Summer may be ending, but that doesn’t mean we have to stop eating ice cream. These Caramel Apple Cider Ginger Ale Floats are the perfect excuse to eat ice cream all season long.
Last year, the Mr. and I discovered apple cider and ginger ale taste really great together. I don’t know why it took us 27 years to make this connection. It seems rather obvious in retrospect. Apples and ginger are always a winning combo, and what could be better than apple cider than apple cider + fizzy ginger pop?
Well, as it turns out, there is something better than apple cider and ginger ale. It’s Apple Cider + Ginger Ale + Ice Cream + Caramel Sauce. In case the math got a little fuzzy there, the answer to that equation is “Holy Autumn Goodness.”
I can hardly call this a recipe. It’s more of a suggestion, and that suggestion is: make these as soon as possible. Play around with the ratios until you get the perfect balance between cider, ice cream, and ginger ale. If it takes you five tries, that’s okay. I’ll come drink the experiments if you need me to. All in the name of science, of course.
Let’s talk caramel sauce for a sec. You can buy it from the store. Sometimes I do that. But I’ve never had a store bought sauce as amazing as this homemade Salted Caramel Sauce. It is the. best. And not terribly difficult to make either. You’ll want to put an irresponsible amount of it on top of these floats. I know I did.
I hope you’ll get a chance to enjoy these while it’s still semi-warm outside, but if you’re like me and ice cream makes up 20% of your diet on a year-round basis, you can enjoy these for months to come. I made these with plain ol’ vanilla ice cream, but after the fact I realized I could have used Jeni’s Salted Caramel Ice Cream. It’s actually probably better I didn’t think of this beforehand. That combo might have made my brain explode. Or maybe it would have made unicorns real. I guess we’ll never know. Unless you try it. Which you should. Report back…that is, if you’re still able to form words at that point.
Caramel Apple Cider Ginger Ale Floats
These simple four ingredient Caramel Apple Cider Ice Cream Floats are the perfect end of summer treat.
Ingredients
For each float you will need:
- 2-3 scoops vanilla or caramel ice cream
- Apple Cider
- Ginger Ale
- Caramel sauce, storebought or homemade
Instructions
- Scoop 2-3 scoops of ice cream into each glass. Fill them halfway with apple cider. Fill the rest up with ginger ale. Drizzle with caramel sauce. Serve immediately.
My husband would LOVE this…he’s a fiend for apples. With my love of ice cream, it’s a dessert that BOTH of us will enjoy!!! It’s warm enough here in TX to enjoy ice cream pretty much year-round, so this is going in my “must try soon” file!!
I hope you and your husband both FLIP for these. You can even share a glass and get two straws, just like the movies! On second thought, you’ll probably each want your own. 🙂
Oh my gosh this looks wonderful! My mom and I used to have floats on Sunday afternoons and they were one of my faves. And I can absolutely imagine how well ginger ale and apple cider go together. Genius!! Totally trying this!
What a fantastic tradition Susan! I think we may have to start a Sunday afternoon float tradition as well.
This looks sooo good! Like I wouldn’t mind licking the caramel off the glass, good. What a great idea, and combo.
Licking caramel off the glass is 100% approved.
Grrrrreat photos, Courtney! Pinning! Yes, Jen’s Splendid ice cream is great but how fantabulous to add your own caramel sauce =)
Ahhh I cannot get over this! I pinned it yesterday and now I’m staring at it, dying for a sip!
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My daughter loves root beer floats, but these trump any and all floats I’ve ever seen!!!
Aw man, I gotta go out and buy apple cider now! This looks fantastic!
Interesting combination. I love each on its own but together this float sounds really good!
This looks so delicious. Your pictures and food styling here is incredible!
Holy goodness and mercy, this sounds amazing. Buying and making ASAP!
Being that I’m currently Obsessed with a capital O with Angry Orchard’s ginger apple cider…I’m pretty sure i need a BIG mug full of this float in my life.
Ginger apple cider?? I So need that in my life!
This looks amazing, your pictures are stunning! I would be all over this. 🙂
Thanks so much Julie. 🙂
What mouthwatering pictures! Wow – I’m drooling right now – speechless- these look almost sinful —
Thanks so much Jennifer! The amount of caramel sauce I put on mine was rather sinful. 😉
I’m interested in trying it with hard cider.
THAT is a fabulous idea!
I almost stopped and got the stuff for it last night, but it’s probably a good idea I restrained myself! Need to use the buddy system with these, I think.
Courtney, I just read through this recipe today and it looks absolutely amazing, but I can’t neglect to tell you that your commentary is even more amazing! ” I made these with plain ol’ vanilla ice cream, but after the fact I realized I could have used Jeni’s Salted Caramel Ice Cream. It’s actually probably better I didn’t think of this beforehand. That combo might have made my brain explode. Or maybe it would have made unicorns real. I guess we’ll never know. Unless you try it. Which you should. Report back…that is, if you’re still able to form words at that point.” I laughed so HARD!!! You crack me up!
Ha! Thank you! I’m glad my silliness gave someone a laugh. 🙂
Boy oh boy, this looks AMAZING.