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Blueberry Maple Ice Cream Soda
Written by emilyc

Blueberry and maple sounds like a cold weather combo, but it’s been warm weatherified in ice cream soda form. I’m loving this recipe because each of its components are totally homemade! Recipe and image via Hungry Girl Por Vida.

Blueberry Maple Ice Cream Soda

Ingredients:

2-3 medium scoops of maple ice cream (recipe below)

several tablespoons blueberry syrup (recipe below)

soda water

whipped cream (optional)

Maple Ice Cream:

1 1/2 cups pure maple syrup

2 cups milk

1 cup cream

4 teaspoons cornstarch

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 Tablespoons cream cheese, softened

Blueberry Syrup:

1 heaping cup of blueberries, rinsed and dried

1/2 cup sugar

2 teaspoons lemon juice

For preparation instructions, click here.

About the author

emilyc

Emily is a New Yorker trapped in a Floridian's body and loves every minute of her big city life. With a major in international business and years of being surrounded by ill-fitting suits and all the wrong shoes, she learned that the importance of fashion needs to be communicated to the world. To her, fashion is on the same level as charity work and feeding hungry children. Emily can be found frolicking the streets of her gayborhood enjoying the off-color humor of the gays.