Want to enjoy the fun of an old-fashioned soda shop at home? These old-fashioned soda shop recipes can help!
Soda fountains started in the mid 1800s as pharmacies where the concoctions were medicines to help people with different ailments.
Overtime they started adding milkshakes and other drinks. By the 1920s most drugstores had a soda fountain and due to prohibition they became a fun place to socialize. You can read more about their history from Pharmacy Times.
For many of us the soda shop makes us think of the 1950s and they were popular at that time. In my town during my childhood we had a pharmacy that still had a soda fountain. These days you don’t see them very often.
That’s part of why I now make them from home and I love to share the recipes I recreate here on the site. I keep adding more and this will be where you can find all of them to try for yourself.
Old-Fashioned Soda Shop Recipes
Try some fun and delicious, and often forgotten, soda fountain recipes. They are great for a summer party.
Chocolate cokes are a soda shop classic and delicious!
This one has a silly name but it's really just a carbonated limeade and it's really good!
This is such a fun and delicious treat. It's also beautiful and you could use other juices if you don't like grape juice.
This is one of my favorite soda fountain drinks. It may sound weird but it's really good.
Try an old-fashioned 7up ice cream float recipe for a fun soda fountain treat at home! Includes lots of great flavor combinations to try.
Did you know you can make soda with Jello? This one is strawberry but you can use any flavor.
This is even better than a frap and easier to make.
This uses the strawberry soda made with Jello so can be made with all kinds of flavors.
Be sure to also bookmark this page because I will add to it as I recreate more soda fountain drinks! If you have one you miss or are curious to try, drop it in the comments.
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Deanna Piercy says
I was about to donate my Soda Stream because I haven’t used it in years but now I’m inspired to make some of these recipes. Thanks! (I think – ha!)