You Don’t Need to Be a Dairy Queen to Create These Udderly Fantastic Colored Cows!

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Jenn D

I don’t know about your family, but my family LOVES ice cream floats! Most people just do root beer floats, but we sometimes like to change it up…enter Colored Cows! So, a root beer float is a brown cow and a grape float would be a purple cow and so on! There are a lot of great options you can try when you make colored cows!

Ingredients:

  • Favorite Soda
  • Vanilla Ice Cream

Directions:

  • Add soda to your cup.
    • Watch for foam overflow!
  • Serve & Enjoy!

Notes:

  • Here are some colored cows to make:
    • Purple Cows – Grape Soda
    • Red Cows – Strawberry Soda
    • Brown Cows – Root Beer
    • Black Cows – Cola
    • Orange Cows – Orange Soda
    • Blue Cows – Blue Cream Soda or Blueberry Soda
    • Yellow Cows – Citrus Soda
    • Green Cows – Apple Soda or Green River Soda
  • You can also use a clear soda with colored sherbet as well for a different spin! Grab your favorite orange, lime, or even rainbow sherbet to get this fun twist started!

You can create so many different versions of colored cows! So, what are you waiting for? Pick up your favorite sodas and vanilla ice cream at your local Commissary today and enjoy!

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Jenn is a seasoned Air Force spouse , who loves being a boy mom. She's been a blogger for over 10 years and loves being a teacher, no matter the size of the class!

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