! He was over the moon!
Aimee Berrett says
November 5, 2014 at 7:42 PMI’m so glad you liked them! Raspberry and vanilla sound like an awesome combo!
Thien-Kim says
October 7, 2014 at 9:03 PMLooks so simple! #client
Lauren Allen says
October 3, 2014 at 9:15 AMI’m already a huge 7-up ten fan, so I know I’ll love these! Pinned
Aimee says
October 3, 2014 at 8:10 AMI love Italian sodas Going to have to give this a try. 🙂