Ever since I was a kid I have enjoyed A&W Root Beer! Back in the days I remember going to A&W with my mom just to eat in the car which I thought it was the coolest way to eat! A&W Root Bear has a long history of creating family memories and happen to be celebrating their 100th Anniversary and calling on families to create new memories.
I love the adding just a few little things to the classic root beer float…
With the original root beer float recipe you just use a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream with some A&W Root Bear. I like to add some whip cream, chocolate syrup and a cherry on the top of mine! This past Friday my family enjoyed an hour of NO technology and made ourselves a little treat.
A&W Root Bear Float Recipe With Chocolate
A recipe for a chocolate root beer float
Ingredients
- 16 oz root beer
- 1 cup whip cream
- 3 tbsp chocolate syrup
- 2 cherries
Instructions
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In a frosted mug add two scoops of vanilla ice cream
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Fill mug with root beer
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Top with whip cream. Drizzle chocolate syrup over the whip cream.
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Top with a cherry!
This summer A&W is inviting families to take a pledge to go technology-free for 1 hour on Friday nights and make family fun to remember for years to come. For every pledge that is made, A&W is going to give away a coupon for a FREE 2 liter of A&W Root Beer to help make family time even sweeter! Families can take the pledge at www.rootbeer.com
10 Ways For Families To Go Tech Free
- Get the family together and make A&W Root Beer Floats.
- Before it gets dark pack dinner in a picnic basket and enjoy your meal at the park. Then after dinner you can burn off some calories with having some fun before you leave.
- Do a puzzle together as a family! It might take you more than one Friday but if the puzzle is a good one you can always frame it.
- Look through old family photo albums. Sometimes it can be a lot of fun to go down memory lane and look at pictures you haven’t seen or maybe pictures your children have never seen.
- Make a meal and surprise someone. Maybe you can bake a cake with the family and take it to another family member to make them smile.
- Play a board game! While many kids don’t like to play board games there are many that are eager to play a board game with their parents and or siblings. Just ask!
- Clean your house and make a box of stuff to donate. Have each of your children go through their rooms and find a few things that they don’t think they need any more.
- Plant a tree or maybe a garden. Growing something together can be a great bonding experience and also a great way to create new memories.
- Take a walk or a hike. Depending on where you live, take a little journey with the family and maybe snap a few photos or more.
- Do crafts! Crafts can be so fun and can be made with all kinds of things you can find already in your home.
To help provide families with everything they need to jumpstart their Family Fun Nights this summer, A&W also debuts a first-of-its-kind Family Fun Night box, featuring a carefully curated selection of novelty items and essentials for creating root beer floats at home, to help make family time even more memorable. The limited-edition, fun-inducing box is available while supplies last at www.rootbeer.com.
Yum! I love Root Beer floats and they bring back tons of memories for me. I love that you added chocolate — yum.
This reminds me of when I was younger, my Dad would drive us all out to get root beer floats. That place is closed now, fortunately they’re easy to make just as you’ve shown.
Now this will be a great treat to surprise the family with. A good float and a game or puzzle would make for a fun night!
What a cute box! I love when brands help us parents to encourage reducing our kids’ tech use.
This is a cool box. It would make a family night so much more special.
Oh my goodness. I love this. Brings back so many memories from childhood. What a fun time, we will have to make some of these for movie night. That box is amazing.
I love a good root beer float. This sounds and look so good! I wish I had one now.
Now this is when I wish I was not on low carb! I so want this right now, I love root beer! This would make a delicious summer treat!
Root beer floats are one of my hubbys fav indulgences!
I love the idea of tech free. It’s somrthing I do often and really Enjoy. Also love that box! A&W root beer is the best!
So goooooood! That is one amazing treat that the whole family would appreciate! Friday night would be ideal for a good float, a movie or game to make a fun night!
Root Beer Floats are the best! I love this twist with chocolate. I bet the kids would love it!
Oh my goodness! How good this beer float looks! I should try it too!
This is one of my favorite float recipes. The root beer really compliments the sweetness of the ice cream. Always perfect with a cherry on top.
who doesn’t love root beer floats? great tips!
Rootbeer floats were such special treats. They remind me of birthday sleepovers.
This looks so good – easily made and delicious! Love adding extra whipped cream in my floats.
Root beer floats sound yummy and perfect fro movie nights with the fam! That’s great that you can get A&W Family Fun Night box to make root beer floats with the kids too!
We love root beer floats! It’s one of my son’s favorite treats! This sounds and look so good!
I havent had a root beer float in a long time. This was a good recipe and also like all of the other ideas for tech free family days.
Root beer floats really do bring back childhood memories. I’d love to make a few of these for a board game night!
I could definitely go for a root beer float right about now. This looks delicious!