Homemade Cream Soda
Homemade Cream Soda is a super simple, nostalgic soda recipe that's easy to make at home and is so refreshing on warm summer days. Once you know how to make your own soda pop, you'll never go back to store bought.
Servings: 5 servings
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 Tbsp vanilla extract Note: the quality of your extract will make a difference, so look for pure vanilla extract, and avoid artificial flavorings.
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- plain soda water, for mixing.
Instructions
- Heat the sugar and the water in a saucepan until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Remove the syrup from the heat, and stir in the vanilla extract and the lemon juice. Let the syrup cool and then store in the refrigerator.
- Mix 1 1/2 to 2 ounces of the syrup into 8 ounces of soda water. Or, you can make a big batch of cream soda at once, using the same ratio of syrup to soda water.
Notes
- As written this recipe approximates the sugar content of commercial sodas, but feel free to experiment with using less. You can use honey, agave, or the artificial sweetener of your choice, too.
Nutrition
Calories: 131 kcal · Carbohydrates: 31 g · Protein: 1 g · Fat: 1 g · Sodium: 3 mg · Potassium: 9 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 31 g · Vitamin A: 1 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 2 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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