Chilled classic Coca Cola topped with a scoop of creamy vanilla ice cream. This easy coke float is an old fashioned treat that takes only 2 ingredients and 5 minutes to make.

Noun. coke float (plural coke floats) A scoop of ice cream floating in Coke. By extension, a scoop of ice cream or similar dessert floating in cola. By extension, a scoop of something like ice cream floating in a cold liquid drink.

Taste: Vanilla ice cream and Coke combine for a crisp, fresh taste that's loaded with sweet vanilla flavor! This recipe has just the right amount of each so that neither of them overpowers the other, giving you the best-tasting float!

Arby's has had the Coke float for sale in the past and has now put it back on the menu. Meanwhile, the root beer float is an all new addition. While your at-home soda floats might be made with plain vanilla ice cream, at Arby's the soda is combined with the chain's creamy vanilla shake.

In the United States, an "ice cream soda" typically refers to the drink containing soda water, syrup, and ice cream, whereas a "float" is generally ice cream in a soft drink (usually root beer).

Don't get confused by the terms "soda" and "float." They're often used interchangeably. Traditionally, sodas contain syrups and cream, while with a float the ice cream "floats" on top of the soda water.

The 'ice cream soda', as it is known in the US, was believed to have been conjured up by Robert McCay Green in Philadelphia, in 1874. According to the story, Green ran out of the flavoured sodas he was selling, so decided to mix conventional soda with some ice cream borrowed from a neighbour.

Ice cream float

In the United States, an “ice cream soda” typically refers to a drink containing soda water, syrup, and ice cream, whereas a “float” is considered a soft drink, today, commonly root beer, with ice cream in it.

Cherry Coke Float Other lists of Chick-fil-A Secret Menu Items include a root beer float. But here's the problem we discovered - not every Chick-fil-A location serves root beer. Logan decided to order a Cherry Coke Float, and ended up discovering a delicious treat she will most definitely be ordering again.

What Is a McFloat? It's a cold Coke topped with creamy vanilla soft serve.

Unlike with most menu items, almost everybody seems to agree on the origin of the coke float. The 'ice cream soda', as it is known in the US, was believed to have been conjured up by Robert McCay Green in Philadelphia, in 1874.

A Black Cow is simple, really. Just soda (we used Coca-Cola) with vanilla ice cream. You might call it a root beer float or an ice cream soda. In New Zealand and Australia, they call it a Spider, and in the UK, it's known as a coke float. If you make it with 7-Up or Sprite, it turns into a Snow White.

Are you supposed to mix a Coke float? That's up to you. Some people like to let the ice cream melt and then swirl up the soda and ice cream for a milkshake-style drink. Others prefer to drink the soda immediately and then scoop up the ice cream for a treat.

Eat your float slowly, starting with the cold frozen foam on top, scooping ice cream and cola together with your spoon. Use the straw to sip the remainder of creamy cola left in the glass.

Pennsylvania Robert McCay Green invented the first ice cream float in Pennsylvania in 1874. It was during the Franklins Institute's 25 year celebration.