Floats

Best way to make root beer floats?

What's the best way to make root beer floats and could you use coca cola?!?! Could you use chcolate ice cream instead of vanilla?

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1. Haven't had one in a long time. Frost a glass mug. Pour in some good (cold) Root Beer (A&W or Mug). Drop some good quality vanilla ice cream in scoop by scoop. A straw and chilled ice tea spoon complete it. Personally I'd stick with vanilla but it's 'your' float, if chocolate ice cream floats yours, do it. PS- Never thought about trying another flavor ice cream, now thinking cherry-vanilla or rasberry swirl might be worth a try ,-) PPS- When you pour in the Root Beer, go for about 2/3rds full. It's still going to overflow, but that's part of the experience.
2. You can only make root beer floats using root beer. Put a scoop of ice cream into a ice chilled glass (preferably a mug). Pour root beer into glass (mug) until full. You can use whatever flavour ice cream floats your boat.
3. If your eating it, you can make it anyway you want... I'm a coca cola fan and love to make coke floats. I would use vanilla so I didn't ruin the flavor of the coke though...But you can do what you want! =D That is the beauty of a free country!
4. Put 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream in a large glass or cup, slowly pour in root beer to the top. Wait for the foam to go down before adding. If you use cola, its called a "Black cow", if you use grape drink, a "Purple cow". I guess you could use chocolate, but it doesn't sound like it would taste good.
5. Of course you can use Coke. Just not Diet Coke or Coke Zero. Don't ask why, just promise you'll never cheapen the experience of a float by adding diet anthing. I like to Rainbow Sherbert and 7up. My favorite is A&W root beer and Shur-fine Vanilla Ice Cream. OR RC Cola and Vanilla Ice Cream.
6. thanks a lot , now i have to go home + make vanilla ice cream + get some barq's root beer . man , i had other things to do
7. My husband and son tried all the rootbeers they could find on the grocery store shelves, and decided they liked Barq's the best in a rootbeer float. And they always use vanilla ice cream.