There is something about a nice cold root beer float the just screams “fun”. Not only is it delicious, for me a root beer float also feels like a kickback to childhood. At my synagogue growing up there was always a full kiddush lunch after services. There was always plenty to eat but all the kids defined a “good” lunch as one that had root beer floats (usually that was only for b’nei mitzvah). Since then I hadn’t had a root beer float in many years, probably because it seems silly to make it with diet root beer and we almost never have regular soda in the house. (They sometimes have them at shul, but between balancing my food and the kids’ food and their drinks the last thing I need is another cup of something that could spill). However this past summer, while on vacation, I found myself with some amazingly good root beer and a carton of vanilla ice cream and knew that we needed to have root beer floats. As we all sat there enjoying our treat an idea popped into my head that I haven’t been able to shake. The creamy vanilla ice cream in the root beer tasted almost marshmallowy and I knew that I need to make root beer float marshmallows.

It has taken me a while to finally get around to it, but I’m glad I finally got around to making them. The vanilla bean layer is creamy and full of vanilla flavor and the root beer layer tastes just like it should. While they don’t have the cool refreshing quality of a real root beer float they do have all the flavor in a bite sized treat. And that is a wonderful thing.
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