Root Beer Freeze
This Root Beer Freeze is only 2 ingredients and takes no longer than 2 minutes to make! It tastes just like a root beer float, but is blended into a shake!
Can’t take the heat?! Try these other frozen drinks: Frosted Lemonade, Orange Julius Recipe, or Virgin Pina Colada Recipe.
Why You’ll love this Root Beer Freeze
If you’re like me, you LOVE root beer floats, but just can’t seem to get the proper proportion of root beer to ice cream in each bite. SOLUTION: a Root Beer Freeze.
What is a root beer freeze? It’s basically a milkshake of ice cream with root beer, instead of milk. The two ingredients are perfectly blended together so there’s root beer and ice cream in each bite — or sip. That’s right! You can use a spoon or straw to enjoy this root beer shake.
What’s the difference between a root beer float and a root beer freeze?
In a float you don’t mix the ice cream and soda together, but in a freeze you will blend the two like a milkshake.
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- For a soda float, simply spoon ice cream into a cup, and then pour the soda on top.
- TIP: Pour the soda into the cup first, and then add the ice cream. There’s less foaming that way. Like in my Dirty Coke Floats.
- For a soda freeze, blend the soda and ice cream together with a blender until smooth.
- TIP: Blend slowly with just enough soda until smooth, then stir in additional soda for a fizzier and foamier soda shake.
Use any soda you like! Vanilla ice cream blends well with many flavors of soda like: Orange Soda, Grape Soda, Coke, etc. But it never hurts to start with a classic like this root beer milkshake.
Root Beer Freeze Ingredients
If you have ever been to A&W, Culver’s or Sonic and had their root beer freezes, then you are going to love making them at home! It’s so easy!!! You only need 2 ingredients for this copycat recipe:
- Root Beer Soda
- Vanilla Ice Cream
I used A&W Root Beer because it’s my favorite, but you can use any brand (even the cheap stuff like Shasta) and it will all work out the same.
My husband wants me to keep those two ingredients on hand at all times now because he could not get enough of this shake! My kids loved it as well.
Recipe Tips
- Use chilled root beer. This will help the ice cream and soda blend together with a thicker consistency and keep some of the carbonation (fizz).
- Serve the root beer freeze in a chilled glass to keep the blended drink frozen longer.
- Blend slowly to avoid making the root beer milkshake too slushy.
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Root Beer Freeze
Ingredients
- 2 cups (267 g) vanilla ice cream
- 12 oz (355 ml) can root beer, chilled (12 oz = 1.5 fluid cups)
Equipment
Instructions
- Place both ingredients in a blender.
- Blend on low until smooth.
- Serve immediately in chilled glasses.
Notes
- Tip: Use just enough root beer to blend smooth, and then stir in additional root beer for a fizzier and foamier shake.
- Too runny? Add more ice cream.
- Too thick? Add more soda.
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*Originally published 6/27/2013. Post updated July 2023.
I absolutey LOVE and crave Root Beer Freezes, but the two A&W locations are each several miles away. Thought I’d try making my own. I’m going to try using my wife’s “Bullet” mixer which has only one speed, as I recall – FAST. Also, I can almost never get a shake, malt, or freeze TOO thick, so will probably need only a trickle of root beer!
Hi, I am Diabetic, do you have sugar free recipes? would love to get them thx
I’m so sorry. I don’t currently have any sugar-free recipes.
I love that my search for a copy of the A&W freeze brought me to your blog. Currently living in Texas my access to them is limited to say the least. And being a fellow Aggie (graduating in a similar major same year!) I love that I found your blog even more! I’ll be back again soon for more delicious ideas. Thanks!
That is so awesome! I hope you enjoy your homemade freeze! Go Aggies!
All three of my boys love rootbeer and are huge fans of Rootbeer Freezes. Whenever we go to A&W that is what they most look forward to. I will have to make this for them! I know they will love it 🙂 This is being featured @ Great Idea Thursday’s! Krista @ A Handful of Everything
I am excited for this 🙂
I grew up drinking root beer floats or sometimes Pepsi floats but never blended them together like this.
Oh dear. My hubby is obsessed with root beer! I will have to make this for him. 🙂