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Homemade Root Beer Recipe

Published: March 11, 2012 | Updated: October 28, 2019 | By Ashlee

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Did you know you can make root beer at home?  There are a few variations and recipes out there, one is even on the back of the root beer extract recipe.  BUT we’re scientists at our house, so we went searching for a version made with dry ice!  Fun to make AND fun to drink!

root beer extract

Dry Ice Root Beer
16 C cold water
2 1/2 cups sugar
2 Tbls Root Beer Extract
1 pound dry ice, broken

Stir the cold water and sugar until the sugar is dissolved!  This step is the most important, if your sugar isn’t dissolved it will stick to the dry ice in chunks.  Once it’s dissolved add the root beer extract and stir it in!

Crush the dry ice, but remember to be careful.  Dry ice is fun, but not a toy, you can easily get burned.  Use hot pad holders, or thick gloves when touching it.      We crushed it in a bag on our wood cutting board with a hammer.

Pour it into the root beer sugar water….

and stir to keep clumps of the dry ice from sticking to the bowl!

making root beerIt’s St. Patricks day this week!  And while we don’t drink beer we do enjoy ROOT beer!!!  And my favorites?  Root beer floats!

The kids LOVED playing with the “smoke” cloud…  and we let them stir, supervised of course.

You can see it bubbling away here!  keep stirring it until the dry ice has all dissolved.

Then pour into glasses and enjoy!!  Ours wasn’t quite as carbonated as store bought root beer, and seemed a tad bit off.  Maybe a different brand of extract would be the key, but it was still really fun and the kids loved it!

dry ice root beer

Homemade Root Beer

making your own root beer is a fun family activity
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 20 srvings
Calories: 97kcal
Author: Ashlee Marie
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Ingredients

  • 16 C cold water
  • 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 Tbls Root Beer Extract
  • 1 pound dry ice broken
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Instructions

  • Stir the cold water and sugar until the sugar is dissolved! This step is the most important, if your sugar isn’t dissolved it will stick to the dry ice in chunks.
  • Once it’s dissolved add the root beer extract and stir it in!
  • Crush the dry ice, we crushed it in a bag on our wood cutting board with a hammer.
  • Pour it into the root beer sugar water and stir to keep clumps of the dry ice from sticking to the bowl!
  • You can see it bubbling away here! keep stirring it until the dry ice has all dissolved.
  • Then pour into glasses and enjoy!!

Nutrition

Calories: 97kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Sodium: 10mg | Sugar: 25g | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg
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  1. Julie

    March 12, 2012 at 3:33 am

    Wow! 2.5 cups of sugar and 16 cups of water. That’s a ton of sugar. This looks like a fun experiment, and also a good way to teach kids about how much sugar is in food.

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    • Ashlee

      March 13, 2012 at 1:18 am

      yeah, but what pop isn’t full of sugar? We normally aren’t soda (or pop or cola or whatever you call it) drinkers. So making root beer is a pretty fun treat for the kids! We just tossed away what was left over after that one night

  2. Cristy @ Menemini

    March 14, 2012 at 9:28 pm

    I am also a non-soda-drinking fan of rootbeer. I must shop slower, because I have never seen this extract in the grocery store.
    I had no IDEA dry ice was safe to ingest after dissolving it. Now I have to google it. What a fun kitchen science activity!
    {pinning this :-)}

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    • Ashlee

      March 15, 2012 at 7:39 pm

      So much fun! We always use dry ice for camping and road trips and we love playing with it afterwards, my husband and kids are all scientists! But yes, totally safe, but a bit on the flat side…

  3. Alison

    March 14, 2012 at 9:31 pm

    Homemade root beer always reminds me of our family reunions. 🙂

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      March 15, 2012 at 7:40 pm

      Really? What a totally fun tradition! My family makes Grandma’s homemade beans and tamales and Grandpa’s meatloaf (not on the same night 😉 those are my family reunion foods!

  4. kayla

    March 18, 2012 at 9:06 am

    I am so glad I found your blog! I don’t drink a lot of soda but Rootbeer is something that I’ve loved since I was a little kid. I”m a new follower & would love to have you come link up to Sunday round up http://www.kaylascreationsblog.com/2012/03/sunday-round-up-1.html
    Can’t wait to try this recipe out!
    Kayla 🙂

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    • Ashlee

      March 24, 2012 at 3:29 pm

      I hope you like it! I’d like to try a few other homemade recipes, because it wasn’t quite as good as I remember, but that could be the extract I used or maybe the technique. Some recipes call for ginger ale- so precarbonated.

  5. heather

    March 18, 2012 at 10:12 am

    What a fun thing to do!
    Would love to have you come link up at Sunday Round Up…. 3 blogs = 1 party.
    xx,
    Heather
    http://www.heatherlyloves.com/2012/03/sunday-round-up-1_8663.html

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      March 24, 2012 at 3:29 pm

      Thanks so much! It really was a very fun thing to do with the kids, they had a ball!

  6. Leah Koenig

    March 18, 2012 at 7:26 pm

    Who knew you could make your own root beer?!?! This is a must try! I’m pretty excited about it!
    Thanks for sharing!
    Found you on Flamingo Toes
    Visiting from Well Rounded, leahkoenig.blogspot.com

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    • Ashlee

      March 24, 2012 at 3:30 pm

      Thanks so much! I know some people grew up making homemade root beer, but this was our first attempt!

  7. Kathy Brenden

    March 26, 2012 at 7:23 am

    You had me at Root Beer! Yummy! Consider, if you will, sharing with my readers over at http://sassafrassalvation.blogspot.com/2012/03/sasss-sunday-salvation-show-17.html

    Hugs,
    Sass

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    • Ashlee

      March 26, 2012 at 2:12 pm

      We love root beer too! I think I want to try another recipe next time to compare!

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