How to Make a Black Cow

Region appears to dictate the name and contents of this cold, sweet drink. Known as a root beer float, a black cow, a brown cow, and a sassy cow, this all-American favorite is a snap to make. This recipe serves one.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• long-handled spoons
• tumblers
• drinking straws
• groceries
• Groceries
• Drinking Straws
• Long-handled Spoons
• Tumblers

1. Chill a tumbler.

2. Add the vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup.

3. Slowly pour in cold soda until the glass is full.

4. Garnish with whipped cream and a cherry.

5. Serve with a straw and long-handled spoon.

Tips & Warnings

• This can also be made with Yoo-Hoo or any carbonated drink.
• Try different flavors of ice cream for variation.
• Frozen yogurt and diet sodas are healthy alternatives to ice cream and pop.
• If you pour the root beer too fast, the glass may overflow. It's best to pour a little at a time and let the foam settle before adding more.

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[PamelaA]

on 5/19/2008 I used to put the icecream in after the coke - this article is probably a much better suggestion. Coke & icecream was a 'brown cow' in Zimbabwe when I was growing up. Our Cream Soda was green but I think it was called a 'spider' with ice-cream.

on 8/14/2006 To make what I call an orange cow, use orange soda and vanilla ice cream. This tastes remarkably like a Dreamsicle (orange sherbet and vanilla ice cream on a stick). Enjoy!

on 2/25/2006 At our house, when grandma asks if we want a brown cow, that means a Pepsi or Coke with ice cream, and a black cow is root beer with ice cream.

on 11/22/2005 Depending on where yer from, this is a Brown Cow with Coke or a Black Cow with Coke or a Brown Cow with sarsparilla or a Brown Cow with chocolate syrup and root beer or ... you get the idear.

on 11/22/2005 Growing up in Chicago, root beer and ice cream was a Root Beer Float. A Black Cow was Coke and ice cream.