[Larry H.]

Hi all,

Didn't know exactly what to call this, not really a float, although it seems a lot like it thus the satisfying experience of drinking something you really shouldn't be having.. I needed that.

Pretty simple, I took about four tablespoons of no sugar cool whip and put it in a tall glass, then I just stirred in what the glass would hold of diet A & W Root beer. Total of about 6 carbs. My surprise was once stirred how well it foamed up and made a rather thick root beer flavored drink. Actually as I drank it down a lot of the cool whip stayed as thickening and I kept adding till the can was gone, stirring after each addition. I found it to be very tasty and reminded me of a guilty pleasure without the guilt.

Perhaps other flavors of diet soda would fare equally as well done up this way.

[lisa821]

That sounds like the Milk and Pepsi drink from the "Laverne and Shirley" sitcom from the 1970s! Only...better.

[tanyatype1]

Mmmmmm, sounds great! Thanks for sharing~I'm gonna try this one!

[princesslinda]

I think you could also use the Kool-Whip straight from the freezer...it would be more like ice-cream that way. Diet Dr. Pepper floats are good as well.

I've also had frozen Kool-whip with s/f chocolate syrup and nuts....instant sundae...

Thanks for sharing a great tip Larry!

[DCaplinger]

I hadn't thought of trying to make a sundae with frozen cool whip. Thanks for the idea, Linda.

I like to make my root beer floats with sugar free ice cream. They make it sweetened with Splenda, so the net carbs is about 15g when made with diet root beer. I will try it out with the cool whip though. Thanks for the idea.

Regards,

[Keezheekoni]

My daughter likes to get diet Root Beer when we're out for lunch or dinner, she mixes in the half and half that's on the table for coffee... It also makes a pretty good faux float.

[slipperyelm]

It's been a long, long time since I've had a diet root beer. But you've reminded me that rootbeer is one of the soda flavors I thought actually worked pretty well with artificial sweeteners.

Don't think I'll try the Cool Whip thing though. Maybe with real whipped cream I'd try it. In recent years I've come to think of those nondairy cream products as "plastic" and have developed an aversion. That's probably good though, 'cause I love just about all food; there is little that I don't have trouble saying "no" to.

[Larry H.]

I have found that nearly everyone that taste the A&W Root Beer diet has thought it better than nearly any others. Isn't gassy and doesn't seem to leave a nasty after taste so many do. Don't know how the whipped cream would come in on a comparison of fats to the cool whip, but your right about the chemical nature of most of these new low fat or sugar items and who knows may even be behind some of the increase in diabetes were seeing.