Black Cow Float

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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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Ample Hills Creamery

By Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna

Published 2014

  • About

If you walked into an ice cream parlor in 1947 and ordered a root beer float, you’d probably end up with something quite different from what you’d get today. The root beer float, also known as a black cow float in the thirties and forties, was root beer mixed with a couple of shots of chocolate syrup and topped with vanilla ice cream. We’ve attempted to re-create the old black cow experience with this flavor. It’s a root beer–flavored ice cream with swirls of milk chocolate.