These super easy homemade Italian Cream Sodas are the perfect chilly sweet treat for those special celebrations like birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations. They are so beautiful, easy to make, and delicious. Kids love them, and they are even more fun to make in a variety of flavors to suit everyone’s taste.
I love making cool drink recipes like this during the hot summer months. This recipe, Orange Julius, Strawberry Milk, and Fresh Peach Tea are just a few of my favorites.
How to make Italian cream sodas
Start by adding ice to the glasses. Then pour about 1/2 cup of club soda, seltzer water, or sparkling water into them. Now add the flavored syrup. Then add 1-2 tablespoons of heavy cream or half and half. Top with fresh whipped cream and assorted cherries, grapes, blackberries, or other fruit to complement the flavor. Or simply top it with a maraschino cherry.
Where can I purchase sweet-flavored syrups?
Some local grocery stores carry the syrups, and they are usually located in the same aisle as the coffee. I have also purchased them from HomeGoods, but that can be a hit or a miss. Amazon is always a sure bet, and they carry a huge assortment of flavors, including the Torani brand of syrups. Just look under flavored syrups, and you will even find some sugar-free varieties.
Recipe notes and helpful tips
- Plan ahead in the event that you need to order the syrups from Amazon. There are so many to choose from, including but not limited to raspberry, mango, strawberry, vanilla, cherry, blackberry, grape, watermelon, pineapple, and coconut.
- You can substitute half and half for the whipping cream for the soda portion of the recipe. But if you want to top it with homemade whipped cream, you will need to purchase it anyway, so why purchase two different products?
- For the prettiest appearance, don’t stir the drinks. Just simply add a tall spoon or straw and let the happy consumer take care of the rest.
- Add complementary garnishes like grapes, blackberries, cherries, raspberries, strawberries, orange segments, lemon slices, or lime slices.
- For even more pizazz, add a few sprinkles on top of the whipped cream.
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Italian Soda Recipe
This is a delicious and fun Italian Cream Soda recipe with flavor combinations for everyone, all topped with fresh whipped cream and complementary garnishes.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 serving
- Category: beverage
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- ice
- 1/2 cup club soda or carbonated water
- 1/4 cup flavored syrup ( I use Torani syrups)
- 1 1/2 – 2 tablespoons heavy cream (or half and half)
- whipped cream (optional)
- grapes, blackberries, cherries, raspberries, strawberries for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Add ice to a tall glass. Add the club soda.
- Pour in the syrup.
- Pour in the heavy whipping cream.
- Top with fresh whipped cream and assorted cherries, grapes, blackberries, or other fruit to complement the flavor.
Notes
- Plan ahead in the event that you need to order the syrups from Amazon. There are so many to choose from, including but not limited to raspberry, mango, strawberry, vanilla, cherry, blackberry, grape, watermelon, pineapple, and coconut.
- You can substitute half and half for the whipping cream for the soda portion of the recipe. But if you want to top it with homemade whipped cream, you must purchase it anyway, so why purchase two different products?
- For the prettiest appearance, don’t stir the drinks. Simply add a tall spoon or straw and let the happy consumer take care of the rest.
- Add complementary garnishes like grapes, blackberries, cherries, raspberries, strawberries, orange segments, lemon slices, or lime slices.
- Add a few sprinkles on top of the whipped cream for even more pizazz.
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Maria
Looks easy to make! Would love to have this over the summer.
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Jen
I used heavy cream, which was so delicious with the bubbly soda. My favorite flavor is strawberry, with fresh strawberries added for garnish. Yum!
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Mindee Taylor
Thanks for the recipe! I love being able to make old fashioned recipes for my kids. It’s so much fun!
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Ashley F.
This was a fun treat to make with the kids! We did the cherry flavor! So good!
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Angela
I had no idea that Italian cream soda was so easy to make! Love this recipe. My kids went crazy for it too! Thanks so much for sharing.
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Kechi
WOW, my first time hearing about cream soda! They look fabulous and I will like a sip!
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Sara
Cooled down with this on yet another hot summer day and it hit the spot! So easy and fun; my kids loved it!
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Cyndy
I didn’t realize Italian Cream Soda’s were so easy to make! We made it with blueberry syrup and topped with more blueberries and it was absolutely delicious. It would be fun to add a few sprinkles on top or around the rim too!
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Emily
These Italian cream sodas are such a treat! We loved them! I used half and half this time and next time I want to try it with full cream!
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Tara
Oh how fun! My daughter will have such a great time making these with me. I especially love that blue one.
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Cathleen
These are so pretty!! I definitely need to make these to beat the heat this summer. Thanks so much for the recipe 🙂
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Allyson Zea
My kids would absolutely love these! Thank you for the easy recipe!
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Erin
This Italian Cream Soda needs to happen at my house very soon!!
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Catalina
This drink is not only delicious but it’s so colorful and fun! Love it!
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Claire
This is amazing! I am excited to try this!
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Krystle
I made these for a baby shower and they were perfect. Refreshing, cute, and non alcoholic for the Mum to be!
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