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.
I love making cool drink recipes like this during the hot summer months. Kids love them, and they are even more fun to make in a variety of flavors to suit everyone’s taste.
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
See the complete list of ingredients on the recipe card below.
- Club Soda: You can substitute sparkling water or seltzer water.
- Flavored Syrup: There are so many to choose from, including raspberry, mango, strawberry, vanilla, cherry, blackberry, grape, watermelon, pineapple, and coconut. You can even use sugar-free syrups.
- Heavy Cream: You can substitute half-and-half for the whipping cream for the soda portion of the recipe.
- Whipped Cream: You can use store-bought canned whipped cream, such as ReddiWip, or make fresh whipped cream.
How to Make Italian cream sodas
This is a summary version; for the complete list of ingredients and instructions, please refer to the recipe card below.
- Add ice to the glasses. Pour club soda into the glasses.
- Add the flavored syrup, then add the heavy cream.
- Top with whipped cream and assorted cherries, grapes, blackberries, or other fruit.
Where can I purchase sweet-flavored syrups?
Some local grocery stores carry the syrups, usually 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.
For the prettiest appearance, don’t stir the drinks. Add a tall spoon or straw, and let the happy consumer take care of the rest. You can even give it a little more pizazz by adding a few sprinkles on top of the whipped cream.
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Italian Soda Recipe
Ingredients
- ice
- ½ cup club soda or carbonated water
- ¼ cup flavored syrup
- 1½-2 tablespoons heavy cream
- whipped cream optional
- grapes, blackberries, cherries, raspberries, strawberries for garnish optional
Instructions
- Add ice to a tall glass. Add ½ cup club soda.
- Pour in the flavored syrup. Add 1-2 tablespoons of heavy cream.
- Top with fresh whipped cream and assorted cherries, grapes, blackberries, or other fruit to complement the flavor.
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Maria
Looks easy to make! Would love to have this over the summer.
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!
Mindee Taylor
Thanks for the recipe! I love being able to make old fashioned recipes for my kids. It’s so much fun!
Ashley F.
This was a fun treat to make with the kids! We did the cherry flavor! So good!
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.
Kechi
WOW, my first time hearing about cream soda! They look fabulous and I will like a sip!