When I was younger, I have memories of going to the old fashioned drug store in my hometown called Saywells. The building had a distinct smell of ice cream mixed with medications- which sounds odd, but was comforting in a way. It had squeaky old wooden floors and old fashioned swivel seats. Sadly, it is no loner there, but I am left with memories of delicious vanilla phosphates that I decided to try and recreate.
I was very excited to find these Stevia drops at a local health food store. I ended up buying several flavors through Amazon. They have a ton of different flavors with so many possibilities for use. Stevia is an all natural calorie- free sweetener and each bottle runs around $10. The sweetener comes in a dropper bottle with over 200 servings in each bottle. I was excited to make a bubbly healthy alternative that reminded me of the vanilla phosphates I used to enjoy as a child.
To start, you need a nice cold and bubbly bottle of club soda. If you are oddly curious about things like me, you may find this article interesting- it outlines the difference between tonic water, club soda, sparkling water, etc.
The first drink I made was a Vanilla Cream Blackberry Fizzy. The flavors combined nicely. I used about 4 drops of flavor for this larger sized glass. The nice thing about the drops is that you can easily control the sweetness.
The second drink was a Lemon Raspberry Fizzy which was very citrusy and a refreshing combination of flavors! Almost as good as the original phosphate.....
What pretty pics and delicious and natural drinks. YUM! Love those polka dot glasses., too.
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