Soda Folk Recipe Ideas for Christmas and Dry January*

With just 40 days to Christmas, have you started planning your dinner menu especially if you are having family over or maybe this year due to the cost of living crisis, you are having a small family gathering at home instead?

To help you plan your Christmas menu, we are sharing some fun recipes ideas such as Cream Soda Fish and Chips, Vegan Cherry & Cream Soda Blondies, Black Forest Cherry Soda Cupcakes as well as a Blueberry Muffin Crumble and Craft Gin Cocktail using the Soda flavours from Soda Folk.

We are also sharing four delicious mocktail recipes for the non-drinkers and those who are taking the one-month challenge of staying away from alcohol in January.  The mocktail recipes we are featuring include Root Beer Zing Mocktail Cranberry Cream Soda Mocktail, Cherry Mojito Mocktail and Blueberry Lime Mocktail.

Ahh.. Cream Soda, you know a good cream soda when you taste it and Soda Folk does know how a good Cream Soda should taste.  They use real Madagascan vanilla and the drink is smooth with a touch of cedar smokiness to add depth and not too fizzy as well.  Here are two yummy recipes you can make using cream soda, the first, Fish and Chips and second Vegan Cherry & Cream Soda Blondies.

RECIPES

Cream Soda Fish & Chips 

• 100g Plain Flour 
• 200ml Soda Folk Cream Soda 
• 4 Cod Fillets 

Method:

Heat a deep fat fryer or pan of oil to 180 degrees 
Whisk together the Flour and Soda Folk Cream Soda to make batter 
Dip Cod into batter and cover completely 
Lower into the hot oil CAREFULLY and cook for around 7 minutes or until golden brown and crispy, remove from oil and allow to drain on paper towels 
Serve with Chips, Peas and a spritz of Lemon juice 

Vegan Cherry & Cream Soda Blondies 

• 300g Plain Flour 
• 1tsp Baking Powder 
• 250g Sugar 
• 1 Can of Soda Folk Cream Soda 
• 200g Summer Fruits 
• 30ml Soda Folk Cherry Soda 

For the drizzle: 

• 30g Icing Sugar 
• 1Tbsp Soda Folk Cherry Soda 

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees 
Add dry ingredients to a bowl and mix until combined 
Pour in can of Soda Folk Cream Soda and stir until you see no more Flour Add Summer Fruits and mix until spread evenly through the mix 
Pour into lined baking tin
Add Cherry Soda and marble through 
Bake for 35 minutes or until golden and leave to cool 
Whilst cooling, mix your Icing Sugar and Tbsp of Cherry Soda 
Drizzle onto your Soda Folk Blondies for a fruity burst. 

Cherry Soda

The Cherry Soda has over 50% natural fruit juices with lots of flavour with hints of sharpness and a refreshing but not-too-sweet finish. The soda is also made with 100% natural ingredients, no added sugars or artificial nasties. Why not try this  delicious Black Forest Cheery Soda Cupcake as a variation to your normal cupcake recipe this Christmas.

Black Forest Cherry Soda Cupcakes 

• 100g Butter 
• 100g Sugar 
• 100g Self-raising Flour 
• 15g Cocoa 
• 2 Medium eggs 
• 50ml Soda Folk Cherry Soda 

For the Icing: 

• 2tbsp Soda Folk Cherry Soda 
• 25g Butter 
• 100g Icing Sugar 
• 150g Cherry Pie filling or Jam 

Method:

Cream together Butter and Sugar until fluffy 
Add Eggs, Cherry Soda and stir 
Add Flour and Cocoa, fold in until just combined 
Spoon into cupcake cases and bake for 20 minutes 
To make the icing, beat Butter until smooth, add Icing Sugar and Cherry Soda and mix Pipe onto your cooled cupcakes and top with Cherry Pie filling or Jam 

COCKTAIL RECIPES

Blueberry Muffin Crumble and Craft Gin Cocktail

The Blueberry Muffin Soda is really unique in flavour and bursting with the flavour of soft, ripe blueberries.  A lovely refreshing soda with a mix of natural sweetness and sharpness. Here’s a refreshing cocktail recipe you can make using Stillgarden Gin  from The Craft Gin Club.

Ingredients (serves 2):
50ml Stillgarden Social Gin
25ml Blueberry Crumble cocktail syrup
100ml Soda Folk Blueberry Muffin Soda
Blueberries and sprig of thyme, to garnish

Method:
Add all your ingredients into a highball glass with ice. Stir, garnish and enjoy!

MOCKTAIL RECIPES

I love my Root Beer and grew up drinking A&W Root Beer Floats as a child so I am super pleased to see this flavour being sold by Sofa Folk. Root beer floats are easy to make for kids. All you need is a tall glass, fill it three quarters full and the top it up with 1-2 scoops of vanilla ice-cream.  For the adults, why not try the below Root Beer Zing Mocktail.

Root Beer Zing Mocktail

Cranberry Cream Soda Mocktail

I have already made a few glasses of these and totally love the flavours, this is going to be my Christmas go to Mocktail this festive season for family and friends who are not drinking alcohol.

Cherry Mojito Mocktail

Another tasty mocktail recipe to make this festive season or during dry January.

Blueberry Lime Mocktail

Missing the summer feeling of having local blueberries? No worries, make this refreshing mocktail instead which is so refreshing.

How much is the soda and where can you buy it?

You can build you own 4 pack bundle by choosing your favourite flavours from Root Beer, Cream Soda, Cherry Soda, Grape Soda and Blueberry Muffin Soda.  A Sample Bundle could cost you £15.97 for the 12 cans of soda (in 3 flavours) or a Taster Bundle could cost you £19.99 for the 16 cans (in 4 flavours). Do note that the sodas are gluten-free, vegan-friendly and made using natural ingredients.  Every purchase also raises funds for the Good Folk Trust to help others do Good Deeds.

About Soda Folk 

We all love a good story, right? Ken, our Coloradoan founder, missed his hometown sodas whilst in London. So, he had an idea. He’d make his own sodas, and make them unlike any other in the UK. Sodas that are authentic and naturally made using the finest ingredients. Sodas that are reassuringly familiar but distinctively different. Sodas that recognise those whose good deeds had inspired him on his journey. 

Inspired by classic American flavours they have the best and most authentic taste and are naturally made with the finest ingredients. They also have the highest juice content! Plus they are vegan and gluten free. Key Lime Pie, Blueberry Muffin, Cherry, Root Beer, Cream Soda, Grape, and Jam Roly Poly. 

They strive to be good, to stay honest to their roots and to challenge others to choose the natural, the authentic. It’s why their fans decide the flavours that they develop and bring to market. Soda Folk rewards good folk doing good deeds. It contributes financially to the good work they’re doing in the community (or to charity, if they prefer), and features them on their cans, to share their stories with anyone who sees a Soda Folk can or bottle.  You can nominate someone you know on Soda Folk’s website.

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