Retro Floats & Shakes Menu
Carnation Fudge Recipe
🍫 Carnation 1-2-3 Fudge Sauce - 1953
All it takes is
1 large can (1⅔ cups) undiluted Carnation Evaporated Milk
2 cups sugar
3 squares (3 ounces) bitter chocolate
Instructions
Combine Carnation, sugar and chocolate in saucepan over hot water or low heat. Cook about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; add teaspoon vanilla. Beat briskly until smooth.
Serve hot or cold. Gives a festive flavor to puddings and cake, as well as to ice cream.
For more chocolate flavor use 4 squares chocolate.
Recipe credit: Carnation/archival contentVintage and archival recipes are shared for preservation and inspiration. Please credit and link back when sharing.
✦ Soda Fountain Terms
✦ Draw
A “draw” was a drink pulled or prepared at the soda fountain most often a soda, phosphate, or ice cream drink made fresh at the counter.
✦ Syrup
The heart of soda fountain drinks.
A flavored liquid (like lemon, chocolate, or cherry) mixed with soda water, milk, or ice cream to create everything from fizzy drinks to creamy floats.
✦ Citric Acid
A natural acid found in citrus fruits, used in soda fountains to add a bright, tangy flavor especially in lemon drinks and phosphates.
✦ Phosphate
A classic soda fountain drink made with flavored syrup, acid (like citric acid), and carbonated water.
Known for its sharp, refreshing bite very different from modern sodas.
✦ Soda Water
Carbonated water used as the base for most fountain drinks before bottled sodas became common.
✦ Soda Jerk
The person behind the counter mixing drinks.
The name comes from the quick “jerking” motion used when pulling the soda fountain handle.
✦ Snow - Cap
A soft, foamy cap of dairy (usually cream or milk) floated on top of a soda.
Think:
Clear, bubbly soda on the bottom
A pale, creamy layer sitting gently on top - like a little “snow cap”
How it was used
At mid-century soda fountains, you’d see things like:
Chocolate Snow-Cap
Root Beer Snow-Cap
Cola Snow-Cap
Instead of mixing the milk in (like a float), the cream was poured carefully so it stayed on top, giving that snowy, capped look.
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