Today is Harry Potter’s birthday.
Fact: Harry and I are the same age.
If my Hogwarts letter had never been lost, it might well have been Harry, Ron, and Darla.
What?
YOU DON’T KNOW!
It could’ve happened.
Whatever. In my little fantasy world, I’m in the Trio. I mean, I totally dig Hermione, so she can stay. Two smart girls are better than one. Â And I would have rocked wizard’s robes. Plus, I’d pretty much have been the best potions student ever. Just saying.
I decided that Harry’s, and Ms. Rowling’s, birthday couldn’t pass by this year without a little celebration. Seriously, I haven’t made any Harry Potter treats since Christmas. o_O That’s far too long to go without a little magic in our lives.
Plus, why wouldn’t you wanna celebrate The Boy Who Lived and his creator? Especially when you can have so many tasty, tasty treats, like Cockroach Clusters or Cauldron Cakes. I still dream about getting to attend a Hogwarts Halloween feast.
Alas, I have to settle for whipping up all of these HP treats myself…and without the aid of magic…usually.
I decided that the birthday boy would probably want something sweet and cold to help him celebrate this year, since it’s been so hot in so many places, so I finally created some frozen butterbeer.
When I made my original Homemade Butterbeer recipe, I had a lot of people asking me if it could be frozen, like the Wizarding World of Harry Potter does. Of course it can be, but my one gripe about the park’s frozen butterbeer, was that, in comparison to the “on tap” version, the frozen tasted flat.
I wanted to make a frozen butterbeer that still tasted like the park’s recipe, but that also had some of the carbonation in it. My solution was to create my own homemade vanilla cream soda. This also worked out great for International readers who didn’t have access to cream soda at the store. Now they could make it quickly and easily at home, and have butterbeer anytime.
The soda recipe is stupid easy and only has 5 ingredients. It’s all natural, and tastes simply wonderful.
For the vanilla flavor, you can either use an entire vanilla bean or you can use a generous helping of pure vanilla extract. I decided to use a vanilla bean, and it was amazing, but I have since made it with the extract as well, and it’s truly just as delicious.
The main difference between using the bean vs. the extract is color. You’ll notice that my frozen butterbeer is practically pure white, but when you use extract, you get more of the deep orange-y brown color of regular cream soda or butterbeer.
I also added a healthy dose of heavy whipping cream to my butterbeer/cream soda base, but you can omit that if you like.
Once your base is ready, it’s time to freeze it. I like to seal it in a zip top bag because it takes up less space in the freezer and it’s easy to transfer to a serving bowl after it’s all slushy…
…like this. I always freeze mine overnight, then take it out to thaw for about an hour the next day. Once it’s thawed a bit, I break it up until it’s all slushy like this and I put it back into the freezer until I’m ready to serve it.
When I’m ready to serve it, I transfer it to a large pitcher or serving bowl and add some sparkling water.
This is where the magic comes into play.
I bought the Hubster a SodaStream for his birthday this year. He’s always really enjoyed sparkling water, and I decided that it was time to make an investment in something that would save us money. He drinks a lot of the stuff.
He adores his SodaStream. Like, it may be the best gift I’ve ever gotten him. It’s not just him, though. The kiddo and I love it, too. We’ve tried quite a few of the soda flavors and they’re really tasty. We particularly enjoy the naturally flavored/sweetened Cola and Root Beer.
It is my firm belief that the SodaStream company is run by witches and wizards. Brilliant, awesome witches and wizards. I mean, seriously, look at it. First, you aguamenti up some water, then abracadabra, bubblio-fizzio! Now, you have sparkling water. Or soda. Or juice. Or whatever you darn well want to be fizzy and bubbly.
No batteries. No power cables and electricity. Straight up magic and you have a tasty sparkling drink. Well, magic and a little CO2, but still. MAGIC.
I love that by making my own soda base, I’m able to freeze it and add soda water to it for a bubblier version of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter’s famous frozen concoction. It’s a fantastic celebratory drink, and a perfect choice for a hot summer day.
You can forego the foam (I never would…I love that stuff!) to make this even easier, or you can go all-in and have a decadent, magical, lazy afternoon, sipping slushy butterbeer by the Black Lake, watching the giant squid skim by just under the surface. Enjoy!
Happy birthday, Harry! And extra happy birthday, J.K. Rowling!!
Homemade Frozen Butterbeer
Makes 12 servings
Ingredients
FOR THE SODA
2 cups (400 gramas) granulated sugar
1 cup (250 ml) water
1 vanilla bean, split, or 1 to 2 tablespoons (15-30 ml) pure vanilla extract (to taste)
2 tablespoons (30 ml) imitation butter
1/4 cup (63 ml) heavy whipping cream (optional)
1 liter (about 34 ounces or just over 4 cups) plain water
1 liter (about 34 ounces or just over 4 cups)Â sparkling water (a.k.a. club soda)
OPTIONAL – 1 ounce light rum, per serving, for adults only
FOR THE FOAM
2 cups (500 ml) heavy cream
5 tablespoons (125 grams) sugar, or splenda for sugar free version
2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons (about 7.5 ml) imitation butter
To make the butterbeer:Â In a medium saucepan set over medium high heat, stir together the sugar and water. Once combined, bring the mixture to a bowl, swirling gently as needed (do not stir it again until you add the vanilla). Boil until the mixture turns from cloudy white to perfectly clear, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
If using a vanilla bean, add it to the hot  syrup and allow to steep for about an hour. Remove the bean and seal in a zip top bag; store in your freezer to use for up to 3 more batches of vanilla cream syrup.
If using vanilla extract, stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons of extract, as desired.
Stir in the imitation butter.
Allow the syrup to cool to room temperature, stir in 1 liter of water, and transfer to an airtight container. Freeze overnight.
To make the soda: Remove the frozen butterbeer from the freezer and allow to thaw until soft enough to break up into a slush. Transfer to a large pitcher or serving bowl. Stir in the 1 liter of sparkling water.
To make the foam: In a large bowl, or the bowl of a standing mixer, whip the heavy cream on medium high speed for 3-4 minutes until it starts to thicken. Add the sugar and continue whipping until very soft peaks begin to form, another 3-4 minutes (if you need to whip more or less, then be sure to do so, the times can vary quite a bit based on environment). Stir in the vanilla and imitation butter (or clarified butter), then whip for another 30 seconds or so, until soft peaks form.
Spoon a generous portion of foam on top of each glass of butterbeer. Serve immediately.
Recipe by Darla
**So… who wants their very own magical mystery SodaStream Genesis Starter Pack?!**
It’s easy! Just answer the following question in the comment section below, and you’re automatically entered to win!:
“What is the first flavor of soda or flavored soda water that you would make?”
There is no wrong answer. I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with!
The winner will receive a SodaStream Genesis Starter Pack which includes a CO2 tank, 12 trial sized samples of various soda flavors, and 3 bottles of flavored water syrup.
Contest ends Sunday, August 5th, 2012 at 9pm PST.
Want an extra chance to win? Just follow @Bakingdom on twitter and tweet, “I want to win a @SodaStream Genesis Starter Kit from @bakingdom!” Once you’ve tweeted, return here and leave a comment saying you shared the tweet. Be sure to leave this as a separate comment; each comment is an entry.
Sorry, this giveaway is open to US readers only.
The winner will be chosen randomly at www.random.org and announced Monday, August 6th, 2012.
I will contact the winner, so don’t forget to add your email in the email section!
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Good luck with the giveaway!
The SodaStream Genesis Starter Pack winner is…
…comment #298!!!
Congratulations, Patricia! You make sure you get to try your new toy out first!! 😉
Thank you to everyone who entered! Stay tuned for more easy, delicious recipes and fun giveaways in the near future. 🙂
♥,
Darla
That frozen butterbeer sounds amazing! If I had a soda stream, I would make cola first, or maybe Dr. Pepper…yummmm. Then, I’d make it a slushy with my Margaritaville, and add bourbon (for the adults, only, of course), or rum…
Happy Birthday, Harry and Jo!!
Cherry Cola or Root Beer, after frozen Butterbeer, of course!
I would make a pineapple soda! I love fruit flavored sodas!
Lemon-lime. Or it might be Ginger Ale. Those are my favorite.
Oh my in-laws have a Soda Stream and they LOVE it! I think I would probably make a raspberry vanilla flavor if they had both. I’d mix them together to see what it tastes like!
I shared a tweet from @leslieelsaifi!
I would love a really fresh tasting lemon-lime soda!
Cream Soda!
Pomegranate mint. I already make it as a sorbet, and it would be divine as a soda!
hmm, I would probably start with a cola and then start experimenting!
I’d have to try Dr. Pepper!
Peach and cream soda would be delightful. Maybe some fizzy blueberry lemonade.
I love adding apple juice to soda water, so that would probably be the first thing I’m make. 🙂
orange!
I would make a fizzy iced berry tea! Or maybe some fizzy pink lemonade, or fizzy apple juice (and win points with my husband.)
cherry cola! my absolute fave!
Strawberry lime! I so love strawberry limeades at Sonic. They are my kryptonite.
Cream soda. Makes me think of movie nights at my grandparents 🙂
Hmm, raspberry lemonade!
I’m a Texan, so I’d make Big Red.
I shared a tweet from @mskari77!
I’m in love with Seltzer/Club Soda/Soda Water..it helped me curb my soda addiction so I would say that raspberry is my favorite, but I’d want to mix it up with something different maybe!
I’d go for a fizzy lemonade or limeade.
Mmmm. Lavender Basil sodawater!
Root beer!
I would make sarsaparilla…and make it snappy!
I tweeted about the giveaway.
Black Cherry Cream Soda!
I think homemade ginger ale would be fun!
I don’t drink carbonated drinks but I would love to be able to use it to make a healthier Dr. Pepper for my husband!
I would either go with a fizzy limeade or root beer. I would be hard to choose, though.
I tweeted about the give away.
Obviously I’d do some cream soda for the butterbeer recipe. Is the only drink I can think of drinking right now!
I’ve always wanted to make real old-fashioned style root beer!
I want to make my own ginger ale!
I would have to make cream soda at first.
More importantly, your comment about it essentially being Harry, Ron, and Darla, literally made me laugh out loud in my class. People looked at me, but I was fine with it, because it was HP humor. Thank you for the good laugh!
I have a soda stream! It’s very noisy…
Nice giveaway though! You can save alot of money with it!
I would love to try some sparkling juices. Thanks for the giveaway!
Wow, yum! I would love to make something interesting and fruity. A raspberry soda! Can you do that?
I’d totally make crystal lite fruit punch fizzy. I can’t believe that wouldn’t be so completely perfect.
The first soda I would make would be butterbeer (obviously) and the second less magical soda would probably be cream soda or root beer or strawberry soda or maybe raspberry soda… the possibilities are endless!! Happy birthday to Harry and Queen Rowling!! <3
I shared a tweet! (from @PaintedMermaid)
Diet cola–with lime if possible, if not, I’ll just add in some crystalized lime. And then I’d never sleep again.
Root beer definitely!
I’ve just tweeted! @iamjudyg
Thanks so much!!
I’d try Dr Pepper, or Cream Soda!
Lavender soda!!! Definitely. Have you ever had the Dry Lavender or Cucumber sodas? They’ll change your life they’re so good. Mmm.
Well, I’m going to LeakyCon next week, so obviously I’d make enough cream soda and sparkling water to last through as many liquid, frozen, and cupcaked butterbeers as necessary to have in preparation as well as at the con itself. I’d expect to have worn out the thing by day two.
(Ginger Ale is sounding really good right now, too.)
I would make the redbull flavor. I gave them up cause they give me massive head aches. So I would want to see if their version tastes the same and gives me no headaches.
I like just plain fizzy water. Maybe with a whiff of lime – like you should wave the lime over the glass a few times whispering, ‘ Infusio!’
cherry coke
Root beer!
I would make cream soda. I LOVE cream soda. Plus, it would be nice to make truly homemade butterbeer any time I want it!
I’d make Cherry Cola!
Rootbeer…Butterbeer…hmmm ?? Both will be made in the first hour for sure!
Cream soda…or root beer for sure!
I’m a HUGE fan of Butterbeer from USO. I LOVED it soooo much. I’ll give this recipe a try… mmmm, parks at my house.
With the SodaStream, I wold make a make ginger ale or a lemon basil, lightly sweetened. Then I would add gin. :B
Also, tweeted! (@missinthia)
Cheers!
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I’d make root beer or ginger beer! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HARRY!
It’s summertime so I’d definitely have to make something fruity. I’d probably make something tropical with pineapple and coconut!
Orange Mango! And then Frozen Butterbeer. Because it looks amazing.
I love watermelon, I would make watermelon flavored sparkling water! P.S. I’ve also made your original butterbeer recipe and put it in my ice cream maker, although not fizzy, it was cold and delicious!
Root beer is my favorite soda!
I love the recipe! Can’t wait to try it for my granddaughters.
If I had a SodaStream, the first flavor I’d make would be an adults-only version of Countrytime Half & Half mixed with a shot or two of Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka. Yummy!
If I had A Soda Stream the first flavor would be Root Beer! Yum! my favorite!
I don’t drink soda, so if by some weird chance I do win, just automatically chose another person.
With that being said, this is totally awesome! I don’t drink soda and I hate carbonated beverages, but it’s still so cool! I was wondering what you were going to do for Harry and Rowling’s birthday 🙂 I really need to re-read the books. I haven’t read them in such a long long time 🙁
Now for the important question: where the heck did you get those butterbeer mugs?!?!?! I want one so bad!
I absolutely adore the taste of peaches, so peach soda is a total no-brainer for me!
I would make cream soda or root beer first. They’re both my favorites.
I would make so many funky awesome flavors!
Ideas:
lavender blueberry
raspberry rose (you could make a simple syrup with Siberian rosebud tea)
salted watermelon (apparently Pepsi or Coca-cola is running this in Japan this summer)
coconut vanilla
pink lemonade
The first thing I would make would definitely be homemade ginger ale!
I am a diet coke addict. How great would it be to make it myself at home? That’s my first choice.
It would be hard to choose, but I think I’d try to make a Key Lime soda flavor! Then I could drink it by itself or add cherries for a cherry limeade. The frozen butterbeer sounds fantastic, especially with the 100+ temps we’ve been having around here.
I would make my own rootbeer and cream soda. Because of the carmel coloring and additives in dark sodas it’s not good for my digestion, so I have always wanted to try making my own! This seems like a great chance!
Also, today is also my older brothers birthday, and I always tease him on his birthday! “What? I made this cake for Harry Potter! It’s your birthday too? No way….” hehe
definitely cherry coke!
I’d probably try orange–one of my faves!
What is the first flavor of soda or flavored soda water that you would make?
Ginger Ale, definitely!
First I must say Grape is the answer to the question – however; I did go over to the sodastream website and Grape would just be the beginning! There appear to be so many wonder flavors that I would like to try!
Thank you – love your website!
Root beer. I absolutely love rootbeer and being able to make it at home would be fantastic.
I’m a huge Harry Potter fan, though; when I graduated this year my parents bought me a wand and a Gryffidor pin because my robes look like wizard robes. Needless to say, the frozen butter beer wouldn’t be far behind.
I would make fizzy tropical punch soda. I love soda so much I would never drink anything else if I could get away with it!
Orange cream soda. Yum!!
I would try limeaide!!
and I shared a tweet!
I’d make orange pomegranate. YUMMY!
Cream!
I would love to make sparkling water. My husband drinks a lot of it too.
Umm, after reading that post, I’d make butterbeer! I’ve never had it and you make it look SO. GOOD.
I would probably make Lemon Lime. mMmm…
I follow on Twitter and I tweeted: https://twitter.com/kawaiidragon88/status/230359043280101377.
Lemon Lime! and then butterbeer!
I’d probably make this! Frozen butterbeer with homemade cream soda sounds amazing!
I would like to try Sprite, Butterbeer of course. .!!, Cola Baby..!! ( I just Added Baby 🙂 Hopefully all of them..!! Then I will Determine My Fab Five (Yep Gymnast Here..!!) And Let You Know..!!!
First thing I’d do is try to make my own version of a cherry limeade…then immediately make my own cream soda to make this awesome frozen butterbeer! Wow! A-MAAAA-zing! Thank you for the recipe, Darla!!
I just tweeted about this giveaway! 😀
I Would Love To Try All Of Them But Maybe I Want To Try Umm…. ALL OF THEM..!! Wierd Huh..!! 🙂
I so think that we are destined to be friends. I so love Harry Potter, and, luckily, my husband and littles share the obsession. I still vividly remember reading the last book and having to take breaks while I cried, while my oldest little would ask, “Momma, are you going to be okay? Do you need me to read now?”
Thank you for the reminder that it is Harry’s birthday. We have some celebrating to do!!
If I had a soda machine, I would go for lemon-lime to make cherry limeades.
Maybe Something Really Sour Yeah..!! Cherry Limeade, Lemonade With My Twist On It..!! And Maybe Sour Green Apple Dirnk..!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
butterbeer sounds good. I would also love to make some root beer with added vanilla!
https://twitter.com/ohsmiledarling/status/230366859596292097
This frozen butterbeer looks so yummy, can’t wait to try it!
I think the first soda I would make would be something with coconut and not the usual pina colada flavor but maybe mix coconut water and strawberry or rasberry juice, yum!
Hey Darla!! We are celebrating Harry’s birthday too by making your 4 layer/house cake! I love how creative you are and how easy it is to follow your posts. 🙂
I would create a mango “adult” soda if I could. I have never experimented with sodas before!
I would make root beer first. Love me some root beer and I can only imagine how good it would taste homemade : )
I love black cherry anything… but the coconut, strawberry and raspberry concoction mentioned by Donna D. sounds delicious too!
Happy Birthday Harry and J.K. Rowling!!!
Love the Harry Potter series!
My favorite soda is deffinatly Dr. Pepper!
Frozen ButterBeer! Sounds so yummy! If I had a soda stream, I would 100% make a Shirley temple first. The 10 year old in me wouldn’t have it any other way 🙂
The butterbeer sounds fab, but let me think. Hm….I think I would make some citrus-y flavored soda. Something like the yummy tangerine sodas you can get. I lurve, lurve them.
Oh, and I totally want to steel that haiku shirt. For reals. 😉
I had a Harry Birthday Party for myself this year and made a bunch of your recipes, and the Butterbeer was most certainly a hit. I cannot wait to do this!
As for the soda thingy, I would probably try to recreate the cranberry ginger ale that Canada Dry has, it is simply so amazing and refreshing!
Sparkling sangria. 🙂
Rootbeer
Ginger ale if I could do it! I love the stuff! Happy Harry’s birthday!
I simply love plain old fizzy water. I like to make myself an evening cocktail by adding fruit concentrates (blackberry, tart cherry, antioxidant blends). Yummy!
Oh the possibilities. I would like to make homemade strawberry limeade. And Ginger Beer, have’t had a good Ginger beer since I left the UK. I wish I had one of those Soda Streams.
OH! And I twitted you too.
Happy Harry Day!
One more thing….Those mugs are awesome!
I’m a Dr. Pepper girl myself!
Meee!!! I want a soda stream!! I’d make Root Beer alllllllll day!
aaaah!! This is so awesome! The first thing I would make is lime soda. I have no idea why I love it, but I do.
I would have to say no flavor. I’ve become partial to soda water with lime juice as a crisp refreshing drink. And when I’m not pregnant I also like to add a bit of vodka but that’s for another time! 🙂
I would probably make Peach Iced Tea!
I would make ginger ale!
I would attempt a cherry lemon soda. I miss cherry Sundrop. 🙁
I just found your site today and I am loving it! Magical treats for Harry Potter’s birthday? Yes! I would make Blue Raspberry Lemonade, I think, just because blue is my favorite color for food. 🙂
Definitely root beer! I love it so much I even make root beer cookies!
Assuming it doesn’t have to be something packaged with the SodaStream, I had a friend make an amazing basil-cucumber simple syrup that they made into a soda with soda water. I’d love to try to recreate that.
It would be fabulous to win this! My 3 son’s would be so excited! Thank you Darla!
I would probably try something coconut… ummmm… wouldn’t that be delicious!?
AngelaW
angelagwillis@comcast.net
I definitely make cola or dr.pepper!!
I follow you on Twitter!
AngelaW
angelagwillis@comcast.net
I tweeted about your giveaway!
https://twitter.com/AngelaGWillis
AngelaW
angelagwillis@comcast.net
Orange soda! Crush soda was always a special treat when I was a kid. Like, only on one holiday special, (the 4th of July). To this day I sorta forget that I’m an adult and can buy crush soda any time I like. I love it!
I WANT TO MAKE ALLLLLLLLL THE SODAS!!
But, really, I’d probs start with something like an orange.
Also, I need that shirt. Yes.
First flavor, I got it! I went to this great popsicle place in Raleigh NC called LOCOPOPS and I had a Mojito Mint popsicle and it was amazing, so I’d make that happen in soda form.
Also, that little nerdy geekout about Harry was reason enough all by itself to follow your blog 😀
I would love to make ginger ale…yum!
Orange cream soda! The hubs and I always stop at this place on Route 66 in Oklahoma and buy some, its incredible!
Thanks for celebrating Harry’s birthday! We’re having your original butterbeer tonight with dinner.
I always imagined butterbeer to be a frothy, lighter version of root beer, but these look great!
As for what flavored soda I’d make, definitely apple! My boyfriend and I love apple sodas, but they’re kinda hard to find.
GRAPE! I’ve been looking at those! So glad to hear that your family loves it.
I TWEETED!
Root bear or cream soda!!!
Hmm, I have NO idea! Frozen Butterbeer is on that list for sure- this sounds SO good! I love HP so very, very much 🙂
Probably some fun fruit flavors- Watermelon, or my very favorite Slush Puppy was always Bubble Gum, so maybe that too!
Grape! That would be a fun first choice. ^-^
I would make Cream Soda – it has always been a favorite of mine!
Definitely would try lemon first! Your’s is such a fun blog to follow, you are insanely creative! Thank you!
tweet!
(I tweeted)
Cream soda or root beer…both are my favorites!
Diet Cherry Cola? I’d try 🙂
I wonder what carbonated sweet tea would taste like? I would make that 3rd, after cherry vanilla dr. pepper and butterbeer. 🙂
I love love LOVE vanilla flavored soda, so I would make that first, and then of course I’d have to make your deliciously amazing butterbeer recipe!
P.S. I shared the tweet, too!
Hey! Nice Butterbeer mugs!
My girl loves watermelon soda, so we’d probably try that first…
Tweeted, too!
Funny, we were just talking about SodaStream yesterday… Would love to win!
Lychee! It’s so refreshing and exotic! Definitely perfect for this current weather!
Diet Cola! Then I’d try something fruity! They really need a cherry limeade though. 🙁
I tweeted! That’s exciting because it was my very first tweet! LOL
This post makes me happy, Happy Birthday Harry! I’d make sparkling granny smith apple juice first, then either butter beer or root beer.
Either orange or cream
Oh my gosh!ive wanted one forever!And I cant wait to make this!I just bought two things of imitation butter ;)I would totally make cola first! 😀 ultimate fave!
I would like to try SodaStream’s version of Ginger Ale. It’s my favorite carbonated beverage. 🙂
I would love to make diet coke! So excited about the frozen butterbeer recipe, love it!
Cranberry! Then maybe ginger ale.
I would make blueberry soda.
oooohhhh….something raspberry for sure! YUM!
I would make birch beer
aside from making some awesome butterbeer?! i would make an irish cream or hazel nut flavor! yum!
i also twittered!@burstofpanties
i would make cherry lemon soda
i twitter follow and tweeted – https://twitter.com/onitnaram/status/230517055865110528
Peach soda would be the first soda I would make. We don’t get peaches where we live and I miss them dearly!
Although…the Butterbeer looks fabulous!
cherry cola or root beer
I would probably make either swedish fish or fruit loop flavored soda! Love those flavored vodkas, but clearly they aren’t appropriate always 😉
I also tweeted! 🙂
@BusyBakingBee
I think I would have to try cream soda… my favorite!
I would definitely make a delicious strawberry and basil soda or, if I could, find some way to create a vanilla or chocolate cupcake flavor
I am torn between wanting to make coconut soda or lychee soda somehow. Maybe a combination! OOh, or a hazelnut soda to use with chocolate ice cream to make a nutella float… yes, this is my new answer.
Cherry Limeade soda!
I would make use watermelon flavoring from Bake It Pretty or something to make diet watermelon soda. OMG yum.
Dr. Pepper !!! PLEASE 🙂
Ginger ale, for sure. I like to mix it with watermelon sherbet. It tastes awesome.
I would make something citrusy…grapefruit or lime would be at the top of the list…
Wow! It I had a SodaStream, I would try cherry cola for me, then root beer for my husband, then of course, butterbeer!! So exciting!!
Um, DEFINITELY Frozen Butterbeer! After that, I’d make maple soda – I had it once it Vermont and have yearned for it ever since, but can’t find it anywhere.
Probably cherry Dr. Pepper would top my list. Love that stuff!
Just tweeted…thanks!
Oh, what decision! Root Beer, Cream Soda, Sasparilla, Diet Coke for the hubby
Following on Twitter
I Tweeted: https://twitter.com/jenron1/status/230667160358383616
Just tweeted! I would make a diet cherry lemon lime. I have wanted a Sodastream for awhile, we live in a very rural community and would love the variety!
Thanks
Kacey
I would try Root Beer as the first type to make
I follow you on Twitter and tweeted about the giveaway as @harleylady1200
Oh my i would love to try that butter beer first!!! i would try pina colada flavoured soda!!! Yummy perfect for the summer….
OMGosh… I’ve wanted a Sodastream for SO long! I would love to try an orange cream soda!
I Tweeted about the giveaway on 8/1/12 at 10:20 am (CST)
@SKBrooke (me) just tweeted for the soda machine! Woo!!
Cherry Coke Please….The butterbeer looks amazing!!!
I would totally make the Butterbeer! I tried your recipe for it like a year ago and I completely ruined it! I think with this I would get it right! <3 Thank you for always having these fun contests! <3
Hey Darla,
Love, love, love the frozen butterbeer idea!! I will have to make this one, for sure 🙂 As for the question you have proposed, I would definitely make a raspberry and lime sparking water first, then probably a root beer or cherry cola (since we don’t get cherry cola in Canada, unless you want to pay an arm and a leg for imported stuff..)
I think I would like to make rootbeer.
Hmmm… I love all things carbonated so what to make first is tough. I really love cream soda so maybe that with the addition of some yummy fruit flavor like strawberry, blueberry, or cherry.
I just tweeted! @missmonicaellen
Fizzy raspberry lemonade would be heavenly.
Happy birthday Harry!
Ahh! I have been wanting this! I love sparkling soda so I would so some fruity flavored ones like strawberry and cherry!
I’d go for cherry cola to start with, or maybe vanilla coke. The possibilities are endless!
I shared a tweet @ryekamasaki.
If I had a sodastream, I would love to try cherry cola first!
is imitation butter an extract or something in the butter section? and where can i get that shirt? it rocks. now…what to make first. hmmmm. watermelon sprite for my son. cherry anything for the hubs, rootbeer for my daughter and black cherry sparkling water for me. but i’d rather have a magic wand. just saying.
Mmmm Cherry Soda!
Is strawberry soda even possible? If so, I would be all over strawberry soda!
ps. I love that haiku shirt, i spent a good 5 minutes laughing at it.
I’d make a grapefruit soda with the grapefruit from my tree!
I think I’d have to try the Butterbeer! Or maybe my own fun version of Champagne… Mmmmm! Would love to win and try it. And of course share the results. :oD
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ginger ale/ginger beer would be good, i’d love a super super super gingery one!
I want one of these SO BAD!! Hope I win it!! You are awesome and I love love love reading everything you post!!
The first flavor I would make would definitely have to be Root Beer!
I would definitely make ROOT BEER!! So I could enjoy some delicious root beer floats!!
It would have to be a root beer. Or just whipping up some sparkling water to mix with fresh berry puree while the berries are still in season. Mmmm…
Old Fashioned Root Beer, have to try Cream Soda next OH, and would have to try and egg cream, have always wondered what Granny raved about with those…….
I would definitely make the root beer first….and thank you so much for creating this recipe, can’t wait to try it!
How about blackberry?? Love your site Darla!
I think I would make a homemade peach syrup and create my own peach soda! I drink so much seltzer that I’d love to win a SodaStream. Thanks for the chance!!!
So many soda flavors… lemon lime, cherry cola, cream soda, orange soda, ginger ale, grape soda… I’d probably spend an entire day playing with the thing making up any combination of flavors I could think of until it broke, I ran out of room, or I passed out from the bubbles and excitement. This frozen butterbeer might be first on the list though.
I would love to make a strawberry lime soda to use in my margaritas! 🙂
I would make Coca Cola flavored for my boyfriend since he drinks it all the time! 🙂 Hope I win I’ve wanted one of these a little while now.
Probably Cherry Coke! The only kinds of Coke available in Canada are Coke or Diet Coke. It makes for some rather boring Coke floats! =/ Happy Belated Birthday Harry and Jo!!! =D
Cola!! 🙂
I’d probably make ginger ale or cream soda! This frozen butterbeer looks fantastic! I love your other recipe, so I’m sure I’d adore this one, too!
Why, homemade vanilla cream soda of course!
Out of the Sodastream flavors, probably root beer! If I was buying my own syrups, then strawberry pomegranate or blackberry tangerine. These are two Italian soda combinations I often do, and they’re delicious!
I would definitely make some kind of fizzy lemonade – either blueberry, raspberry, or strawberry. I love adding sparkling water to my lemonade or juice. I’ve been bugging the Hubby for a SodaStream for a while. It would be great to win one!
Orange or Strawberry! Yum
fizzy lime, maybe with some of the frozen black raspberry juice in my freezer!
I’d love to make a rhubarb soda! A SodaStream has been on my wish list for months since I gave up all soda and have been drinking seltzer water with muddled fruit!
I would make cherry cola its my favorite soda!
Chocolate Dr. Pepper. Yummy. It might sound gross but belive me it is delish..
Would Love to make some cherry cola I just love it!!!
I would make a pumpkin soda of some sort on a sodastream…. It would be so tasty!
I know my husband would LOVE that Butter Beer! I would love to try their Diet Orange. I am a huge Diet Sunkist fan and would like to see if it tastes the same!
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In addition to entering the sweepstakes, I have a question.. For the imitation butter, what do you recommend? Like… Country Crock? (which is a vegetable spread), or something different?
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Since i drink Coke Zero, all. the. time., i would make that!
Root beer! 😀
Gosh, I would love THIS one! My Hubs would probably want me to make root beer first though 🙂
Green tea soda!
I would probably make soda water flavored with fresh fruit juice. Grapefruit is my favorite store bought flavor, so maybe that.
If I won the soda stream I would have to make Big Red. Can you say yum-o?!!!!
I don’t know how I would do it, but I would figure out a way to do a salted-caramel flavor. I’m currently obsessed!
I have an obsession with anything ginger-flavored (well anything ginger actually…long live King Weasley!), so with that being said, I’d make a ginger one! 🙂
I think I’d go with strawberry for my first foray into soda-making.
I would go for either like an orangey drink, something like Dr.Pepper. Do they even have that flavor?
I’d make cherry vanilla cola or cherry lime yum!! By the way love the frozen butterbeer recipe!! I love when you post Haalrey Potter recipes. Thanks again!
Black Cherry! It’s an old-schooled classic!
I would make orange soda! Love that stuff!
Root beer!!!
I can’t wait to make this frozen butterbeer! My husband and I felt the same way you did about the frozen stuff hehe.
“What is the first flavor of soda or flavored soda water that you would make?â€
I would make root beer! It’s my favorite! Then try a whole bunch of different ones, because I mean who wouldn’t :p.
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I’d love to make this! I’m a huuuuuge HP fan but didn’t get to celebrate his birthday this year because I was sick. D:
Love me some orange pop! Yum!
Since I am a coke addict I would try the cola. That or my kids and husband love root beer, so maybe I would try that first.
The frozen butterbeer looks yummy! I’d probably try making strawberry soda as well.
Something like Dr. Pepper! It’s my favorite!
I’d make some cherry soda. MMMMM!
Orange Cream Soda!
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That’s awesome! I really want to try the frozen butterbeer and maybe some root beer too!
I want to try frozen butterbeer and then maybe something refreshing and not-very-sweet, like cucumber and melon.
i would make strawberry flavor soda!
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Hands down….vanilla cream soda. Followed closely by root beer. Followed by vanilla cream root beer. 😀
I would have to say Cream Soda, it is my favorite!
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cherry soda!
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Happy Birthday Harry–and thanks for sharing Darla! Awesome as always!
I would make strawberry soda–I have always wanted to try that!
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A
Oh gosh! I can’t pick just ONE! Frozen Butterbeer Cream Soda would definitely be first on my list! Then Vanilla Cherry Cola, and then maybe a Sparkling Cherry Limeade…yum!
Happy Birthday Harry and J.K.! YAY! What a wonderful way to celebrate…thanks for the giveaway!
I am new to your site. I love it! To enter the contest, I must say that my first soda would be with my DaVinci cookie dough syrup. If you are unfamiliar with DaVinci, they make sugar syrups that were initially intended for coffee (I think), but can be used for lots of fun things. (I don’t work for them, I just love them!). Cookie Dough! Drinking cookie dough soda… (insert Homer Simpson drooling noises here…)
For my first Soda Stream experiment I would probably make a cherry cola. What a fun machine looking for a family…and I love the idea of making my own club soda. I love mixing that with a squeeze of lime which is so refreshing on a hot summer day.
Ginger-lemongrass. So refreshing!
If I got a soda stream I would probably give it to my grandma actually… She is 75 and the best grandma ever… and the only thing she ever drinks is seltzer water. I mean ever, she almost goes through a 2 liter bottle every day. And of course, because she’s so awesome, she keeps her fridge stocked with soda for her kids and grand kids and cousins and nieces and great-nieces who are always welcome at her house… So if she had a soda maker she could do her own “bubbles” as we call it, and us kids could do soda when we were over, and she wouldn’t have to worry about keeping stocked up on soda anymore! In fact I think I might get one for her anyway, you’ve given me this super great idea… Oh, and for me personally? I would definitely do orange cream soda. Yum.
Could I make the frozen Butterbeer first? Seriously, it’s so refreshing to find another Potterhead out there, I couldn’t not make it.
But, if my arm had to be pulled into making something different I suppose Root Beer or lemon/lime would be the first. Only if forced though. Magic before Muggles. Not to be confused with Magic is Might.
I love Club Soda & Lime, but a splash of any fruit syrup will do!
Rootbeer!
My new favorite is the Crystal Light cherry pomegranate flavored water. I bet it would be even better with a little carbonation!
Probably Root Beer. We all love it! We also love to experiment so it would be fun to see what we come up with.
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I’d make passionfruit!
My first flavor would be lemon/lime however then my teeanager daughter would take over. I’m sure she would come up with her own flavor combos!
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful treat with us!!
I think the first flavor I would make would be cream soda or an orange cream type one too. I think butterbeer would be pretty amazing to make as well!
I would try to make something with watermellon added to it
CHERRY!!!
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I would make root beer. Can’t go wrong with that!
When I was a kid I use to mix up Kern’s apricot nectar and iced tea. I wonder what it would taste like carbonated… or with rum… or both…?
I’d make cherry cola.
Something Mr. Pibb-ish would be awesome! Or orange or grape.
It’s a difficult question, but if I have to pick one flavor it would have to be root beer. I’ve always wondered if homemade soda machines work well. Thank you!
I’d make root beer!
My kids would totally love lemonade, but I would have to first try out Dr. Pete….I’m a HUGE Dr. Pepper addict.
Cream Soda….
I would make cream soda first, as it’s one of two sodas that I actually like (the other being rootbeer). My girls are the same way, not much of a soda drinker. However, the boys in this house… They would live off of the stuff! I’m sure we would see a lot of 7-up type sodas being made!
Love this recipe! I want to try it with my kids, and watch some Harry Potter of course. Or maybe sip it while reading with them. Yum!
If I had a sodastream, I would make some diet cola for me and root beer for the kids.
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Wow you have a lot of followers! 🙂 I would try the cola flav preferably with some cherry!
I think I would try the ginger ale or the root beer first. Tough call between the two though…
i would try to make myself a sparkling grape juice (mmmm!) but seriously suspect my daughter would push me aside to make a home-made lemon-lime or dr. pepper first.
After reading this post, how could I not make butterbeer????
Thanks for the chance! I would make root beer first. It’s our absolute favorite!
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Thanks!
Before I read this post, I would have said strawberry basil. After reading this post, cream soda to make butterbeer, and then strawberry basil.
Cherry coke for my husband! 🙂
I think a cold lemonade would go down a treat! 🙂
Ginger ale! Delicious. 🙂
Nothing beats natural cream soda!!!
Cherry coke!
I would make cherry vanilla cola! The butterbeer sounds delightful as well! This would be sooo much fun. Thank you.
has to be orange cream soda.
Sugarfree salted caramel since I am trying to lose weight.
Ooh, I would definitely make root beer–I’ve made the syrup before, but it didn’t quite taste the same when I added lime sparkling water… whoops!
Also, can I use regular butter instead of imitation? (I’m guessing this might change the texture, but I’ve never used imitation butter…don’t fancy drinking propylene glycol quite honestly.)
What flavor would I make? That’s a silly question! Fish sticks and custard of course!
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I think i would try dr. Pepper. but it would also be fun to do strawberry or raspberry cream sodas! looking forward to trying the butterbeer!
Cream soda definitely!
I would love to try pink grapefruit!
I would like to try the orange mango flavor!
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I would make a cherry cream soda. =^_^=
root beer!!!!
Hmmm…is there such thing as pina colada soda? That would be good to try!
Strawberry! Like those Japanese ones at the Asian mart!
I’d probably make a lychee soda. Yums.
I think I would make a lemon soda first. When I was vacationing in Italy last summer, I had some SUPER delicious lemon sodas that I wish were sold in the US. Butterbeer is a close second though. 😉
I really want to try the pink grapefruit flavor– it sounds weird and yummy!
all of your harry potter recipes are amazing !
Orange Soda!
I will definitely need to try this frozen version soon – its been in the triple digits here in Texas! I think I’d make some sort of cherry sparkling water for my first flavor if/when I get a SodaStream. I’m not a big water drinker so I always end up buying flavored sparkling water but this would be easier!
So many choices, I think I’d like to dabble with something natural, like a blackberry fizz maybe?
I love HP!! I recently started to listen to them on books-on-CD. LOVE. I love bubblegum (Jones bubblegum soda is the best thing ever), so I would probably do that one first.
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I’m a big fan of blueberries this summer for some reason so I’m thinking a vanilla soda with fresh blueberries.
Oh, I might even try my own soda version of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans!
I think it would have to be either orange, since I love all things orange flavored, or grape-cranberry, which I also share a love for with my wee daughter!
I would love to find a cream soda to try. I really like cream soda and cant wait to make the butter bear to try it!!
The flavor I would make is vanilla cream, much like a cream soda. Love cream soda so much!
This looks superb!! I would totally make strawberry rhubarb soda!
My kids would LOVE that butter beer!! The 9 year old just started the Harry Potter series from the beginning for the second time!! I would try the root beer!! Good luck all!!
Oh most definitely the energy drink… for those long nights of caking!
Rootbeer!
Either orange or lemon-lime! Love citrus flavored sodas! 🙂