An Over The Top Dr Pepper® Cherry Float that’s perfect for summer BBQs. Beat the heat with this refreshing summer drink made with Dr Pepper Cherry soda.
Over The Top Dr Pepper® Cherry Float
When I think of summer, I think of warm days by the pool, cold drinks, good food, and amazing memories. Summer is definitely here, and it’s time to play, eat good food, and enjoy delicious drinks!
One of the many great things about having kids is experiencing your favorite childhood memories with them. One of my favorite childhood memories is drinking a delicious ice-cold ice cream float.
How much fun is it when your child finds what you found in a fun way back when the dinosaurs roamed? That’s what my kids say when I refer to when I was a child. Among the many things I love to re-experience with my kids, I love to share the yummy foods and drinks I enjoyed when I was little during this time of the year.
Dr Pepper® Cherry Float
I remember when I would play a great game of soccer, and my team would celebrate by heading to the nearest diner. My favorite thing to get at these diners was ice cream floats with Dr. Pepper®. They were so good and really made everything so much more special.
Fast forward to the present time, and you will find out not only is Dr. Pepper® still around, but they now have a cherry-flavored soda. My kids love cherries and love their Dr. Pepper®, so I was super excited to share with my kids my over-the-top way of enjoying my favorite flavored float.
Dr Pepper® Cherry Float
I have peanut lovers and non-peanut lovers in my home, so I shared how to create this deliciously over-the-top Dr Pepper® Cherry Float with and without the peanuts.
Every recipe starts with a trip to one of our favorite stores, Target. We shop here so often that the kids know exactly which aisle to go down to be able to get their favorite soda and ice cream. To snag our delicious Dr Pepper® Cherry soda, we head over to the soda aisle and pick up a 12-pack and a few 2-liter bottles.
Over The Top Chocolate Ring
What makes this summer treat over the top is the chocolate ring were will be adding to the rim of the glass. This chocolate ring can be made using your family’s favorite chocolate, or you can use peanut butter or frosting. To make the chocolate rim, simply follow the instructions on the recipe card.
Then dip the chocolate rimmed glass in chopped nuts, sprinkles, chocolate chips, toffee bits, or whatever your family loves. Then add the ice cream and cherry-flavored Dr. Pepper soda, boom! Serve immediately.
Building our Dr Pepper® Cherry Floats
Next, we find our ice cream of choice, which today was the Archer Farms 48 oz Ice Cream. The kids love their “fancy” flavors, which go great with their “fancy” over-the-top float. The possibilities are endless with the ice cream pairings you can achieve while using Archer Farms Ice Cream.
Ice Cream Floats
My family loves to enjoy Ice Cream Floats and especially enjoys drinking them with one of their newest flavored sodas – Dr Pepper® Cherry. Although the soccer season is over and the kids are just enjoying the beautiful weather, I love to make these Over The Top Dr Pepper® Cherry Floats while we lounge around the pool or for fun backyard picnics.
My kids make the same faces I did at their age when they see these floats being made. The best part in their eyes is when they are finally able to top their floats with whatever they want and with however much ever they want. Feels so good to be able to share my childhood happy memories with them, and create new ones for them to remember and experience with their kids.
When was the last time you made an ice cream float?
Over The Top Dr Pepper® Cherry Float
Ingredients
- Dr Pepper® Cherry Soda
- 48 ozs of Archer Farms Ice Cream, any flavor Found at Target
- 1 Bag of Chocolate Chips, sweetened of unsweetened
- 1 Jar of Maraschino Cherries
- Marshmallows
- Chocolate Syrup
- Whipped Cream
- Float glasses
- optional: peanuts
Instructions
- In a double broiler method melt down the chocolate chips slowly stir the chocolate until it just starts to melt (do not over cook this chocolate).
- Take your float glasses and generously dip them top first into the chocolate,
- (optional) Then dip the glass straight into the peanuts or which ever nut topping you would like. If someone in your home has an allergy to nuts please skip step of the recipe.
- To top the glasses with the Maraschino Cherries, simply dip the cherries into the chocolate and then lightly place them on top of the glass rim.
- Let sit for a minimum of 5 minutes before you start to create the floats.
- Choose your favorite Archer Farms Ice Cream flavor and then load up the glass with how much ice cream you would like in your float.
- Then pour in your Dr Pepper® Cherry Soda, top with whipped cream, marshmallows, more Maraschino Cherries and more chocolate sauce.
- Enjoy!
What an awesome idea! It’s quite easy to assemble as well and I’m sure it will be a hit in parties especially this summer! The kids look like they’re totally enjoying it and I would too if I were them!
I love all your gorgeous pictures! Thanks for sharing, I’m definitely trying this with my girls!
So gorgeous and loved that chocolate cherry part on the rim on the glass.
Such an epic photo journal. I just want to reach in and try some it looks so delicious. I’ve never had dr pepper before. thanks for the awesome recipe
Now there’s my dessert right there! Yum-o! Bet the hubs would love it too because he loves Dr. Pepper!
This is so tempting! I can’t wait to try this home, Glad you share this
What a messy looking drink….. absolutely love it, so would my kids.
This is the type of drink that you don’t really mind overdoing because it’s that good! Looks like the kids had a lot of fun drinking it too!
Oh my goodness this is riight up my alley. I love Cherry Dr Pepper. Thanks for sharing the Target special and the delicious recipe.
That is one good looking float. I love the look of the Dr Pepper cans, is this a new look? I have not bought soda in a long time
Those look so darn fabulously delicious! Except for the cherries. I’d skip those. And the nuts. But I do love Dr. Pepper and all the other ingredients so much!
I’ve had Root Beer floats, but never a I never made Dr. Pepper floats. It sounds yummy. Looking forward to making it.
Erica K.
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oh em geee this is so freaking amazing! This is looks so great. I need to get this in my life.
Awww. It looks like you guys had some good tasty fun with Dr. Pepper. Thanks for sharing. – Yolonda
This looks soooooooo good! Making these with my kids this weekend.
This looks so delicious. I will have to make this for dessert tonight. My family is going to love it.
These are some seriously fancy ice cream floats! My kids would go wild for these. And we just love Dr. Pepper.
I love Dr Pepper Cherry! I think these floats look amazing and I have to make them as soon as possible!
That looks so amazing! I need to try this very soon. This would be perfect for my girls and I. What a great summer treat!
This looks soooo good! I can’t wait to try it at home! It will be a huge hit!
What a perfect drink for summer. Those floats look amazing. My kids would love this.
That is the most beautiful thing I’ve seen all day! I definitely need these in my life – there’s nothing better than a Dr Pepper float!
OMG! That’s not a float. That’s a thing of beauty. I love the whipped cream and cherries.
I love Dr Pepper!! This float looks amazing, I need to make one of these this summer I know my kids would love it as well!
YUMMY and I am not exaggerating. That float looks soooooo good, delicious and refreshing. Enough of writing, I am running to make it. 🙂